474 PREVIEW: TODAY’S ISSUES IN SOUTHWEST ASIA UNIT ATLAS Chapter 21 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Harsh and Arid Lands Chapter 22 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Religion, Politics, and Oil Chapter 23 TODAY’S ISSUES Southwest Asia RELIGIOUS CONFLICT OVER LAND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION Flares of burning natural gas are common sights at oil wells in the Al-Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia. PLACE Two holy places in Jerusalem, Israel, can be seen in this photograph: a shrine known as the Dome of the Rock, which is sacred to Muslims, and the Western Wall, a spot sacred to Jews.
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Harsh and Arid Religion, Politics, Southwest Asia · Southwest Asia 475 REGION More than half of the world’s oil reserves are found in this region. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
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