1. What are 4 physical features that influence what plants can grow in different places in the region?
Dry plains, dry steam beds, grasslands, ground is bare rock and sand.
2. What are the region's 2 most precious natural resources?
Oil and Water.
3. Which landforms in the region seem most favorable for human settlement? Which seem the least favorable? Why?
The Middle East seems most favorable. Southwest Asia seems the least favorable because there are frequent earthquakes.
4. Why do parts of Saudi Arabia have high temperature variations?
Because of subtropical high pressure with clear skies and little shade.
5. Afghanistan: Coastal plains- lies to Northeast
The Middle East seems most favorable. Southwest Asia seems the least favorable because there are frequent earthquakes.
4. Why do parts of Saudi Arabia have high temperature variations?
Because of subtropical high pressure with clear skies and little shade.
5. Afghanistan: Coastal plains- lies to Northeast
Interior plains- 500 - 4,000 meters of elevation
Major Rivers- Helmand River
Plateaus- 7,300 m
Mountains- Hindu Kush
Iran: Coastal plains- Coasts on the Persian Gulf
Interior plains- Shiraz, Bandar 'Abbas, Mashhad,
Major Rivers- Diyala River
Plateaus- 5,671 m
Mountains- Zagros, Elburz,
Iraq: Coastal plains- Coasts on the Persian Gulf
Interior plains- Baghdad, Mosul, Kuwait
Major Rivers- Tigris River, Euphrates River,
Plateaus- 200 - 500 m
Mountains- None
Saudi Arabia:Coastal plains- Socotra
Interior plains- Medina, Jidda, Mecca,
Major Rivers- None
Plateaus- 200 - 2,000 m
Mountains- None
Section 2-
1. On what did the early cities of the Fertile Crescent depend for their growth? In what way is farming today connected with the early history of the Fertile Crescent region?
Wheat and Barley. It's connected because we still do it to this day.
2. Why will you find the Arabic language, Arabic place-names and Islam in places outside of Southwest Asia today?
The diffusion of Arabic words.
3. Which ethnic group is mostly widely spread throughout the region? Which groups dominate Iran and Afghanistan?
Non-Arab. Cultural diversity.
4. What major cultural feature is common throughout the region? What other cultural features could you use to further divide the Persian Gulf and interior Southwest Asia into more regions?
Islam. Arabs.
5. Akkadians --> Persians ---> Mongols ----> Ottoman Turks --> British
Section 3-
1. In what ways does the water supply shape rural economic activity in the region?
Oil and Gas Production
2. What are some ways in which traditional cultures and ways of life have been retained in the region's cities?
Building materials, food products, and household supplies.
3. Which resource do you think is more important to the future of Southwest Asia- oil or water? Explain.
Oil. Because Oil is a basic raw material for products like fertilizer . It is also good for trade.
4. How did the Taliban limit economic and educational opportunities for Afghan women? How do opportunities for women there compare to opportunities in other countries in the region?
limited their school and barely get jobs. Women in other countries have more educational and economic opportunities.
5. Afghanistan- Taliban came to power in the 1990s. They established strict laws.
Iran- In 1979 a revolution toppled Iran's monarchy. A government dominated by ayatollahs came to power in Tehran.
Iraq- Iraq was ruled by a dictator, Saddam Hussein, who used the country's oil revenues to build a large military. Iraq invaded Iran in 1980.
Saudi Arabia- was in a special position in world affairs because of the oil wealth. It is the largest oil exporter.
Major Rivers- Helmand River
Plateaus- 7,300 m
Mountains- Hindu Kush
Iran: Coastal plains- Coasts on the Persian Gulf
Interior plains- Shiraz, Bandar 'Abbas, Mashhad,
Major Rivers- Diyala River
Plateaus- 5,671 m
Mountains- Zagros, Elburz,
Iraq: Coastal plains- Coasts on the Persian Gulf
Interior plains- Baghdad, Mosul, Kuwait
Major Rivers- Tigris River, Euphrates River,
Plateaus- 200 - 500 m
Mountains- None
Saudi Arabia:Coastal plains- Socotra
Interior plains- Medina, Jidda, Mecca,
Major Rivers- None
Plateaus- 200 - 2,000 m
Mountains- None
Section 2-
1. On what did the early cities of the Fertile Crescent depend for their growth? In what way is farming today connected with the early history of the Fertile Crescent region?
Wheat and Barley. It's connected because we still do it to this day.
2. Why will you find the Arabic language, Arabic place-names and Islam in places outside of Southwest Asia today?
The diffusion of Arabic words.
3. Which ethnic group is mostly widely spread throughout the region? Which groups dominate Iran and Afghanistan?
Non-Arab. Cultural diversity.
4. What major cultural feature is common throughout the region? What other cultural features could you use to further divide the Persian Gulf and interior Southwest Asia into more regions?
Islam. Arabs.
5. Akkadians --> Persians ---> Mongols ----> Ottoman Turks --> British
Section 3-
1. In what ways does the water supply shape rural economic activity in the region?
Oil and Gas Production
2. What are some ways in which traditional cultures and ways of life have been retained in the region's cities?
Building materials, food products, and household supplies.
3. Which resource do you think is more important to the future of Southwest Asia- oil or water? Explain.
Oil. Because Oil is a basic raw material for products like fertilizer . It is also good for trade.
4. How did the Taliban limit economic and educational opportunities for Afghan women? How do opportunities for women there compare to opportunities in other countries in the region?
limited their school and barely get jobs. Women in other countries have more educational and economic opportunities.
5. Afghanistan- Taliban came to power in the 1990s. They established strict laws.
Iran- In 1979 a revolution toppled Iran's monarchy. A government dominated by ayatollahs came to power in Tehran.
Iraq- Iraq was ruled by a dictator, Saddam Hussein, who used the country's oil revenues to build a large military. Iraq invaded Iran in 1980.
Saudi Arabia- was in a special position in world affairs because of the oil wealth. It is the largest oil exporter.
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