1. MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY
FOUR REGIONS

2. FERTILE CRESCENT
TIGRIS RIVER
EUPHRATES RIVER
JORDAN RIVER

3. CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
SUB-REGIONS
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION

4. ARABIAN PENINSULA 90% IS DESERT NO PERMANENT RIVERS OASIS
WADIS
OASIS
UNDERGROUND SPRINGS
COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS
CITIES DEVELOPED
MECCA, MEDINA, RIYADH
RUB AL-KHALI

5. NORTH AFRICA
THE SAHARA
DESERT OR WASTELAND

6. 3 THINGS FORMED THE SAHARA
ATLAS MOUNTAINS

7. SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE

8. OVERGRAZING

9. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IN NORTH AFRICA?
NILE RIVER
MONSOONS
WHAT FEEDS THE NILE SO IT CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH A DESERT REGION?

10. MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS
WHAT CAUSED THIS LANDSCAPE?
EARTHQUAKES
3 IMPORTANT STRAITS
DARDANELLES
BOSPORUS
HORMUZ
BOSPORUS
PONTIC MTS.
DARDANELLES
HORMUZ