Download Climate and Vegetation: Desert Climate and Steppe climate

Climate and Vegetation: Desert
Climate and Steppe climate
Desert climate
• The Sahara- The world’s largest desert 3.5 million square miles and
covers most of North Africa
• Almost %50 of the land in this region is made up of desert.
• Rub’ al Khali has the largest area of sand in the region.
Steppe Climate
• Steppe is the second largest climate zone in the region
• Rain averages less than 14 inches a year
• Raising and herding livestock is a way of life in this region
Population Patterns
• Middle East
• Arabs
 Most people are from this region
 Mainly Muslims
 Language: Arabic
 Currently living in 16 countries
• Israelis
 Mostly Jewish
 Conflict over borders
• Turks
 Most are located around the area of Turkey
 Most Turks practice Islam
 Language: Turkic
Population Patterns
• Middle East
• Iranians
 Language: Farsi
 90% Shiite Muslims
• Afghanis
 Many different Ethnic groups because of migration and
invasion
 Speak many different languages
 Mostly practice Islam
• Caucasian Peoples
 More than 50 ethnic groups and nationalities live in the
Caucasus Area
 Armenians and Georgians are among the largest ethnic
groups in the area
Population Patterns
• Middle East
• Turkic Peoples
 Language: Turkic
 Almost all are Muslims
 Uzbeks- form the largest Turkic group in the Central Asian
republics
 Tajik- take up most of the population of Tajikistan, they also live in
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
 Language: Similar to Farsi
• Kurds
 Language: Similar to Farsi
 Mostly Muslim
 Live in the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and the Caucasian
Republics
 They have no country of their own
The Middle East and
North Africa are
examples of what
type
of regions?
A. formal
B. functional
C. perceptual
D. physical
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In the past thirty years the population of
Northern Africa has shifted away from areas
in the South to the coastal Mediterranean
area. What is the primary geographic reason
for this?
A. Lack of jobs in the South
B. Access to more resources in the coastal area
C. Mountainous terrain in the South makes farming
difficult
D. The expansion of the Sahara Desert
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All of the following are responsible
for the location of cities in the Middle
East and North Africa EXCEPT-A.
B.
C.
D.
Water Resources
Climatic Conditions
Cultural Diversity
Transportation Routes
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