Physical Features
Southwest Asia is also known as the ________ _________
What is Middle East?
This country is known for its reoccurring conflict with Palestine.
What is Israel?
Many people in the Middle East suffer from a lack of access to this resource.
What is water?
These two issues affect water usage in Southwest Asia.
What are water scarcity and pollution?
The Suez Canal is important to trade because it creates a shortcut between these continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
This country is the largest in Southwest Asia.
What is Saudi Arabia?
About half of Southwest Asia is covered by this geographic feature that makes travel and farming difficult.
What is desert?
Water pollution in the Middle East is mostly caused by these factors.
What are human waste and chemicals?
These two rivers form the fertile crescent and are known as the "Cradle of Civilization."
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
These two territories make up what is known as Palestine.
What are Gaza and the West Bank?
Early civilizations in the Middle East were situated around these.
What are fertile river valleys?
This process converts saltwater into fresh, drinkable water by removing the salt.
What is desalination?
This river provides fresh water to four different countries.
What is the Jordan River?
These three countries make up about half of Southwest Asia's land area.
What are Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq?
The Fertile Crescent is significant to life today because it is an important area for...
What is farming and city development?
Taking too much water for irrigation can cause ___________.
What is desertification? (fertile land becomes desert)
The Rub' Al Khali is an example of this hot and dry geographic feature.
What is a desert?
This country borders both the Red sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Most cities in the Middle East are built near water sources because they provide these two things.
What are jobs and access to water?
Saudi Arabia is quickly running out of the ancient water source called _________ ___________.
What is fossil water?