SW Asia Geography Terms Vocabulary
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| A wet fertile area in a desert that is fed by underground water | Oasis
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| Underground water that is not being replaced by enough rainfall | Fossil Water
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| Supplying water to crops using a fresh source of water | Irrigation
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| Fertile soil that is deposited on the banks of rivers | Silt
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| More than what is needed | Surplus
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| Not enough for all wants and needs | Scarcity
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| Another name for SW Asia | Middle East
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| Sunny, dry, and barren climate zone that gets less than ten inches of rain a year | Desert
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| Semi-arid region between deserts and wetter areas. It has short grasses and shrubs and 10-20 inches of rain a year. | Steppe
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| Climate zone with dry, sunny, warm summers and cooler and wetter winters. Found in coastal areas in the middle latitudes. | Mediterranean Climate
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| People groups who often move from place to place. | Nomads
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| The practice of farming for the growing of crops and/or raising animals to provide food, wool, and other products | Agriculture
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| Growing just enough food to feed yourself and your family | Subsistence Agriculture
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| Very dry. Think the desert. | Arid
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| An area that gets a lot of rain | Humid
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| A mostly dry region that gets more rain than a desert (think steppe). | Semi-Arid
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| In social studies this is used to mean an area that has warm temperatures. | Tropical
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| An area with temperatures that change from cool and cold to warm and sometimes hot, but generally in the middle of the two extremes. | Temperate
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| In social studies this is areas that experience cold to very cold temperatures a large part of the year. | Polar
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| Lakes created by dams where water is stored. | Reservoir
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| The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater. | Desalination
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| Large scale farming for the purpose of selling your produce to others. | Commercial Agriculture
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| When there is few of something in an area. Similar to scarce. | Sparse
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| Land that can be farmed easily. | Arable Land
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