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| 7 | a plateau, or raised flat area, that slopes gradually toward the east. |   
| 8 | This is only possible where there is enough water |   
| 9 | The country with the world’s largest oil reserves and output |   
| 10 | Most of Arabia and Iraq is  ____________ or an area that receives very little rainfall or snowfall |   
| 11 | a major river in the region |   
| 12 | the removal of salt from seawater. |   
| 13 | Arabia and Iraq have some of the highest rates of population growth. These high rates of growth result from this |   
| 14 | oil and gas are the remains of living things |   
| 16 | Fresh water is transported to cities through ______________ |   
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| 1 | a natural resource that is scarce in this part of the world |   
| 2 | Desert _____________ has some plants |   
| 3 | Arabia and Iraq are part of this continent |   
| 4 | This means that most of their people live in cities. |   
| 5 | Arabia and Iraq produce this amount of the world's oil |   
| 6 | can function without much water, live in the desert and were used by people to cross it. |   
| 7 | surrounded on three sides by water, the Red Sea,  the   The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |   
| 15 | a major river in the region |   
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