Our World

4-5-06

-SW Asia and N Africa extend 4,000 miles
-This region is a culture hearth, a region that witnesses many cultural innovations that subsequently diffuse to there parts of the world.
-Development of Petroleum industry has had large impact on the region
*OPEC= member countries make profound influence on global prices and petroleum.
*Islamic Fundamentalism- this aspect of Islam that advocates return to more traditional practices calls for measure of civil and religious authority and challenges enchroament of global pop culture

environmental Geo.: Life in a Fragile World
-A long history of human settlement in SW Asia and N Africa has left its mark on the environment.
(Regional Landforms)
SW Asia is more mountainous than N Africa
-North Africa
Maghreb= "West Island" includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Dominated by Atlas Mountains.
-Southwest Asia
*Levant=eastern Mediterranean region of Southwest Asia has mountains and highlands.
*Anatolia= peninsula of Turkey is a geological active plateau
*Mesopotamia.
Physical gee. of SW Asia and N Africa
-Patterns of Settlement
Arid
Deserts stretch from Atlantic coast across Africa, through the Arabian Penninsula, and into central and eastern Iran.
Mediterranean climates in the Atlas Mountains and the Levant coastline caused by altitude and latitude.
(Legacies of a Vulnerable Landscape)
-Lengthy human settlement has led to environmental problems,
Deforest and Overgrazing
-Human activities and natural conditions have reduced most forests to grass and scrub

*Salinization=Buildup of toxic salts in the soil from centers of irrigation.
hundreds of thousand of acres of farmland degraded.

-whew

And, the rest, in summary, is that N Africa and SW Asia are some pretty cool places. Cheers to them. :)

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posted by Anonymous @ 4/09/2006 06:56:00 PM