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26 Cards in this Set
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crossroads of 3 continents..
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africa, asia, europe
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major trade route that was on __ and __
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land and sea
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___ braught goods to the middle east
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caravans from india and china
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traders then carried the goods across the ___ into ____, and the ___ to east ____
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mediteranean into europe/ red sea to east africa
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___ ____ happened over thousands of years. (spreading ideas, invention, achievements, such as ___ making and ___)
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cultural diffusion/
iron making and alphabet |
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control major __ ___ and have the worlds most biggest __ ___
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sea routes/oil supply
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crossroads of 3 continents..
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africa, asia, europe
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today the ME nations command __ __ __, and sit atop of the vast reserves of oil in the world
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vital sea routes
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it also controls a few __ and __'s that bring signifigance to this region for shipping
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straights and canals
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major trade route that was on __ and __
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land and sea
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northern tier stretches across ______. region of __ and ___
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stretches across modern day Turkey and iran. region of mountains and plateus
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___ braught goods to the middle east
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caravans from india and china
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arabian peninsula is a __ __ about 1/3 size of us
wedged between major ___, however most of its land is ___ )___. |
vast plateau/ between major waterways/ mosto f land is barren desert
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traders then carried the goods across the ___ into ____, and the ___ to east ____
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mediteranean into europe/ red sea to east africa
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___ ____ happened over thousands of years. (spreading ideas, invention, achievements, such as ___ making and ___)
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cultural diffusion/
iron making and alphabet |
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control major __ ___ and have the worlds most biggest __ ___
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sea routes/oil supply
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today the ME nations command __ __ __, and sit atop of the vast reserves of oil in the world
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vital sea routes
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it also controls a few __ and __'s that bring signifigance to this region for shipping
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straights and canals
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northern tier stretches across ______. region of __ and ___
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stretches across modern day Turkey and iran. region of mountains and plateus
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arabian peninsula is a __ __ about 1/3 size of us
wedged between major ___, however most of its land is ___ )___. |
vast plateau/ between major waterways/ mosto f land is barren desert
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fertile crescent is wedged between the __ and __ river valley. Mesopotamia is one of the worlds __ _____ and it forms here
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tigris and euphrates/ 1st civilizations
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nile vallet- the cradle of ancience civilizations where ancient egypt will flourish for
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thousands of years
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the maghreb is mainly the ___ part of africa and mostly mde up of ___ desert and rugged ___ mountains
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nortthern part/ made of sahara desert/ rugged Atlas mountains
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less than __% of land produces enough water for farming
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they made ___ systems to make more famrming
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irrigation
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__ is #1 resouce. also have s_, p_, and c_
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oil
salt phaspate co;pper |
