Where People Live and Trade in Southwest Asia

What is the most common landform in Southwest Asia?

• Mountains

• Plains

• Deserts

• Rivers

What is the climate like in much of Southwest Asia?

• Hot and arid

• Cool and arid

• Hot and humid

• Cool and humid

Who are the Bedouins?

• People who live in the mountains of Southwest Asia

• Nomadic peoples who lived and moved around deserts

• Nomadic peoples who lived and moved around rivers

• People who live in the country Bedo

How have people living in the deserts of Southwest Asia usually made their living?

• Working in factories

• Trading livestock and hand-made goods

• Drilling for oil

• Service industry jobs in urban areas

Why have many nomadic peoples left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50 years?

• Civil wars drove them from the desert

• Country borders were redrawn

• Desert life was too difficult

• Looking for jobs, especially after the discovery of oil

What are many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia located on or near?

• Mountains

• People

• Rivers

• Deserts

What are some reasons why the areas around rivers are so heavily populated:

• Access to water for drinking

• Access to water for farming

• Access to trade routes

• All of the above

The climate of Southwest Asia has led much of the region to experience a scarcity of _____________.

• Trading

• Rainfall

• Oil

• Desalination plants

Most people in Southwest Asia generally live near

• Mountains

• Deserts

• Rivers and coastlines

• Plains

Because mountains block winds coming coming from the oceans, much of the interior of Southwest Asia is:

• Deserts

• Grasslands

• Mountains

• Swamps