Chapter 21 – Physical Geography Name: ______________________________________________ Period: _______
Physical Geography p. 478 - 479
How much smaller is Southwest Asia than the United States?
How do the populations of Southwest Asia and the United States compare?
How much larger is the Rub al-Khali Desert than the An-Nafud?
Which of Southwest Asia’s deserts is slightly larger than the Mojave Desert of the United States?
How do the tallest mountains of Southwest Asia compare to the tallest U.S. mountains?
Which mountain chain cut off Turkey from the rest of the region?
Which mountain chain cuts off Iran from the rest of the region?
What sea is north of Turkey?
What gulfs separate Saudi Arabia and Iran?
What sea separates Jordan and Israel?
What strait separates the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman?
p. 483 – Economic Activities of the Southwest Asia
What energy resources are found in the region?
What is a major reason for U.S. interest in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf?
p. 488 – Tigris-Euphrates River Valley Today
What capital city is stated near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The sources of Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located on which landforms?
Which landforms isolate the Fertile Crescent from other parts of the region?
p. 492 – Climates of Southwest Asia
What is the dominant climate of the region?
Why might the interior of the Anatolian Plateau be semi-arid?
p. 494 – Vegetation of Southwest Asia
What is represented on a vegetation map?
What type of vegetation is found in the lands bordering the Persian Gulf?
Along bodies of water is the vegetation region different from regions farther inland?
What vegetation types are present in Iraq?
Name the country that only has “Desert and dry shrub” and “little or no vegetation”
What type of vegetation is found along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?
What type of vegetation is found along the coast of the Red Sea?
Comparing Vegetation maps - p. 494 to p. 125
What Southwest Asia country has a climate similar to central and southern California?
“Desert and dry shrub” vegetation represent the majority of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. What country in Southwest Asia
has similar vegetation?
p. 501 – Estimated worldwide Oil Reserves (cartogram)
Which nations have the greatest oil reserves?
What is the approximate amount of reserves in the United States?
How does this cartogram help to explain the importance of Southwest Asia?