1. NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (SOUTHWEST ASIA)

3. WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON ARAB CULTURE ARABIC LANGUAGE ISLAMIC (MUSLIM) RELIGION ARID (DRY) CLIMATE DESERT TERRAIN LACK OF FRESH WATER PETROLEUM (OIL)

4. WHICH RESOURCE IS MORE VALUABLE?

5. DESALINIZATION DESALINATION

6. PETROLEUM - OIL OPEC

7. NEW $$$ OLD WAYS

8. BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

9. WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE? NEAR FRESH WATER RIVERS – NILE, TIGRIS, EUPHRATES, JORDAN AQUIFERS

10. ISRAEL

11. WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE? NEAR FOOD FERTILE RIVER VALLEYS

12. MARSH PEOPLE

13. GENOCIDE

14. BEDOUINS

16. SAHARA DESERT

17. SAHEL DESERTIFICATION

18. SAHEL

19. RUB AL KHALI EMPTY QUARTER

20. SUEZ CANAL CONNECTS RED SEA TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA

21. STRAIT OF HORMUZ CHOKEPOINT 1/5 WORLD’S OIL PASSES THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

22. STRAIT OF HORMUZ

23. ASWAN HIGH DAM

24. HIGH DAMS POSITIVES CONTROL FLOODING HYDROELECTRICITY CONSTANT WATER SUPPLY (RESERVOIR) RECREATION (SWIMMING, FISHING, BOATING) CONSISTENT FLOW (EASIER TRANSPORTATION) JOBS

25. HIGH DAMS NEGATIVES NO SEASONAL FRESH SOIL EXPENSIVE FLOOD LAND DISPLACE PEOPLE DESTROY ARTIFACTS POSSIBLE DANGER (IF IT BREAKS) LOSS OF FARM LAND

26. RELIGION ISLAM JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY SHIITE SUNNI

27. ISRAEL JEWISH HOMELAND UNENDING CONFLICT WITH PALESTINIANS

28. ISRAEL DISPUTED TERRITORIES GAZA STRIP GOLAN HEIGHTS WEST BANK IS THE ISSUE LAND, SECURITY, OR ACCESS TO FRESH WATER?

29. ISRAEL JERUSALEM HOLY CITY JUDAISM ISLAM CHRISTIANITY

30. WOMEN’S RIGHTS

31. CAN WOMEN… ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM VOTE? DIVORCE? DRIVE? GET AN EDUCATION? OWN PROPERTY? GO OUT ALONE IN PUBLIC? DRESS AS THEY CHOOSE?

32. GOVERNMENT MONARCHY DEMOCRACY DICTATORSHIP TOTALITARIAN THEOCRACY SHARIA LAW INSTABLILTY MILITARY COUP

33. ARAB SPRING

35. ECONOMY OIL RICHES SUBSISTENCE FARMERS/HERDERS

36. ECONOMY TRADITIONAL SUBSISTENCE FARMING NOMADIC HERDING HUNTING/GATHERING FREE MARKET PLANNED (COMMAND?)

37. DUBAI

38. POPULATION PYRAMIDS