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Unit 9: SWACANA Physical Geography #1

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1
The dominate physical feature of all of North Africa is the
Sahara Desert
Siani Peninsula
Arabian Desert
Caucasus Mountains
2
Reasons Egyptians began building dams on the Nile River include:
limiting the need for chemical fertilizers
all of the above
To prevent uncontrolled flooding.
To control the flow of the Nile.
3
The resource that is most important to this region's future is
natural gas
petrochemicals
water
petroleum
4
Important bodies of water in this region include
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, & Pacific Ocean
Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, & Red Sea
Nile River, Amazon River, & Persian Gulf
Aral Sea, Rhine River, & Mediterranean Sea
5
Climate zones in this region include
tropical rain forest, humid subtropical, tropical savanna.
subarctic, humid subtropical, & steppe.
steppe, desert, & Mediterranean.
tundra, desert, & humid subtropical.
6
Sudden rainfall in the desert can cause
tidal waves & drought
hail storms & disease
mud flows & flooding
monsoons & hurricanes
7
Egyptians building dams on the Nile River is an example of ___.
human movement within the environment
human adaption to the environment
human exportation to the environment
human modification of the environemnt
8
A strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water is a _________.
oasis.
wadi
choke point.
mosque.
9
SWACANA features the geographic choke points of the _______, _________, & __________.
Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz, & the Malacca Strait.
Suez Canal, Bosporus Strait, & Strait of Hormuz.
Bosporus Strait, Strait of Hormuz, & Mozambique Channel.
Bosporus Strait, Tigris River, & Suez Canal.