1. The
Natural Resources
of the
Middle East

2. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Last week’s E.Q.’s & Warm-ups are now available on website. SWA Geography & Political Boundaries Quiz is this Friday. 3rd Period Social Studies Progress Reports go home TODAY!
Standard: Natural Resources of SWA Water, Oil, & Natural Gas
Essential Question for Tuesday September 4th: What life sustaining natural resource is distributed unequally in SWA?
Warm-up: What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?
Today We Will:
Review for SWA Geography & Political Boundaries Quiz
Natural Resources of SWA

3. Answers
E.Q. Answer for Tuesday September 4th: Fresh Water. Only Turkey & Iraq have enough fresh water to meet their people’s needs. All other countries in SWA are struggling to find enough water for their people. Warm-up: The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea & the Red Sea.

4. The Middle East Today: Standard: G5 Locate selected features in SW Asia
Jordan River
Tigris River
Gaza Strip
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Arabian Sea

5. Countries
Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan
Israel
Iraq
Saudi
Arabia

6. Completed by the British in 1869
Suez Canal
Completed by the British in 1869

7. Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”
The Tigris & Euphrates River System
Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

8. The Jordan River System:

9. Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%)
2,300’ below sea level
Highest Salt Content (33%)

10. Rub al-Khali: Saudi Arabia “The Empty Quarter”

11. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: SWA Physical Geography & Political Boundaries Quiz is Friday. Take your maps home to use as your Study Guides.
Standard: Describe the impact of location, climate, physical geography, and distribution of natural resources on population distribution.
Essential Question for Wednesday September 5th: What are the three leading environmental problems in SWA?
Warm-up:
What narrow waterway connects the Persian Gulf & the Arabian Sea?
Today We Will:
Review for SWA Geography Quiz
Water & Soil Pollution

12. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answers for Wednesday September 5th: Environmental problems in SWA have to do with water and soil pollution. They are related based of the use of chemical fertilizers in farming. A third problem is the building of dams for irrigation and production of hydro-electric power (electricity). Warm-up: The Strait of Hormuz

13. Desalination (the process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater) is very expensive and requires complex technology.
Water/Soil Pollution Along with irrigation, many farmers are using chemical fertilizers, which have contaminated water supplies through runoff water. This has increased the salt level found in soil, eventually making it impossible to farm. Water pollution has therefore become a growing problem with irrigation.
The building of dams is an opportunity and a source of potential conflict for countries in SWA.
~The opportunity is water for irrigation and development of hydro-electric power (electricity).
~The conflict is because it greatly reduces the amount of water available to other countries located further downstream.

14. Desalinization Plants

15. Middle East: Climate Regions

16. Middle East: Population Density

17. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Physical Geography & Political Boundaries Quiz is TOMORROW! Take your maps home to use as Study Guide.
Standard: Describe the impact of location, climate, physical geography, and distribution of natural resources on population distribution.
Essential Question for Thursday September 6th:
What percent of the world’s oil supply is found in SWA?
Warm-up:
Where do people tend to live?
Today We Will:
Finish labeling Maps of SWA by adding Kuwait & Syria
Population distribution/Oil distribution

18. Answers
E.Q. Answer for Thursday September 6th: 40-50% of the world’s oil reserves are found in SWA. Warm-up: People tend to live where the temperatures are Moderate (Moderate means temperatures that are not too hot or too cold) and where there is an abundant supply of fresh water.

19. Standard: G7 Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, distribution of natural resources and population distribution on SW Asia Oil and Natural Gas The two most “valuable” natural resources found in SW Asia are oil and natural gas . These resources were discovered in the 1900s and United States and European companies controlled the drilling and refining. Over ½ of the world’s known oil reserves are found in this area of the world.

20. World Oil Reserves

21. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

22. Standard: G7 Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, distribution of natural resources and population distribution on SW Asia
Countries in SWA that have oil have become incredibly rich (especially oil rich nations surrounding the Persian Gulf). As a result their people, once poor, now enjoy a high standard of living. The countries without oil in SWA have remained poor and have had a much harder time improving living conditions for their people.

23. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

24. Standard: G7 Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, distribution of natural resources and population distribution on SW Asia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries- OPEC was created in the 1960s and is made up of the world’s oil-rich countries from SWA, Africa (Nigeria), and South America (Venezuela & Brazil).
OPEC’s goal is to control the production & price of oil in the world’s markets.

25. Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.

26. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Physical Geography & Political Boundaries Quiz is TODAY! Progress Report Cards for all classes go home September 11th.
Standard: Describe the impact of location, climate, physical geography, and distribution of natural resources on population distribution.
Essential Question for Friday September 7th:
Who are Desert Nomads? How do they make a living?
Warm-up:
What is the U.S.A. #1 economic interest in SWA?
Today We Will:
Quiz
Desert Nomads

27. ANSWERS
Essential Question Answer for September 7, 2018: People who live in the desert roaming from place to place (Oasis to Oasis) in search of water and grazing for their animals (camels and goats). They earn a living by selling their camels and goats and hand made goods such as rugs, and metal work. Warm-up Answer: Maintaining the free flow of oil to the world’s markets.

28. Desert Nomads

29. Desert Nomads:
People who live in the desert roaming from place to place (Oasis to Oasis) in search of water and grazing for their animals (camels and goats).
Desert nomads earn a living by selling their camels and goats and hand made goods such as rugs, and metal work.

30. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!