World Geography - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What are the major reasons for conflict in Southwest Asia today?
   Natural resources & Religion
2. What word refers to a fragile relationship?
   Tenuous
3. Where in Egypt did the earliest civilizations center their development near?
   The Nile
4. What are the Desert ecosystems and oil resources that have played a role in the region's environmental problems referred to as?
   Physical Features
5. The dominant ethnic group in Southwest Asia and North Africa
   Arabs
6. What physical feature shapes settlement patterns of the region?
   water
7. What is the natural resource that has played the largest part in the Persian Gulf countries?
   Petroleum
8. What experiences flash floods and sandstorms while also having fertile areas
   The Sahara
9. What is the overall political situation of North Africa and Southwest Asia described as by geographers?
   Conflict-ridden
10. The dominant religion in Southwest Asia and North Africa
    Islam
11. What natural resource do many economies rely on?
    Oil
12. What are North Africa's most valuable natural resources?
    Natural gas & Petroleum
13. What is a steep cliff or slope usually caused by faulting or erosion
    Escarpment
14. What influences politics, economics and regional conflicts in Southwest Asia and North Africa
    Human geography
15. What has threatened traditional values by exposing people to Western culture while improving communication?
    Technology
16. Poor land management creates what two issues?
    Desertification & Salinization
17. Israeli security and Palestinian independence have led to what issue?
    Arab-Israeli conflic
18. What did North Africa provide to the countries that conquered them?
    Food & Trade source
19. What region has petroleum reserves desert terrain with an arrid climate?
    Arabian Peninsula
20. Groundwater extraction has increased while forested areas decrease because of what factor?
    Population growth
21. What is the regions major economic challenge?
    Oil industry stability
22. What are the urban challenges in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
    Pollution, insufficient services and housing
23. What do young people use to identify themselves with in this region?
    Cultural group
24. Where did 4 early civilizations begin "The cradle of civilization"?
    Mesopotamia