Syria
Published on Nov 29, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SYRIA
- Population of 16,482,000
- 71,498 square miles
- Became a country in 1961
- Has public schools
Photo by Werner Kunz
LaNGUAGE AND RELIGIONS
- Muslims, Christians, Jewish
- Arabic,Kurdish,Armenian,Aramaic
- French and English
- Arabic is the most spoken
Photo by khowaga1
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
- Presidential republic
- Literacy rate is 84.91%
- Unitary republic
- Republic under military regime since 1963
MOUNTAIN RANGES
- Zagros mountains run through Iran
- Taurus mountains run through turkey
Photo by james_gordon_losangeles
MILITARY
- Advising and assisting the Syrian military to preserve bashar al-assad's hold on power
- Both a victim and perpetrator of terrorism
- 178,000 active personnel
- 18-49 years old
BODIES OF WATER THAT TOUCH THE MIDDLE EAST
- Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea
- Indian Ocean
- Arabian Sea
- Persian gulf
Photo by Nataraj Metz
THE DEAD SEA
- The outlet to the dead sea was blocked
- People go to bathe in its mineral waters
- People soak in its black mineral mud
- High I'm salt concentration
Photo by Clicksy
SHAT AL ARAB
- Area between Tigris and Euphrates
- 200 km in length (120 miles)
- Mouth of the river is the Persian gulf
- 13 feet deep
Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia
COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- Turkey-Ankara
- Iraq-Baghdad
- Iran-Tehran
- Afghanistan-Kabul
- Saudi Arabia-Ri Yadh
Photo by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com
COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- Oman-Muscat
- Yemen-Sanaa
- Syria-Damascus
- Israel-Jerusalem
- Lebanon-Amman
Photo by judaluz83
COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- Kuwait-Kuwait
- Bahrain-Manama
- Qatar-Doha
- United Arab Emirates-Abu Dhabi
Photo by ToGa Wanderings
