Chapter 16 Word Scramble
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Mesopotamia was located on an area of fertile soil left by river floods called a(n) __________. | alluvial plain |
Oil is common in this region because the land is made up of __________, or layers of materials hardened by the intense weight of more materials piled above. | sedimentary rock |
__________ has decreased the number of sturgeon in the Caspian Sea. | Poaching |
In this region of little rain, dry riverbeds called __________ fill with water when it rains. | wadis |
Bordering this region's deserts are dry, treeless, but grassy plains called __________. | steppes |
The Aral Sea has been drying up over the past several years because... | irrigation projects took too much water from the rivers that feed the sea |
Two important waterways in the region include the Suez Canal and the Dardanelles. What is the main difference between the Suez and the Dardanelles? | The Suez is human-made while the Dardanelles is natural. |
The world's largest desert, the Sahara, is located in __________. | North Africa |
One of the most likely reasons for conflict in this region is competition over __________. | water |
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