SW Asia

What word means to artificially apply water to land to help with farming and agriculture. 

• Irrigation
• Scarcity
• Agriculture
• Basin

When you remove the salt from water is called _____________. 

• Scarcity
• Desalination
• Hydroelecricity
• Drip Irrigation

Which country in South West Asia is known for the most amount of oil?

• Turkey
• Iran
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia 

Very narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea; considered one of the most, if not the most strategic bodies of water on the planet.

• Suez Canal
• Tigris River
• Strait of Hormuz
• Jordan River

What is the result of the building of dams along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? 

• Countries must pay too much for their water.
• Dams limit the water available further downstream. 
• Countries are not able to use the rivers for transportation.
• Countries are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers. 

Why isn't desalination used more in Southwest Asia?

• Few countries have access to seawater.
• Countries do not know about these technologies.
• Desalination is not very effective in a hot, dry climate.
• The technology is very expensive for the countries to use.

The building of dams in Turkey has negatively impacted which of the following countries? 

• Syria and Iraq
• Syria and Egypt 
• Jordan and Iraq
• Iraq and Pakistan

What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?

• Diamonds
• Apples
• Gold
• Oil

People living along the rivers of Southwest Asia have built canals, qanats, and water wheels to use the water for ____________.

• shipping
• irrigation
• swimming
• flood control

How has the discovery of oil in some Southwest Asian countries affected the economic development of this area?

• Those with oil need less water than the other countries around them.
• Having oil has made very little difference in the economy in this region.
• The discovery of oil has mean that no other industries have developed in the region.
• Those countries with oil reserves are much richer than those countries that have not found oil in their territory.