Middle East Geography

Objective

• Students will learn Middle East geography.

What is the Middle East covered by?

• Mostly ________ cover the Middle East• Hot and ____• Temperatures can easily reach

___ degrees

Oasis

• Where ____ comes up to the ground in the desert• Used to feed and water animals

and ____• Important for desert ____

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Bring lots of ____ into the M.E.• Supports _____ of people.• Some of the first human _____

were started here• Mostly in ____

Nile River

• __________ river in the world! • Basis of the Egyptian life• Most Egyptians live within a few

____ of the river

Zagros Mountains

• Runs from Turkey to ____.• Several different ethnic groups

live here: Arab, ______, and Kurds.

Middle East Political

Middle East Physical