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27 Cards in this Set
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What are three characterisitics of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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contains world's largest desert and longest river, sites of two of the world's earliest civilizations, crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia
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What is the largest Peninsula?
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Arabian Peninsula
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What are two characteristics of the Dead Sea?
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lowest place and saltiest
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What is Africa's longest mountain range?
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Atlas Mts
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What is the longest river in the world?
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Nile
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What percent of land area of Egypt does the Nile make up and what percent of people liver here?
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3% and 90%
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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land between two rivers
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What river is longer between the Euphrates and Tigris?
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Euphrates
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What percent of petroleum is located in this region?
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60%
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Where is petroleum and natural gas found?
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countries bordering Persian Gulf and in Algeria and Libya
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What decade led to rapid increases in oil prices?`
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1970s
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About how much precipitation is there?
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10 inches
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What percent do deserts cover?
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50%
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What are the 3 countries with no desert areas?
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Lebanon, Cyprus, and Turkey
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What is the largest desert in the world?
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Sahara
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Where there is water for irrigation there is what?
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farming
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Deserts of Norht Africa and SW Asia have limited areas of what?
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dunes
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What are rocky gravel areas?
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desert pavement
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What desert has the largest area of sand?
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Rubal Khali
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What 4 coastal plains is the Mediterranean climate found on?
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Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Tigris-Euphrates Valley
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How many inches of rainfall is needed to grow certain crops without irrigation?
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14in
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Whare is irrigation extensively used?
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Nile River valley and along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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As distance from the region's coastal areas increase the average yearly amount of rainfall does what?
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decreases
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Where is the Steppe climate found?
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upland areas north of the deserts in North Africa and in interior of parts of SW Asia
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How do Steppe climates differ from Desert areas?
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b/c they recieve enough rain to sustain substantial grasses
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What are the 3 most common herds of pastoralism?
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sheep, goats, and camels
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What are three reasons vegetation has declined?
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growing population, high demand of agriculture, grasses and shrubs ave been cleared
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