Southwest Asia
These two bodies of water boarder Southwest Asia
The Mediterranean and Black Seas
Central Asia's northern boarder overlooks this area
Siberia
These are the 10 oil-rich countries in Southwest Asia
Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Bharain, Qatar, United Arab Emerates, Oman, Yemen
Geographers' name for a dominant city that is by far the largest city such as Istanbul
Primate city
The Aral Sea lies in these two countries
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
This inland sea boarders Southwest Asia in the northeast and is the world's largest inland body of water
Caspian Sea
These mountains are located along the southern and eastern boarders
Hindu Kush
Large reserves of this are found within the Earth's crust
Natural gas
Two ways geographers' describe a place's location
Site and situation
This substance prevents the Aral Sea from being utilized to drink or water crops
Salt or saline
These two peninsulas boarder Southwest Asia on the southern part and the northern part
Arabian peninsula and Anatoli peninsula
Arid or semiarid climate
This energy reserve is found is found in the ground in Southwest Asia (two words)
Crude Oil
Urban hierarchy ranks cities according to what
Size and services offered
The shrinking of the Aral Sea affected the growing season by doing this
Decreasing cotton crop growing season from 200 days to 170 days
Three interesting physical features in Southwest Asia
The Arabian Sea, the Tigris-Euphrates Valley, and the Dead Sea
Tall treeless plains usually covered with grasses in Central Asia
Steppes
This religion is the most important in Southwest Asia
Islam
Capital city of Turkey
Ankara
The shrinking of the Aral Sea destroyed this industry
Southwest Asia has a mixture of vegetation zones that support the growth of three types of vegetation
Grasslands, mixed forests, chaparral
This tree grows only in Central Asia
Saxaul tree
The full name of the HDI that examines a country's per capita GDP along with other factors that reflect the general quality of life
Human Development Index
In this year Istanbul lost its place as the capital city of Turkey
1923
Toxic chemicals were carried along with dust and was given this name
Black blizzards