The countries of Central and Southwest Asia are united by several characteristics and divided by others. What are some characteristics that unite the countries and some characteristics that cause conflict or tension?

Explanation below

Explanation:

The central Asia are countries that are found the central region of the continent, Asia. It includes the countries like Uzebekistan, Kagykistan among others.

And the Southwest Asia is known to be the countries at the southern part of Asia. It includes about eighteen countries, where Saudi Arabia is considered as the biggest.

The characteristics that unite the the Central Asia and the southwest Asia are water bodies and desert.

And the characteristics that divide them include war. The southwest Asia is also known Middle East and known for war due to the presence of different terrorist groups.

they encountered severe weather for which they were poorly prepared.

the answer is d. amendments.