Middle East Environmental Issues

Middle East Environmental Issues

Week of September 28, 2020

Multiple Choice

______________ water have greatly ______________ the amount of clean water available for drinking

• Clean, increased

• Contaminated, reduced

• Clean, reduced

• Contaminated, increased

Open Ended

What are some of the causes of pollution in Southwest Asia?

Open Ended

What is IRRIGATION?

Open Ended

What is DESALINATION?

Multiple Choice

___________________ is the process of removing salt from the sea.

• desalination
• desert
• despite
• deface

Multiple Choice

____________  ____________  happens when trash, toxic waste, and sewage is spilled into rivers and other bodies of water.

• air pollution
• water pollution
• fossil water
• rain water

Multiple Choice

The Middle East has a big problem with ____________  ____________ to water. Not every country has the same opportunity to get to a water source.

• air pollution
• water pollution
• acid rain
• unequal access

Multiple Choice

Which country has built the worlds largest desalination plant?

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Jordan

• Syria

Multiple Choice

What is irrigation?

• The process of bringing water to dry land, especially for growing crops

• The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater

• The process of collecting water from underground aquifers

• The process of flooding rivers to help crops grow

Multiple Select

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through which 3 countries?

• Turkey

• Israel

• Iraq

• Syria

• Jordan

Multiple Choice

How has the use of chemical fertilizers affected water supplies in many countries in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• The use of chemical fertilizers means crops must be watered constantly

• Water supplies have been contaminated by the chemicals through runoff from the fields

• Chemical fertilizers help take the salt out of water supplies in Southwest Asia (Middle East)

• Enormous amounts of water must be used to produce chemical fertilizers

Multiple Choice

How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• Dams are too expensive to build to be practical.

• Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream.

• Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams.

• Countries in Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers.

Multiple Select

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through which 3 countries?

• Turkey

• Israel

• Iraq

• Syria

• Jordan

Multiple Choice

What is causing water pollution in Southwest Asia?

• Chemical fertilizers and irrigation

• Chemical fertilizers, garbage, and sewage

• Chemical fertilizers and desalination

• Chemical fertilizers and nuclear waste

Multiple Choice

Desalination is the process of

• removing salt from water.

• removing chemicals from water.

• removing iron from water.

• removing sulfur from water.

Multiple Choice

What is irrigation?

• The process of bringing water to dry land, especially for growing crops

• The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater

• The process of collecting water from underground aquifers

• The process of flooding rivers to help crops grow

Multiple Choice

The Euphrates River goes through what countries?

• Iraq, Iran, Syria

• Turkey, Syria, Iraq

• Turkey, Iran, Pakistan

• Turkey, Jordan, Syria

Multiple Choice

How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• Dams are too expensive to build to be practical.

• Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream.

• Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams.

• Countries in Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers.

Multiple Choice

___________________ is the process of removing salt from the sea.

• desalination
• desert
• despite
• deface

Multiple Choice

__________________ means there is not enough of something people need.

• scarcity
• desalination
• groundwater
• pollution

Multiple Choice

The Middle East has a big problem with ____________  ____________ to water. Not every country has the same opportunity to get to a water source.

• air pollution
• water pollution
• acid rain
• unequal access

Multiple Choice

____________  ____________  happens when trash, toxic waste, and sewage is spilled into rivers and other bodies of water.

• air pollution
• water pollution
• fossil water
• rain water

Multiple Choice

Which country has built over 22 dams with the Anatolia project?

• Turkey

• Iraq

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

Multiple Choice

Which river is the key water source of Israel and Jordan?

• Suez Canal

• Jordan River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

Multiple Choice

How do farmers attempt to bring water to their fields?

• building dams

• stealing it

• using irrigation

• desalination

Multiple Choice

How much of the worlds fresh water is available in Southwest Asia?

• 5%

• 20%

• 5%

• 1%

Multiple Choice

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as

• Desalination

• Naturalization

• Absorption

• Extraction

Multiple Choice

What are the 2 major rivers of the Middle East?

• Nile and Amazon
• Tigris and Nile
• Euphrates and Tigris
• Euphrates and Temmes

Multiple Choice

Because they are located downstream from Turkey on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, these two nations are anticipating a reduction in water supply, as a result of 22 dams being built by the Southeastern Anatolia Project. The two nations are

• Iraq and Iran.
• Iran and Syria.
• Iraq and Syria.
• Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Multiple Choice

What is the largest natural resource in Southwest Asia? 

• Natural Gas
• Oil
• Wood
• Fresh Water

Multiple Choice

According to this chart, which country would be MOST likely to face a water crisis?

• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Turkey

Multiple Choice

Which of these geographic features is located in Iraq?

• Strait of Hormuz
• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Both Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Multiple Choice

What are the two most valuable natural resources in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• water and cotton

• phosphates and oil

• oil and natural gas

• sulfur and natural gas