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Landforms
Resources
Climate
Vegetation
Human - Environmental Interaction
100
Which important landform in the region is occupied by the country of Turkey?
Anatolian Peninsula
100
What is a very scarce resource?
Water
100
How many inches of precipitation do most areas receive per year?
18 inches
100
What shows location of major types of plants in a region?
A vegetation Map
100
What is the most critical resource in the dry region?
water
200
What is the most distinctive landform in Southwest Asia?
Arabian Peninsula
200
What is the leading resource in Southwest Asia?
Oil
200
What is the most famous desert in the region?
The Rub al-Khali
200
Vegetation depends on soil type, location, climate, and ______
elevation
200
How many dams is turkey building?
2
300
Southwest Asia forms a land bridge that connects Asia, Africa and ___
Europe
300
Where are about one-half of the world's oil preserves found in Southwest Asia?
Along the coast of the Persian Gulf
300
During the summer, the temperature on the surface of the sand in some deserts often exceeds....
150 degrease Fahrenheit
300
A vegetation map includes the _______ found in the area
natural vegetation
300
What is the leading danger in transporting oil?
Oil spills
400
Arabian Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea and What other body of water surrounds SouthWest Asia?
The Mediterranean Sea
400
What has made the region of Southwest Asia so important around the world?
the large oil preserves
400
What is an area in the desert where vegetation is found because water is available, usually from underground springs called?
An Oasis
400
Southwest asia is a region with large areas of vegetation specially adapted for what?
Dry conditions
400
How many power plants were completed as of 2005?
8
500
What separates the Arabian Peninsula from the continent of Africa?
The Red Sea
500
What are the 4 main resources found in Southwest Asia?
coal, oil, phosphate, and copper.
500
In iran there are two salt flat deserts, the Dasht-e Kavir and the _____
Dasht- e Lut
500
What does a vegetation map usually not include?
plants introduces as agricultural crops.
500
Where are the power plants being built and how many are there?
along the upper Euphrates and Tigris rivers, 19