Download in Southwest Asia is ______.

Chapter 21:
Intro. to the SW Asia/Middle East
Ch. 21:1 – Landforms & Resources
land bridge
Southwest Asia forms a __________________connecting
Asia, Africa, and
Europe
___________.
The most distinctive landform in Southwest Asia is the Arabian
Peninsula which is surrounded by the _____________
Red Sea
____________,
on the
Persian Gulf
southwest and the _________________on
the east. Also, on the southstrategic
west side of the Arabian Peninsula is the ______________
opening to the
Mediterranean Sea—the _______________.
Suez Canal
_______________
The Anatolian Peninsula is
Black Sea and the _________________
Mediterranean
located between the __________
Sea.
land on the Arabian Peninsula is __________
barren
Most of the _______
with some
wadis
riverbeds
low hills, ridges, and __________,
which are ______________
that
rainy seasons
remain dry except during the ____________________.
The heart of Iran is a
plateau
mountains
_____________
surrounded by _______________.
Isolated and very high,
stony salty, & sandy ___________.
desert
the land is a ________,
Rugged mountains divide
Hindu Kush
the land & countries in Southwest Asia. The _______________
Mountains
Afghanistan
of ________________
are linked with other ranges of mountains that frame
Tigris
southern Iran. Two of the most important rivers—the _____________
Euphrates
civilizations
and the _________________--supported
several ancient river _______________.
Jordan River
sea
The _________________
has no outlet to the _______,
but its waters
Dead Sea
mingle
___________
with the salty waters of the _________________,
a landlocked
resource
oil
salt lake. The most abundant ______________
in Southwest Asia is _________.
water
resource that
In parts of Southwest Asia, __________
is a scarce _____________
guarded and carefully _________.
used
must be constantly ____________
Ch. 21:2 – Climate & Vegetation
animals living
arid
1. Southwest Asia is extremely ________.
The vegetation & ____________
desert
water
in the __________
can survive on little___________and
in extreme
temperatures
_______________.
Mediterranean climate prevails, making
2. In other parts of the region, a ________________
green
lush
the land __________
and __________
at least part of each year.
Rub al-Khali also
desert in the region is the______________,
3. The most famous _________
Empty
temperature
known as the __________
Quarter. During the summer, the _____________
surface
186 F
on the ____________
of the sand often exceeds _________.
An-Nafud
4. Next to this desert is the_______________
Desert. Severe sandstorms and
brutal _______
heat make this desert a __________
barrier across the Arabian Peninsula.
mountains block rain, and dry __________
winds increase
5. In Iran, the high ______________
moisture
evaporation. So when winds evaporate the _____________
in the soil,
chemical salts remain creating a ______________.
salt flat
____________
fringes
desert
semiarid
6. On the ___________
of the ___________
are regions with a ___________
pasture lands for ___________
grazing
climate. These regions offer good ___________
Turkey large herds of_______________
mohair goats graze in these lands.
animals. In _________,
exports
hair and fabrics made from it, are among Turkey’s ___________.
Their _______,
adequate
7. Southwest Asia does have some areas with _____________
rainfall. Along
Mediterranean coast, and in most of Turkey, hot ____________
summers
the _________________
and rainy ____________
create a good climate for growing __________
winters
citrus
olives and vegetables.
fruits, __________,
Ch. 21:3 – Human-Environment Interaction
resource
water
1. The most critical ____________
in Southwest Asia is __________.
Turkey is
dams and a man-made ________
lakes on the upper
building a series of ________
Euphrates River. The dams and lake will provide __________
____________
and
water
hydroelectricity
_________________
for parts of the country.
National Water Carrier
Israel carries water from
2. The___________________________
project in __________
north of country to sites in the ___________
center
the _________
and south of the nation.
ocean water
3. Some countries in the region are developing ways to use _________________.
Desalinization
salt
________________,
the removal of ________
from ocean water, is done at
water treatment plants
technically sophisticated ___________________________________.
pumped
aquifers
4. Water _____________
from underground _______________
is called
fossil water because it has been in the aquifer for a _________________
long period
_____________
of time. This water has very little __________
chance of being ______________
replaced
rainfall
because the region has so little ______________
to recharge the aquifers.
oil fields
sands
5. The ______________
discovered in the __________
of the Southwest Asia
bonanza
have been a _______________
for the region. These fields contain about
one-half
world
________________
of all the petroleum reserves in the____________.
natural gas
pools
6. Oil & __________________
do not exist in large ____________
beneath the
rocks
ground but are trapped inside______________.
Persia
discovery
7. The first Southwest Asia oil ______________
was in 1908 in __________,
Iran
now known as __________.
Petroleum
crude oil
8. ________________
that has not been processed is called______________.
refinery
This oil must be moved to a________________,
where it is converted
products
into useful _____________.
Moving
9. ____________
oil from one location to another always involves the risk of
oil spills Most modern ___________
tankers have a double hull to help
of ____________.
accident
prevent this type of ______________.