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20 Cards in this Set
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Birthplace of Judaism and Christianity |
Fertile Crescent |
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body of water surrounded by oil producing countries |
Persian Gulf |
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largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia |
Arabs |
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oil |
petroleum |
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region that includes the Middle East, Northern Tier, and Arabian Peninsula |
Southwest Asia |
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narrow body of water |
strait |
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Jewish nation |
Israel |
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mineral deposit found in Southwest Asia |
phosphate |
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oldest continuously occupied city in the world |
Damascus |
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land area rich with water sources |
Fertile Crescent |
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body of water which is a source of conflict to Jordan and Syria |
Jordan River |
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once known as the Paris of the East |
Beirut |
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Birthplace of Islam, Kaaba |
Arabian Peninsula |
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largest population in Southwest Asia |
Iran and Turkey |
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to use up |
depleted |
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large land mass-contains few people and little farmland |
Arabian Peninsula |
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Plateau of Anatolia |
Northern Tier |
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variation in elevation of land |
relief |
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dry river beds |
wadis |
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depletion of forests |
deforestation |
