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Sandy Deserts 1
Sandy Deserts 2 and Salt Deserts
Semiarid Lands and Well watered Coast Lands
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Which natural resource is the main in the Southwest Asia?
Oil
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Which natural resource is teh most valuable?
Water
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What is the most famous desert called?
Rub Al-Khali
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What is an Oasis?
Is an area in the desert where water is avaiable
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Where do you find semiarid climates?
On the fringes of the deserts
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Why is oil so expensive?
Because they run car, trucks, factories, and power plants.
200
Which regions' mountainous lands have plentiful of water?
Turkey, Lebanon, and Afghanistan.
200
What does "Rub Al-Khali" mean?
Empty Quarter
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What stops the travel across the Arabian Peninsula?
Severe sandstorms and terrible heat
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What is a semiarid climate?
They have warm-hot summers with some rain to support agriculture.
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Where are the major oil fields located?
Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Iraq.
300
What are some of the other natural resources?
Coal, copper, potash and phosphates.
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What is the local name for the Rub Al-Khali desert?
"Place where no one comes put"
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Which desert can produce some crops through extensive irrigation?
Negev Desert!!!!
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What kind of crops can be grown in this climate?
Cotton and wheat
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How much of the world's oil reserves are found in the Southwest Asia?
1/2
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What natural resources do Iran and Turkey have?
COAL!!
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What is the approximate size of the desert?
It is about the size of Texas
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What part do the high mountains of Iran play in evaporation?
They block rain, so the dry winds increase evaporation.
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What other climate regions exist there?
Some which provide agequate rainfall.
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Why has the presence of these large reserves has made the region important?
Because many countries depend on oil.
500
What natural resources are found around the Dead Sea?
SALT!!! :D
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How big is this desert?
About 250,000 square miles
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What happens when the moisture in the soil evaporates?
Chemical salts stay back causing _______________?
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Which countries have intensive farming?
Tigris and Euphrates
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