sw asia
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
-
Birthplace of Judaism and Christianity -
Fertile Crescent -
body of water surrounded by oil producing countries -
Persian Gulf -
largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia -
Arabs -
oil -
petroleum -
region that includes the Middle East, Northern Tier, and Arabian Peninsula
-
Southwest Asia -
narrow body of water -
strait -
Jewish nation -
Israel -
mineral deposit found in Southwest Asia -
phosphate -
oldest continuously occupied city in the world
-
Damascus -
land area rich with water sources -
Fertile Crescent -
body of water which is a source of conflict to Jordan and Syria
-
Jordan River -
once known as the Paris of the East -
Beirut -
Birthplace of Islam, Kaaba -
Arabian Peninsula -
largest population in Southwest Asia -
Iran and Turkey -
to use up -
depleted -
large land mass-contains few people and little farmland -
Arabian Peninsula -
Plateau of Anatolia -
Northern Tier -
variation in elevation of land -
relief -
dry river beds -
wadis -
depletion of forests -
deforestation