SW Asia 7 Word Scramble
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Golan Heights | Hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee; a strategic location that has been site of conflict in SW asia. |
Wadi | River bed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons. |
Tigris River | One of the most important rivers in SW asia; it supported several ancient river valley civilizations. |
Euphrates River | River in SW asia which supported several ancient civilizations and flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, an Iraq and emties into the Persian Gulf. |
Jordan River | River that serves as a boundary between Israel and Jordan. |
Dead Sea | Landlocked salt-lake between Israel and Jordan. |
Rub al-Khali | Known as the empty quarter; one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, covering about 250,000 square miles.f |
Oasis | Flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil. |
Salt Flat | Practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water to use for crops. |
Drip Irrigation | |
Desalization | |
Fossil Water | |
Crude Oil | |
Refinery | |
Mecca | |
Islam | |
Muhammed | |
Mosque | |
Theocratic | |
OPEC | |
Western Wall | |
Dome of the Rock | |
Zionism | |
PLO | |
Kurds | |
Mesopotamia | |
Sunni | |
Shi'ite | |
Taliban | |
Guest Workers | |
Stateless Nation | |
Palestinians | |
West Bank | |
Gaza Strip | |
Strategic Commodity | |
Human Resources |
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