Middle east Flashcards
(23 cards)
Region
So an area either part of a country or world that has similar characteristics
Middle east
Transcontinental region made up of 16 countries including West Asia Egypt and Turkey
Crude oil
black slash yellow substance found underground form Ed from fossils
Fuel
Something that is burned to produce heat or power
Oil refinery
plants where crude oil is turned into fuel EG petrol
Fossil fuels
Natural fuel formed in the past from remains of living things
natural resource
Material were created naturally can be exploited for money EG diamonds oil wood
Economy
Segment of society that produces money
OPEC
organisation of petroleum exporting countries found in the Middle East
Export
Something that is sold to another country
Middle East
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
Desert
Much in lowland and desert dominant feature is Arabian Peninsula mainly covered by desert
Important cities
Cairo in Egypt tehran iran riyadh saudi Arabia Istanbul Turkey Dubai UAE
Mountains
Pontic and tauras mountains of Turkey and the zargris and elburz mountains of Iran
rivers
Three major river basins euphrates and tigrus in the North nile in the west
Climate zones on Earth
Four major climate zones that run in bands of latitude cold temperate warm and tropical Middle Eastern largely Warm
Lake urmia
Was once the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East
Saltwater Lake
It’s with high salt content salted and sea due to high rates of evaporation
Reservoir
Man made Lake to store water
Irrigation
Man-made way of watering crops
damn
Structure built across the stream
Or river top stop water
Causes of lake drying up
Sliced in half by Causeway water mismanagement of people building dams and nuts for irrigation climate change
Effects of Lake drying up
Affected journeys of migratory birds and habitat of shrimp Negatively affect tourism increased frequency of storms