chapter 19 homework

Chapter 19, Section 1

1. How does physical geography affect farming and fishing in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia?

A lot of the land in North Africa is not suitable for farming. Yet most of the land in the Asia areas are better for farming yet most of the land is used for living. Most of the countries in this area use fish in their everyday diet. So fishing is big in this area.

2. How are improvements in transportation and communications changing life in the region?

Over the years many more motor ways have been installed with the growing number of vehicles. Also communications have developed because more of the local countries have gotten more advanced.

Creative Writing: Write a paragraph comparing some of the similarities and differences in the ways people earn a living, communicate with each other, and travel in Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia and in the United States and Canada.

Around the middle east there are a lot of checkpoints that are present when you go into a certain area. Much like our borders going in and out of the country. Also most of the land in Africa is desert so there is really no use for it. But in America and Canada not a lot of the land is dessert so there is a use for most of the land in North America.

Chapter 19, Section 2

1. How have people in the region dealt with scarce water resources?

People have dealt with the scarce water resources in the area by collecting as much fresh water from springs, rivers, oases, aquifers, and desalination.

2. What are the causes and effects of three of the major environmental problems in the region?

The cause of diseases and the soil crisis from the Aswan high dam is the dam of the river. Another major crisis is the war. The causes are fights and the effects have been oil leakages that hurt the environment. The final problem is the shrinking of the Aral sea. The causes are pollution and over fishing. The effects are fish populations dieing down, and also the water level has dropped.

Creative Writing: Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with the following statement: It is necessary for all of the countries in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia to cooperate to develop plans and technologies to bring more freshwater to the region.

I disagree with that statement. Some countries have tried to bring water to their country and some countries have been lazy. So why should the countries that have invested many dollars into systems that transport water have to provide and develop plans for countries that are lazy.