Southwest Asia Vocabulary

fine particles of soil deposited along riverbanks

• silt

• desertification

• gold

• iron ore

the process of removing salt from seawater

• desertification

• desalination

• arid process

• renewable

gradual transition from fertile to less productive land

• desalinition

• desertification

• expansion

• silt

very dry, having almost no rainfall

• desertification

• desalination

• arid

• Mesopotamia

means land between two rivers

• desertification

• desalination

• arid

• Mesopotamia

longest river in the world; located in Egypt

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Tigris River

• Ganges River

the most scarce resource of the Middle East

• oil

• gold

• water

• land

the earliest known form of writing

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• Mesopotamia

• monotheistic

the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Heiroglyphics

• desertificaiton

• Monotheistic

• Fertile Crescent

ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• Mesopotamia

• monotheistic