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Chapter 21 Flashcards

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What is the name of the hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee?

A

Golan Heights

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What separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa?

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Red Sea

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What separates the Arabian Peninsula from the rest of Asia?

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The Persian Gulf

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What peninsula marks the beginning of the Asia continent?

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The Anatolian Peninsula

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How do goods flow from Asia to Europe and North Africa?

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Through the Suez Canal

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What are riverbeds that remain dry, except during the rainy season?

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Wadis

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What landform makes up most of the Anatolian Peninsula?

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Plateau

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What two rivers supported the ancient river valley civilizations in the Fertile Crescent?

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The Tigris & Euphrates rivers

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Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers join?

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Shatt al Arab

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What river from the mountains of Lebanon provides the entire region of Southwest Asia with water?

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The Jordan River

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What river forms a natural boundary between Jordan and Israel?

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The Jordan River

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What’s the name of the landlocked salt lake that is the lowest place on Earth?

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The Dead Sea

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What fraction of the world’s oil reserves are found in Southwest Asia?

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1/2

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What mineral is found around the Dead Sea?

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Calcium chloride

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What’s the name of the vast desert on the Arabian Peninsula that covers 250,000 square miles?

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Rub al-Khali

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What desert is next to the Rub al-Khali?

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The An-Nafud

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What desert separates Lebanon, Israel, and Syria from the Tigris & Euphrates river valleys?

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The Syrian desert

18
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What is the area formed when wind evaporates the moisture in the soil, but chemical salts remain?

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Salt flat

19
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What are the two salt flat deserts in Iran?

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Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut

20
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What is the most critical resource in Southwest Asia?

A

Water

21
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What project carries water from the northern part of Israel to the drier parts in the center and south?

A

The National Water Carrier Project

22
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What is the process of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above the ground to conserve water?

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Drip-irrigation

23
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What is the removal of salt from ocean water at water treatment plants?

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Desalinization

24
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What is an alternative source of water in Southwest Asia?

A

The treatment of wastewater

25
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What is water pumped from underground aquifers?

A

Fossil water

26
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What is one of the world’s larges oil fields?

A

Al-Ghawar

27
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What is petroleum that hasn’t been processed?

A

Crude oil

28
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What is a place where crude oil is converted into useful products?

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Refinery

29
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When did the largest ever oil spill occur?

A

During the Persian Gulf War

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