1. North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
Unit 6

2. The Physical Geography
Chapter 17

3. African Mountain range
Atlas Mountains…
Extends across…

4. The Arabian Peninsula
The Red Sea…

5. Anatolia
Western protrusion of Asia…

6. The Dardanelles…
Connecting the Black and Mediterranean Seas

7. The Nile

8. The Aswan Dam
The problem…
The Lake…

9. Mesopotamia Tigris River and Euphrates River…
Currently flows through modern day…

10. 25% of Africa is Desert…
The Sahara is the world’s largest desert…

11. Ergs and Regs
Ergs… Regs…

12. Rub’ Al-Khali

13. Cultural Geography
Chapter 18

14. Bedouin
A nomadic Arab of the desert…

15. Suez Canal

16. Branch of Islam Sunni Shia (Shiite) ~Largest branch
~Iran, Iraq, Egypt, etc
Shia (Shiite)
~Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, etc

17. The Three Religions Christianity Judaism Islam ~The Bible ~The Torah
~The Kora

18. The Kurds

19. OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

20. Saudi Arabia
The law of the country…

21. Fighting in the Middle East
Mujahideen…
~Afghan Freedom Fighters vs The USSR
The Arab-Israeli Conflict…
~1948- ?

22. The Region Today
Chapter 19

23. Arable land…
Primary commodities…
80% of crude oil & 65% of OPEC’ s total
Petrochemicals…

24. Strategic and Economically
Strait of Hormuz… Suez Canal…

25. The Aral Sea

26. Aquifers…
Desalination Plants…