1. Please copy these questions in your notebook,Please copy these questions in your notebook,
leaving HALF A PAGE for each response.leaving HALF A PAGE for each response.
Save a little extra room for question #3!Save a little extra room for question #3!
Essential QuestionsEssential Questions: Geography of the Middle: Geography of the Middle
EastEast
1. Why is the Middle East such a 1. Why is the Middle East such a strategic locationstrategic location??
2. How do water resources in the Middle East 2. How do water resources in the Middle East
promote both promote both conflict and cooperationconflict and cooperation in the in the
region? region?
3. How do the 3. How do the major geographic featuresmajor geographic features of the of the
Middle East dictate Middle East dictate settlement patterns andsettlement patterns and
population densitypopulation density??
4. How have humans changed their environment in 4. How have humans changed their environment in
order to suit their needs?order to suit their needs?
16. *The Nile and its
tributaries flow
though nine
countries.
17. The Nile River flows South
to North, where
accumulation of sediment
forms a delta.
18. Egypt: The “Gift of the
Nile”
Annual Nile
Flooding
Nile
Delta
95% of the
Egyptian people
live on 5% of the
land!
19. Nile Delta
• Most densely populated area in the
Middle East
• Regular flooding left behind silt – thick
black soil, ideal for farming
• TODAY – silt is caught behind dam,
leaving little for farming in the delta
21. The Fertile Crescent
• Mesopotamia - “land between the rivers."
• Many different civilizations developed in this small region
because it is HIGHLY strategic and coveted
• Flooding of rivers produced fertile soil
• Today - Iraq
Mesopotamia:
“Land Between the
Two Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So.
Iraq
30. 4. How have humans4. How have humans
changed their environment inchanged their environment in
order to suit their needs?order to suit their needs?
• ASWAN HIGH DAM - on the Nile River
• Prevents flooding, Controls irrigation, Can plant 3
crops instead of only 1 a year, Hydroelectric power
• New layer of fertile soil no longer deposited by
annual flood, must use fertilizers, Very expensive,
New soil not added to Delta, which causes erosion
• Suez Canal
– Connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas
– Used to transport goods
31. Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Hydroelectric
Power Plant
The Dam wall is 365 feet
high
Created artificial lake- Lake
Nasser, which covers 300
miles
34. Suez Canal
*The 101-mile waterway
connecting the Mediterranean
Sea to the Red Sea.
* The Suez Canal is used to
transport goods to and from all
three continents.
35. To what extent does the United States rely on theTo what extent does the United States rely on the
Middle East for its oil consumption? How do you thinkMiddle East for its oil consumption? How do you think
this dependence affects our relationship with oilthis dependence affects our relationship with oil
producing countries?producing countries?
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil
40. • Answer the 5 essentialAnswer the 5 essential
questions using 5 SPECIFICquestions using 5 SPECIFIC
details/examples from thedetails/examples from the
PowerPoint and/or the web toPowerPoint and/or the web to
support your answer.support your answer.
