Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS

Chappaqua, NY

The Middle East Today:Political Map

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5 themes of geographyand WHY IMPORTANT?

• for each of the next 13 slides, identify which theme it should belong into:– Location– Place– HEI– Movement– Region

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

Aswan High Dam, Egypt

Hydroelectric

Power Plant

Middle East: Population Density

Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East

17,000,000+

People!

The Natural Resources of the

Middle East

World Oil Reserves

Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil

Kuwait

City

Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers

The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.

Bahrain

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

2022 World Cup