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G. SG Ch. 17,18,19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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