The Middle East: Arabian Peninsula (Review)

The Middle East: Arabian Peninsula (Review)

Poll

Which picture do you relate the most to?

Multiple Choice

What is a peninsula?

• The land of pens

• A piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water and is attached to a larger land area.

• A peninsula is a country in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice

What did Arab traders use to carry goods from through the desert?

• Wagons

• Horses

• Camels

Turkey

• Religion: More than 9/10ths of the population in Turkey is Muslim and follows the Islamic religion

• Agriculture: about 1/3 of Turkey's land is used for agriculture wheat, with smaller areas of barley, rye, oats, corn (maize), and rice.

• What do you notice about Turkey's location?

Iraq

• Religion: Iraq is a predominantly Muslim country while a very small portion of the population is Christian.

• Agriculture: Iraq is a very hot and arid country, so not very much vegetation aside from shrubbery grow there.

• Review: During ancient times, the area which makes up Iraq today was known as Mesopotamia

Iran

• Religion: Muslim

• Agriculture: 1/10 is forested, especially within the Caspian region

• Geography: Most of Iran's geography consists of a central desert plateau