Middle Eastern countries & territories
This territory is west of the Jordan River.
These 2 rivers start in Turkey and travel through Iraq, emptying into the Persian Gulf.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
These nomadic people called the desert home for thousands of years.
What are Bedouins?
This environmental problem occurs when harmful substances enter rivers, lakes, and underground water sources.
What is water pollution?
What is Asia?
The largest country on the Arabian Penisula, located between the Red Sea and the Perian Gulf.
What is Saudi Arabia?
A sea between northeastern Africa and Saudi Arabia, that connects to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal.
What is the Red Sea?
Because water is scarce, many people in Southwest Asia live near these temporary water sources found in the deserts.
What are oases?
Water _______ is when there is not enough clean water available to meet the needs of the people, agriculture, industry, and the environment.
What is scarcity?
This line of latitude (the Equator) divides the Earth into what 2 hemispheres?
What is northern and southern?
Both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers travels through this country.
What is Iraq?
A man-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
People commonly do this type of work near rivers because fertile soil makes growing crops easier.
What is farming?
This environmental issue occurs when some communities have plenty of water while others have very little, often causing conflict and limiting farming.
What is unequal access to water?
What is a title, compass rose, key/legend?
A small country on the Mediterranean Sea, that is home to the Gaza Strip.
What is Israel?
The shallow body of water between Iran and Saudi Arabia, where the Tigris and Euphrates River empty. Its an important route for oil and trade.
What is the Persian Gulf?
The Tigris, Euphrates and ________ River are important because people often settle near them for water, food, and transportation.
What is Jordan?
Unequal access to water can lead to this problem between communities and countries competing for limited water resources.
What is conflict?
This line of longitude (the Prime Meridian), divides the Earth into what 2 hemispheres?
What is eastern & western?
The easternmost, landlocked country, E of Iran.
What is Afghanistan?
A narrow passage W of Iran, that connects the Persian gulf to the Arabian Sea. It is one of the world's most important oil shipping routes.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This desert, also known as the Empty Quarter, has very few people living there because it is extremely hot and dry.
What is the Rub' al Khali?
Name 4 ways that water pollution impacts humans, animals, and the enironment.
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What is: makes water unsafe to drink, harms people's health, kills fish and other living things, and hurts the land and crops.
Define or give examples of absolute location and relative location.
ANSWERS WILL VARY; MUST DEFINE BOTH OR GIVE EXAMPLES OF BOTH OR ONE OF EACH