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Unit 6 Flashcards

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Alluvial

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Made of soil deposited by rivers

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Subcontinent

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A large landmass that is a major part of a continent

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Cash Crop

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A crop that is grown or raised to be sold on a local or world market

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Oasis

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Small areas in a desert region where freshwater is usually available from an underground spring or well

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Petroleum

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Oily, flammable liquid formed by dead ancient plants and animals

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Nonrenewable Resource

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A natural resource that cannot be quickly replaced once it is used

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Standard of living

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A measurement of a person’s or a groups education, housing, health, and nutrition

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Steppes

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Vast, mostly level, treeless plains covered with grassland vegetation

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Textiles

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Cloth

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Malnutrition

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Poor nutrition caused by lack of food

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Life expectancy

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The average number of years a person is supposed to live

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Literacy Rate:

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Shows the percentage of the population that can read and write

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Drought

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A long period of dry weather

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Green Revolution

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In the 1940s, a worldwide effort took place to increase food production in developing countries

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Self-Sufficiant

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A country can supply its own goods without outside assistence

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Tributary

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A river that flows into a larger river

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Irrigation

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The watering of crops using canals and other waterways

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Kibbutz

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WHere people live when they cooperate in all parts of live

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West Bank

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A disputed area on the edge of the Jordan River

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Gaza Strip

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A small are of land along the Mediterranean Sea

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Hajj

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The pilgrimage to Mecca

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Quran

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The holy book of Islam

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Monarchy

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A state or nation in which power is held by a monarch

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Refugees

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People who flee war or other disasters

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Dictatorship

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A form of government in which authority is held by an all powerful ruler

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Landlocked

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No direct access to the sea

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Largest nation in South Asia

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India

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Two largest rivers in South Asia

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Indus (Pakistan)and Ganges (India)

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Monsoons

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Single most important factor in South Asia climate

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Percentage of South Asia that live in rural areas

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70%

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India has a small portion of…

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Oil

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India relies on…

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Hydroelectricity and Nuclear Power

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Rub’ al-Khali

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Means empty quarter

Largest all sand desert in the world

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SW Asia has some of the worlds largest

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Deserts

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Two historic rivers in SW Asia are…

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Tigris and Euphrates

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The deposit…

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Rich soil and minerals

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Mountainous countries in SW Asia

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Turkey and Iran

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The natural resource that brings the most money into SW Asia is…

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Petroleum/Oil

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People in SW Asia need _______ the most

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Water

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Saudi Arabia has no permanent…

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Rivers

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Wadis

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Stream beds that may hold water when seasonal rains fall, but are dry for most of the year

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Petroleum has brought benefits like ________________ to SW Asia

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A higher standard of living, which means more hospitals and schools.

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The Bedouin make up ______ percentage of SW Asia

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10%

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Common climates in SW and Central Asia

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Semiarid and Arid. Dry is the umbrella climate

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The two bodies of water that stand out in Central Asia are…

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The Caspian and Aral Seas

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Two major natural resources of CentralAsia are…

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Petroleum and Natural Gas

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The key economic activity is

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Farming

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Most of the land in Central Asia is used for…

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Commercial farming and Livestock farming

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Central Asia’s major crop is…

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Cotton

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