1. The Geography of Iraq http://www.flickr.com/photos/11295329@N05/1125461764/

2. Mr. Hicks in Iraq Mr. Hicks’ Personal Collection

3. Camel Spiders http://www.ideaweb.com/brien/Camel%20Spider.jpg

4. Part 1: Physical Geography & Natural Resources http://www.observationdeck.org/lip_images/Middle-east%20map.gif

5. Typical Weather? Mr. Hicks’ Personal Collection

6. Climate Desert Landscape Northern Iraq is steppe and the edge of Zagros Mountains http://www.flickr.com/photos/31910792@N05/3150542147/Mr. Hicks’ Personal Collection

7. Water Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Persian Gulf http://www.flickr.com/photos/elrina753/661107751/http://www5.vjc.edu/pictures/JudyLombardi/iraqmap.jpg

8. Water continued Tharthar Lake Razzaza Lake Oases Wadis Fossil Water http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-02/2005-02-22- voa65.cfm?CFID=118501263&CFTOKEN=71218231&jsessionid=883075 c362d51bd933393f2c6b3c63193521

9. Natural Resources Oil Natural Gas http://media.centredaily.com/smedia/2009/02/07/09/IRAQ_OIL.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.42.jpg

10. Major Oil Producing Areas

11. Part 2: History http://www.ancientmesopotamia.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/babyloncity.jpg

12. Mesopotamia http://earharthistoryday.org/ArendtFiles/LGT%20images/Houghton%20Mifflin%20Maps/map%20of%20Mesopotamia.gif

13. Mesopotamia Sumer In 3000 BC Sumerians built the first cities Conquered by Persians in 500s BC Conquered by Alexander the Great in 331 BC Conquered by Arabs in 600 AD http://www.gardenofpraise.com/images/garalex.jpg

14. Iraq Ottoman Empire in 1500s British rule British took over during World War I Iraq was created in 1932 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Mercator-Hondius-1609-Ottoman_Empire.jpg

15. Iraq Saddam Hussein Took power in 1979 Invaded Kuwait in 1990 Trade embargoes US invasion https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/system/files/saddam-hussein.jpg

16. People and Culture http://dvmx.com/election.jpg

17. Population 27.3 million people, 5 million of which live in the capital of Baghdad 17.8 million Shi’ite Muslims 5.5 million Sunni Muslims 4 million Kurds

18. Ethnic Groups Kurds Sunnis Shi’ites http://www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/images/ir aq-ethnic-map.gif

19. Population Density http://www.kokhavivpublications.com/help/maps/images/special/iraq_pop.jpg

20. Sunni Triangle