Climate & Environment
The dominant climate of Southwest Asia.
What is arid (desert)?
Rivers that supported early civilizations.
What are the Tigris–Euphrates Rivers?
Country that is a democracy.
What is Israel?
Dominant religion in Southwest Asia.
What is Islam?
Valuable natural resource causing conflict.
What is oil?
The biome found in most of the region.
What is desert?
Desert that limits population density.
What is the Arabian Desert?
Country that is an absolute monarchy.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Widely spoken language in the region.
What is Arabic?
Divisions that increase regional tensions.
What are ethnic and religious divisions?
Canal separating Africa and Southwest Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
Mountain range that acts as a natural barrier.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
Country that is a theocracy.
What is Iran?
Type of land use common in arid regions.
What is nomadic herding?
High life expectancy suggests this level of development.
What is high development?
Traditional buildings use thick walls to reduce this.
What is heat?
Gulf important for oil transport.
What is the Persian Gulf?
Country led by a dictatorship.
What is Syria?
Unequal access for women in some countries
What is education?
High infant mortality suggests this level of development.
What is low development?
This technology removes salt from ocean water.
What is desalinization?
Economic reforms in China included adopting this type of economy, were people have the power
What is Free Enterprise?
Borders were drawn in Southwest Aisa by these powers in the early 1900s, including the creation of Israel.
What are European powers?
Religion influences daily life including ____________ and _________
What are laws and customs?
Oil-rich nations influence global ______ markets.
What are energy markets?