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G. SG Ch. 17,18,19
Question | Answer |
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What percent of Egypt's people lives on 3% of its land? | 90% |
The economy of - suffers when oil prices drop. | Iran, Saudi Arabia |
The Qizilqum and Garagum are both... | Deserts |
The aswan High Dam prevents - soil from reaching the Nile Delta | Alluvial |
In the Israeli-Palestinian dispute - is a major environmental issue. | Self-rule |
The Ottoman Empire ruled - for more than 600 years. | Eastern Medditeranean |
Limited freshwater resources have forced countries to use the process of... | Desalination |
The ancient - is the route of a communications superhighway. | Silk road |
The - has become a series of separate smaller lakes. | Aral Sea |
The process of removing salt from water is called... | Desalination |
Only a small percentage of the land is... | Water |
A general name for the goods produced is: | Commodities |
- is the organization that controls patroleum prices world wide. | OPEC |
War has had a negative environmental affect on the: | Water |
Steppe | Second largest climate region. Less than 14" precipitation. |
Mediterranean Climate | Cool, rainy winters; hot, dry summers. Tigris Euphrates Valley |
Desert | The largest desert is the Sahara. Covers most of North Africa. 50% of the land. |
Highlands | Hospital to settlement and farming. Agriculture, Fishing, Livestock. |
Oasis | Small area in a desert where water and vegitation are foun. |
Black Sea | Lies to the north of the Sinai Peninsula |
Caspian Sea | Largest inland body of water. Lower water levels |
Aral Sea | Healthy fishing community. Dried up becasue of irrigation. |
Mediterranean Sea | Separates Africa and Europe. Lies to the South of the Sinai Peninsula. |
Red Sea | inland sea between the Arabian Peninsula, and northeast Asia. |
Muslim place of worship | Mosque |
Movement that includes desire for self-rule. | Nationalism |
The taming of animals for use by people | Domesticate |
Language of Iran | Persian |
Language of Southern Morocco and Algeria | Berber |
Language of Israel | Hebrew |
Language of Afghanistan | Dari and Pashto |
One of the world's largest cotton producers | Uzbekstan |
Subtropical agricultural region on the Black Sea | Georgia |
World's largest exporter of phosphate | Morocco |
Country whose economy thrives on oil production | Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait |
Country whose GDP is primarily based on service industry | Bahrain |
Link between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea | Gulf of Oman |
Heavily polluted inland sea | Caspian Sea |
Underground water source | Quanats |
Sea whose water level is sinking each year | Dead Sea |
Link between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. | Strait of Taran |