Geography

Arid

Phenomenon

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Semi - Arid

Strait

Continental Drift

Ural Mountains

Scale

Key

Biosphere

Dardanelle Strait

Bosphorus Strait

Great Arid Zone

Extremely dry

Belt and Semi-arid extending from Northern Africa through south west Asia to Central Asia

A fact or observation to exist or happen, especially on whose cause or explanation is in a question

solid earth, outer crust of rock, sand and soil

Where water flows

Narrow passage of water connecting to larger bodies of water

Little annual rain fall

Shows the relationship between distance on a map and distance on Earth

Explains symbols on the map

Magma movement under the tectonic plates

Pangea

Super continent connecting all landmasses 200 - 300 million years ago

3 layers of Earth occupied by living organisms

Smaller than the Rocky Mountains; do not span entire landmasses

4 miles at the widest point

A bridge crosses between Europe and Asia

11 Seas of Afroeurasia

South China Sea

West China Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Celtic Sea

Baltic Sea

North Sea

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

Arabian Sea

Bay of Bengal

Sea of Japan

Wind and Ocean Currents

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Follow global patterns

Used for navigation

Necessary before steamships (1800s)

Allowed explorers ability to trave

Tigris-Euphrates

Where - Mesopotamia

"Set the stage for civilization"

Irrigation → farming → Civilization

Wind and Ocean Currents

Follow Global Patterns

Used for Navigation

Necessary before steam ships in the 1800's

Allowed explorers the ability to travel