Chapter 21 Flashcards
What is the name of the hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee?
Golan Heights
What separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa?
Red Sea
What separates the Arabian Peninsula from the rest of Asia?
The Persian Gulf
What peninsula marks the beginning of the Asia continent?
The Anatolian Peninsula
How do goods flow from Asia to Europe and North Africa?
Through the Suez Canal
What are riverbeds that remain dry, except during the rainy season?
Wadis
What landform makes up most of the Anatolian Peninsula?
Plateau
What two rivers supported the ancient river valley civilizations in the Fertile Crescent?
The Tigris & Euphrates rivers
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers join?
Shatt al Arab
What river from the mountains of Lebanon provides the entire region of Southwest Asia with water?
The Jordan River
What river forms a natural boundary between Jordan and Israel?
The Jordan River
What’s the name of the landlocked salt lake that is the lowest place on Earth?
The Dead Sea
What fraction of the world’s oil reserves are found in Southwest Asia?
1/2
What mineral is found around the Dead Sea?
Calcium chloride
What’s the name of the vast desert on the Arabian Peninsula that covers 250,000 square miles?
Rub al-Khali
What desert is next to the Rub al-Khali?
The An-Nafud
What desert separates Lebanon, Israel, and Syria from the Tigris & Euphrates river valleys?
The Syrian desert
What is the area formed when wind evaporates the moisture in the soil, but chemical salts remain?
Salt flat
What are the two salt flat deserts in Iran?
Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut
What is the most critical resource in Southwest Asia?
Water
What project carries water from the northern part of Israel to the drier parts in the center and south?
The National Water Carrier Project
What is the process of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above the ground to conserve water?
Drip-irrigation
What is the removal of salt from ocean water at water treatment plants?
Desalinization
What is an alternative source of water in Southwest Asia?
The treatment of wastewater
What is water pumped from underground aquifers?
Fossil water
What is one of the world’s larges oil fields?
Al-Ghawar
What is petroleum that hasn’t been processed?
Crude oil
What is a place where crude oil is converted into useful products?
Refinery
When did the largest ever oil spill occur?
During the Persian Gulf War
