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Monsoon Asia: Essential Questions. West Middle. North Africa & the Middle East. Fertile river valleys have developed along what rivers? How did the Tigris and Euphrates make the surrounding land so fertile?
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Monsoon Asia: Essential Questions West Middle
North Africa & the Middle East • Fertile river valleys have developed along what rivers? • How did the Tigris and Euphrates make the surrounding land so fertile? • Effect of desertification has caused most people throughout the North Africa & Southwest Asia live where? • What resource has brought economic life to the Arabian Peninsula? • Agriculture along the Nile, Euphrates & Tigris Rivers have allowed for what? • How has petroleum linked the Middle East with the rest of the world? • Oases along the Anatolian & Iranian Plateaus have been important to what group of people? • Throughout mankind’s development Anatolian & Iranian Peninsulas have been vital what? • What are Qanats used for? • Where in the world is North Africa? • Where in the world is the Middle East? • Why is the Suez Canal important? • Study maps from your packet. • Essay question: Compare & contrast the middle east & north Africa 1. Tigris, Euphrates, Nile 2. deposited silt thru flooding 3. along the coast, oases & rivers 4. Petroleum 5. development 6. most countries depend on petroleum for energy 7. traders 8. trade routes 9.to create oases in arid places 10. south of the _______________ Sea 11. to the east of the ______________ Sea 12. connect the Med to the Indian Ocean.