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A place where there’s an available supply of oil

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Oil reserve

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Products derived from petroleum or natural gas is what?

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Petrochemicals

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Desalination

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A process where salt is removed from sea water

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Long networks of underground pipes that transports oil

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Pipelines

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Suitable for growing crops

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Arable

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The value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

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GDP

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Economic goods produced

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Commodities

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Aquifer

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Underground water bearing layers of porous rocks, sand,

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In which sea has over fishing decreased fish catches?

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Caspian Sea

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Which river has the Aswan High Dam?

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Egypt: the Nile River

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What does the the Answan Dam do?

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Controls the Nile’s floods and supplies nearly 50% of Egypt’s electric power

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What has the Aral Sea become?

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It has become separate, smaller lakes

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What did the ancient desert city of Petra devise?

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Water-divised methods of sharing scarce water

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Saudi Arabia is dependent upon what from other nations?

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Agricultural products

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Why is tourism popular in this region?

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It has religious and cultural importance

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The GDP of many countries in the region depend upon which products or industries?

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Service industries, petrochemicals and tourism

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What are the main transportation routes in this region?

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The Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (train routes and roads)

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The ancient what is the route of communications superhighway?

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Silk Road

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In which country does the “great man-made river” carry freshwater?

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Libya

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Limited freshwater resources have forced countries to use what process?

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Desalination

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What percent of the world’s oil reserves does this region have?

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70%

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A system of pipelines transports oil overland to ports on which seas?

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The Mediterranean, Red Sea, & the Persian Gulf

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What led to radiation pollution in Kazakhstan?

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Kazakhstan was once home to Soviet Nuclear bases which leaked. They tested on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

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Who set the oil well fires in the Persian Gulf War and identify three types of damage done?

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Iraqi troops

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Within which seas have the most serious environment problems occurred?

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The Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, and the Aral Sea

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How were many of Central Asia’s environmental problems caused?

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Soviet Union

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Which type of mining operations contributes to the region’s economic growth?

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Coal & copper company

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Which country takes irrigation water from the Jordan river?

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Israel

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Which countries are these?

One of the world’s largest cotton producers?

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Uzbekistan

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Which countries are these?

Subtropical agricultural region on the Black Sea?

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Georgia

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Which countries are these?

World’s largest exporter of phosphate?

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Morocco

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Which countries are these?

Country whose economy thrives on oil production?

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Saudi Arabia

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Which countries are these?

Country whose GDP is primarily based on service industries?

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Bahrain

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Which body of water or strait are these?

Link between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea?

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Strait of Hormuz

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Which body of water or strait are these?

Heavily polluted inland sea?

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Caspian Sea

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Which body of water or strait are these?

Sea whose water level is sinking each year?

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Dead Sea

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Which body of water or strait are these?

Link between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea?

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Strait of Tiran

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Will this region solve its problem of water scarcity?

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Explain how and why Saudi Arabia and other countries are interdependent?

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Interdependence is growing within the region
Saudi Arabia and other countries depend on water, food, & advice on petrochemicals from the U.S. And in return, the U.S. Is dependent on their oil.

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