GLST 200 Liberty University -Unit 7 Middle East fully solved

Unit 7 Middle EastAlluvial Plain - correct answer An area of fertile soil deposited by floodwaters; a flat area next to a stream or river that floods and leaves silt. Bedouin - correct answer Small groups of nomadic people in Arabia. Desertification - correct answer The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. Euphrates River - correct answer one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf. Hieroglyphics - correct answer An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. Nile River - correct answer The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt. North Anatolian Fault - correct answer A fracture in Earth's crust that runs east and west, just south of the Black Sea across Turkey. Qanats - correct answer Underground canals built by the Persians for irrigating crops; underground tunnels to carry mountain waters to dry plains. Sahara Desert - correct answer the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa; covering most of North Africa. Strait - correct answer A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.