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Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States Conflicts
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Ten Geographic Characteristics
1. World’s great ancient culture hearth
2. Source region or hearth for several religions
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Ten Geographic Characteristics
3. Islam Predominates
4. Arab World
5. Population is clustered around water
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Ten Geographic Characteristics
6. Desert Environment predominates
7. Central Pivotal Area between 3 continents. Name them---
8. Volatile area with conflicts - disputes & boundary frictions
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Ten Geographic Characteristics
9. Center of superpower chess game. Who???
10. Petroleum - a key economic resource
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Relative Location of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Centrally located between Europe, Asia & Africa
Between the Atlantic/Indian and Mediterranean
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Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics Physical Geography Cultural Geography Historical Geography Regions & States
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates
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Physical Geography Plate Tectonics
– Clashing Plates Arabian Plate into
Eurasian Plate
– Separating Plates Arabian Plate
pulling apart from African Plate
Red Sea
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Physical Geography
Plateaus - Anatolian Highland
Suez Canal
Peninsulas - Saudi Arabian,
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Deserts– The Sahara Desert
(World’s largest)
– The Saudi Arabian Desert
– The Libyan Desert – Negev Desert
(Israel)
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Mountains
– Atlas Mountains (N. Africa)
– Taurus & Pontic Mts (Turkey)
– Zagros Mts. (Iran)– Hindu Kush
(Afghanistan)
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Rivers & Sea– The Nile River– The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Ataturk Dam)– Mediterranean Sea
Gulfs - – Persian Gulf, – Gulf of Aden &
Oman
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia
Lakes – Dead Sea (Israel- salt)– Sea of Galilee (Israel -
freshwater)
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Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Climates
– Desert Climates with less than 10” of rain
under high pressure latitude belt and NE trade winds
– Middle zones on Northern Africa coast & eastern coasts of Mediterranean
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Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia– Population– Languages– Religion– Agriculture– Economics/– Urban
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Population– 300 million– concentrations
along the Nile, Euphrates & Tigris & Coasts
– low overall population due to desert climate
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Northern Africa Population Characteristics
– Birth rates 29/1000– Death rates 8/1000– Annual growth 2.2/1000– Infant Mortality 59/1000– Pop <15 39%– Pop > 65 4 %
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Southwest Asia Population Characteristics
– Birth rates 28/1000– Death rates 7/1000– Annual growth 2.2/1000– Infant Mortality 54/1000– Pop <15 37 %– Pop > 65 5 %
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Percent dying under 40 years
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Languages
– Unified by Arabic Language - An Afro-Asiatic Language
– Hebrew spoken in Israel
– Tribal languages spoken in remote areas of North Africa
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Religion– Islam - one of the world’s
great religions– Religious landscapes
of mosques, minarets, distinctive
non-revealing clothing
– Muslim - a follower of Islam (What is muezzin?)
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Religion
– Islamic Divisions Sunni Islam Shiite Islam (Iran)
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Agriculture (major occupation)
– Commercial farming in Israel (Technology) Mediterranean climate yielding citrus, avocados &
ranching
– Nomadic Herding dominates the region Bedouins – Arab nomads
– Today – giving up traditional nomadic lifestyle to move to the city
– Desertification
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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest
Asia Economy– oil dominated industry
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Northern Africa Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics Physical Geography Cultural Geography Historical Geography Regions & States Conflicts
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Historical Geography
Pre European Prelude Colonial Transformation First World Dependence on oil
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Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics Physical Geography Cultural Geography Historical Geography Regions & States Conflicts
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Regions of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Egypt & the Nile River Basin Maghreb Arabian Peninsula Middle East The North
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Egypt & the Nile Basin
Egypt & Sudan
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The MaghrebMorocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Western Sahara
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Countries within Regions
Arabian Peninsula– Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar,
UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain
The Middle East– Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq,
Gaza,
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Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Historical Geography Regions & States Conflicts
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Israel and the Palestinian Issue
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Ten Geographic Characteristics Physical Geography Cultural Geography Historical Geography Regions & States Conflicts
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