SW Asia
Nomadic peoples in Southwest Asia who typically lived and moved around the deserts
Who are the Bedouins?
"The Roof of the World"
What is the Tibetan Plateau
Sahara Desert
What is the large geographic feature that dominates much of northern Africa?
Water features (rivers and coastlines)
What are many of the largest cities in Asia located on or near?
Very few people because of the long, cold winter, short summers, and rough terrain
How has the Tibetan Plateau influenced where people live?
Desert
What is the most common landform in Southwest Asia?
Most highly populated river basin in the world
What is the Ganges River basin?
Region containing a large portion of Africa's most populated cities
What is the savanna?
Jordan, Euphrates, and Tigris
What are the major sources of water (rivers) in SW Asia?
Extreme temperatures (below 0 in the winter and above 100 in summer) and VERY dry
What is the climate like in the desert regions?
Hot and arid
What is the climate like in much of Southwest Asia?
Fishing, ship building, and ship repair
What are industries supported by the water surrounding SE Asia's coastlines?
Move farther south to the savanna region
What are many Africans having to do because the Sahel is experiencing less and less rainfall each year?
China's Sorrow
What is the Huang He (Yellow) River?
Four reasons population in desert regions are so low
What are water scarcity, extreme temperatures, impossible to farm, and lack of opportunities?
How people living in the deserts of Southwest Asia usually made a living
What is trading livestock and hand-made goods?
Flooding on the river keeps the soil fertile
What is the reason why 25% of China's farmland is located in the Yangtze River basin?
Logging and agriculture
What are ways people living around Africa's rainforest usually make their living?
Method companies in Africa use to carry resources in and out of the rainforest
What is transporting them up and down the Congo River?
Definition of the Rub' al Khali
What is "the Empty Quarter"?
The reason many nomadic peoples have left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50 years
What is to look for work, (especially after the discovery of oil)?
Reason why very few people live in southwestern China and northern India.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
Harvest rare and valuable wood that is sold all over the world
How are companies in Africa's rainforest involved in trade?
Seven reasons why the areas around rivers are so heavily populated
What are access to water for bathing and drinking, source of irrigation for farming, fishing, helpful for trade, more industry, more jobs, and hydroelectric power?
Climate of the Sahel region
What is hot and dry (like Sahara, but slightly less extreme)?