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a riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons.
What is a Wadi?
A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface: it supports vegetation and wildlife
What is an Oasis?
the removal of salt from ocean water.
What is Desalinization?
The source of gasoline for automobiles, heating oil, and the basis of many chemicals used to make everything from fertilizers to plastics.
What is Petroleum?
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Who made this Jeopardy?
one of the most important rivers of Southwest Asia; it supported several ancient river valley civilizations, and flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
What is Tigris River?
Empty Quarter; one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, covering about 250,000 square miles; located on the Arabian Peninsula
What is Rub al-Khali?
water pumped from underground aquifers.
What is Fossil Water?
In Southwest Asia between the Black Sea and Mediterranean. Where Turkey is located
What is the Antatollan Peninsula?
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Who is the World Geography teacher?
a hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee; a strategic location that has been the site of conflict in Southwest Asia for decades.
What is Golan Heights?
flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil
What is Salt Flat?
the practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water to use for crops.
What is Drip Irrigation?
A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.
What is Mesopotamia?
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What is the sky?
a river that serves as a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan, flowing from the mountains of Lebanon with no outlet to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is The Jordan River?
___ is also know as the Empty Quarter
What is Rub al-Khali?
A place where crude oil is converted into useful products
What is refinery?
A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
place dolphins and fish live
What is the Ocean?
a river of Southwest Asia, which supported several ancient civilizations and flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq and empties into the Persian Gulf.
What is The Euphrates River?
largest peninsula in the world; mostly taken up by the country of Saudi Arabia; Surrounded by the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
petroleum that has not been processed.
What is Crude Oil?
a landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters; it is 1,349 feet below sea level, making it the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
The third planet from the sun
What is earth?