Middle east Flashcards

(23 cards)

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Region

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So an area either part of a country or world that has similar characteristics

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Middle east

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Transcontinental region made up of 16 countries including West Asia Egypt and Turkey

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Crude oil

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black slash yellow substance found underground form Ed from fossils

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Fuel

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Something that is burned to produce heat or power

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Oil refinery

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plants where crude oil is turned into fuel EG petrol

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Fossil fuels

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Natural fuel formed in the past from remains of living things

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natural resource

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Material were created naturally can be exploited for money EG diamonds oil wood

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Economy

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Segment of society that produces money

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OPEC

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organisation of petroleum exporting countries found in the Middle East

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Export

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Something that is sold to another country

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10
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Middle East

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Largely in West Asia although auto stretches into Europe Turkey and Africa Egypt bord breads and Caspian Sea ered by Mediterranean and Red and Caspian Sea

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Desert

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Much in lowland and desert dominant feature is Arabian Peninsula mainly covered by desert

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Important cities

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Cairo in Egypt tehran iran riyadh saudi Arabia Istanbul Turkey Dubai UAE

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Mountains

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Pontic and tauras mountains of Turkey and the zargris and elburz mountains of Iran

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rivers

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Three major river basins euphrates and tigrus in the North nile in the west

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Climate zones on Earth

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Four major climate zones that run in bands of latitude cold temperate warm and tropical Middle Eastern largely Warm

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Lake urmia

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Was once the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East

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Saltwater Lake

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It’s with high salt content salted and sea due to high rates of evaporation

17
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Reservoir

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Man made Lake to store water

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Irrigation

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Man-made way of watering crops

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damn

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Structure built across the stream
Or river top stop water

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Causes of lake drying up

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Sliced in half by Causeway water mismanagement of people building dams and nuts for irrigation climate change

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Effects of Lake drying up

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Affected journeys of migratory birds and habitat of shrimp Negatively affect tourism increased frequency of storms