Middle East Geography/climate cards

any body in 7th grade trying to remember the answers mostly for Middle East geograph unit

What is rich soil carried by floods?

silt

What are the three rivers that were the site of the earliest civilizations here?

Nile, Tigris & Euphrates

What man-made body of water connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea?

Suez Canal

What term means an underground rock layer through which water flows?

aquifer

What are the two most important energy resources in the Middle East?

Oil (petroleum) & natural gas

What is a fertile place in the desert?

oasis

A dry, treeless, grassy plain, usually around a desert

steppe

What geographic feature covers much of North Africa?

Sahara

What body of water has nearly dried up due to irrigation projects?

Aral Sea

People who move from place to place across the steppes in search of food and water for their animal herds are called...

nomads