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C.J. Cox Instructor

World Regional Geography. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia. C.J. Cox Instructor. Week #5 & 6. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia. Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States Conflicts. Ten Geographic Qualities.

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C.J. Cox Instructor

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  1. World Regional Geography Northern Africa & Southwest Asia C.J. Cox Instructor Week #5 & 6

  2. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Regions & States • Conflicts

  3. Ten Geographic Qualities • 1. World’s great ancient culture hearth • 2. Source region or hearth for several religions

  4. Ten Geographic Qualities • 3. Islam Predominates • 4. Arab World • (semitic) • 5. Population is clustered around water

  5. Ten Geographic Qualities • 6. Desert Environment predominates • 7. Central Pivotal Area between 3 continents • 8. Volatile area with conflicts - disputes & boundary frictions

  6. Ten Geographic Qualities • 9. Center of superpower chess game • 10. Petroleum - a key economic resource

  7. Relative Location of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Centrally located between Europe, Asia & Africa • Between the Atlantic/Indian and Mediterranean

  8. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Historical Geography • Regions & States

  9. Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Plate Tectonics • Plateaus • Deserts • Mountains • Rivers • Lakes • Climates

  10. Physical Geography • Plate Tectonics • Clashing Plates • Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate • Separating Plates • Arabian Plate pulling apart from African Plate • Red Sea

  11. Physical Geography • Plateaus - Anatolian Highland • Penninsulas - Saudi Arabian, Suez

  12. Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Deserts • The Sahara Desert - • The Saudi Arabian Desert • The Libyan Desert • Negev Desert

  13. Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Mountains • Atlas Mountains • Thorus Mts (Turkey) • Elburz & Zagros Mts. (Iran) • Golan Heights (Israel)

  14. Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Rivers & Sea • The Nile River • The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers • The Jordan River • The Red Sea • Gulfs - • Persian Gulf, • Gulf of Suez, • Gulf of Aqaba

  15. Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Lakes • Dead Sea • Sea of Galilee

  16. 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 • med. zones on Northern Africa coast & eastern coasts of Mediterrean

  17. Climates of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia

  18. Vegetation Map

  19. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Regions & States

  20. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Population • Languages • Religion • Agriculture • Economics/ • Urban

  21. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Population • 300 million • concentrations along the Nile, Euphrates & Tigris & Coasts • low overall population due to desert climate • very high growth rates in Gaza

  22. Population Concentrations

  23. Northern Africa • Population Characteristics • Birth rates 29/1000 • Death rates 8/1000 • Natural Increase 2.2/1000 • Infant Mortality 59/1000 • Doubling Time 32 yrs • Pop <15 39% • Pop > 65 4 %

  24. Southwest Asia • Population Characteristics • Birth rates 28/1000 • Death rates 7/1000 • Natural Increase 2.2/1000 • Infant Mortality 54/1000 • Doubling Time 32 yrs • Pop <15 37 % • Pop > 65 5 %

  25. Dying Under 40 years

  26. 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

  27. Religions

  28. 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 • Moslem - a follower of Islam

  29. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Religion • Islamic Divisions • Sunni Islam • Shite Islam (Iran)

  30. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Agriculture • commercial farming in Israel • Meditterean climate yielding citrus, avacados & ranching • Nomadic Herding dominates the region • Bedouins • Desertification

  31. Agriculture

  32. Atlas Mts.

  33. Israeli Kibutz

  34. Tunisia

  35. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Economy • oil dominated industry

  36. Income levels

  37. SW Asia Urban Landscape

  38. Baghdad

  39. Nile River Valley - Urban Landscape

  40. Ataturk Dam on Euphrates River

  41. Northern Africa Southwest Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Historical Geography • Regions & States • Conflicts

  42. Historical Geography • Pre European Prelude • Colonial Transformation • First World Dependence on oil

  43. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Historical Geography • Regions & States • Conflicts

  44. Regions of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia • Egypt & the Nile River Basin • Maghreb • Arabian Peninsula • Middle East • The North

  45. Egypt & the Nile Basin Egypt & Sudan

  46. The Maghreb • Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Western Sahara

  47. The Arabian Peninsula

  48. The Middle East

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