§3.1 Getting to know the Middle East part 1

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§3.1 Getting to know the Middle East part 1

Program

• Getting to know the Middle East
• Countries in the middle east
  
• Population distribution
  
• Documentary
  
• Let's get to work!
  
• The end
  

Program class 2

Week 44	Week 45	Week 46	Week 47	Week 48	Week 49
§3.1	§3.2	§3.3	§3.4	repeat + practice test	BT H3

Goals:

After this lesson:

... you will be able to indicate population distribution in the M-O
... you will know what a cultural area is and what characteristics of the cultural area are in M-O
... do you know what the concept of geopolitics means

What do you think of when you think of the
Middle East?

Which countries belong to
the Middle East region?

Middle-East

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait and Egypt .

Middle-East

400 million people live in this area!

Uneven population distribution

• The Middle - East is located in 3 continents: Asia, Europe and Africa
• 400 million people live there, most of them in Egypt
• Uneven population distribution: This has to do with the presence and absence of water

Uneven population distribution

Low population density in:
deserts
High population density in:

• coastal areas
• along rivers
• In areas of high precipitation

woestijn of stad

Riyad

Bagdad

Climate

In the M-E, the desert climate prevails mainly.
Some areas still have steppe climate or Mediterranean sea climate

Rain is scarce!

Homework

You will work on §3.1 assignments 1ab (Topo), 2bcde (Precipitation) and 3 (Climate)