1. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. The Middle East Today: Political Map

3. Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?

4. Bodies of Water  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea  Gulf of Aden Strait of  Hormuz Suez Canal  Dardanelles Strait  Atlantic Ocean  Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea

5. The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”

6. Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

7. Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant

8. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

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

10. The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?

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

12. Wadis – Instant Springs

13. Mountains & Plateaus  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.

14. Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey

15. Deserts Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Rub al-Khali

16. Desert Bedouins

17. Swarms of Desert Locusts! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s!

18. Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”

19. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

20. Fresh Groundwater Sources

21. Desalinization Plants

22. Fertile Crescent

23. The Fertile Crescent

24. Completed Map  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea  Gulf of Aden Strait of  Hormuz Suez Canal  Dardanelles Strait  Atlantic Ocean  Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert

25. The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines

26. Middle East: Climate Regions

27. Middle East: Population Density

28. Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17,000,000+ People!

29. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

30. The Natural Resources of the Middle East

31. World Oil Reserves

32. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

33. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

34. Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil Kuwait City

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