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Geo Ch. 4 #2
MENA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MENA is home to a number of ______ ranges and 2 major _____ systems | Mountain; River |
| The mountain ranges in North Africa through Turkey and into Iran were produced by _____ activity | Tectonic |
| The mountains in MENA generate rainfall that fees that _______ and arid regions | Rivers |
| ______ is a precious commodity in MENA as there are only 2 freshwater river systems | Water |
| The _____ river is in East Africa and flows from the Ethiopian Plateau across the ______ to Sudan and into the Mediterranean | Nile; Sahara |
| The Nile river flows through some of the ______ conditions on the planet | Dryest |
| The Tigress and Euphrates Rivers are the lifeblood of the region's inhabitants for 1000's years and is a source of _____ | Conflict |
| The Tigress River flows through _______ and forms part of the Syria/Turkey ______ | Iraq; Border |
| Euphrates River flows through ______ | Syria |
| Oases, Water Mining, and Desalinization are 3 ways MENA accesses _______ | Freshwater |
| ______ has the most efficient desalinization plants in the world | Israel |
| The use of oil/petroleum became popular with the use of internal combustion during _____ | WWI |
| To consolidate control over global petrols (oil) 5 US and 2 UK companies began drilling in ______ in the early 1900s | Iran |
| MENA started _______ when they got angry at the US and UK companies whose drilling resulted in cuts in oil prices. They wanted to coordinate oil policies | OPEC |
| The first _____ crisis happened in 1970 when OPEC cut back on _______ | Oil; Production |
| In 1979 countries got nervous about their _____ on MENA for oil so they began to develop efficiency standards for care and industrial production systems and Russian and US increased oil production, which drove ______ prices | Oil; Down |
| Some scientists say we have depleted at least _____ the worlds oil reserves and some say we have over estimated what we have by ____ | 1/2; 1/3 |
| Increasing amounts of petroleum is ending up in animal and human food ________ due to it ending up in _______ due to spills and products being converted to plastic | Chains; Oceans |
| ____ have altered the landscape of MENA to the point where some animals and plants are now _____ | Humans; Extinct |
| Semi arid lands in MENA have become grazed and less productive leading to desertlike conditions is called ______ | Desertification |
| MENA is trying to protect/preservice their environment through _____ and _______ by planting new tree seeds or new trees | Reforestation; Afforestation |
| The first humans in MENA who domesticated plants created _____ permanent settlements between 10-20 thousand years ago | Semi |
| The first humans in MENA created the earliest large scale societies and inventions such as writing, ______ and cultural-______ systems | Math; Religious |
| MENAs inventions of writing, math, and cultural religious systems spread through the world through global ______, ______, and empires | Trade; Migration |
| ______ colonization, global political ______ and thirst for oil have had enormous impact on MENA | European; Conflicts |
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