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| Layers of material hardened by intense weight |
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| What is a Shadoof? How is it helpful to people in this region? |
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| A shadoof is a large scooper with a weight at one end, and a bucket at the other. The shadoof helps people reach hard to get underground water. |
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| Narrow gap in between the Hindu Kush Mountains |
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| small particles of rich soil |
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| the definition of Desalinization |
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| Expensive water treatment plan, in which salt water is turned into fresh water. Only oil rich countries can afford this. |
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| Large desert that covers much of North Africa |
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| What natural resource is found in abundance in this region? What type of resource is it? How is it formed? |
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A: Oil
B: Non-renewable resource
C: Millions of years from Sea animals and plants |
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| Illegal hunting or fishing |
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| How must farmers adapt because of the Aswan High Dam? |
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| Farmers must now use expensive fertilizers for their crops, because the dam blocks the yearly flooding of silt down the Nile. |
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| underground layer of rock throught which water flows |
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| What type of climate does this region have? what effect does it have on the people? |
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| It is dry and arid, so most people live near a water resource, such as the Nile River |
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| How are some ways countries are dealing with the lack of water? |
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A: Rationing
B: Desalinization
C: Aquifers |
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| Body of water that seperates Africa from Europe, but connects the mediterranean sea to the Atlantic Ocean |
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| What are the drawbacks of desalinization? |
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| It is very expensive, so many countries in dire need of water can not do this process |
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