7 th grade geography review. much of the middle east has what type of climate?
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They are nomadic herders which are people who move
from place to place looking for water and usable land
The Bedouins are one example of nomadic people. Nomads will travel by camel and
live in tents making it easy to move around.
Countries in the Middle East do not have equal access to what natural
resource that is necessary to sustain
life?
Turkey and Iraq have the Tigris and Euphrates River Systems
which have caused conflict with the building of dams on these rivers for hydroelectricity. The dams create water shortages
downstream.
Sharing of the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at the Shatt al-Arab is a source of conflict between Kuwait and
Iran.
A small area in a desert that has a supply of water and is able to support vegetation. An oasis forms when groundwater lies close enough to the surface to form a spring or to be reached by wells.
The process of removing salt and other chemicals from salt
water. Desalination can increase the amount of
useable water for certain areas but it is very expensive and
requires technology to be built.
Overuse of the land for farming has created the need to use chemical
fertilizers for farming. The fertilizers have contaminated water sources
through the runoff into streams and rivers. In addition, the consistent planting and use of fertilizers has
ruined the soil by an increase in the salt level. This has cause once
farmable land to turn into unusable land.
Urbanization led to an increase of people living around water
sources. The people are polluting the water with garbage and sewage. The countries are
struggling with keeping up with the growing population.
Unequal distribution of oil in the region has created a large gap in the wealth of nations. Countries with
large deposits of oil like: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait have seen great improvement in their
standard of living and are very wealthy nations. They have used their money to improve their infrastructure. Countries with little to no oil
reserves have had a difficult time improving the standard of living. Countries like: Turkey, Israel, and
Afghanistan have had to find alternative revenue streams for their economies. This unequal
distribution has led to conflict.
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries: Is group was founded in the 1960s by oil rich nations around the world. The purpose of
the group is to control the price of oil in the market. They do so by controlling the production of oil.
OPEC can use the oil supply to pressure countries by politically and economically through the use of embargos or other methods to control the amount
of oil available.