Environmental Issues Middle East

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

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

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

___________________ is the process of removing salt from the sea.

• desalination
• desert
• despite
• deface

__________________ means there is not enough of something people need.

• scarcity
• desalination
• groundwater
• pollution

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.

What are the two most valuable natural resources in Southwest Asia?

• water and cotton

• phosphates and oil

• oil and natural gas

• sulfur and natural gas

How much of the world's oil supply is found in Southwest Asia?

• 25 %

• 40 %

• over 50%

• 75 %

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 meant 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.

Which countries are the most oil-rich in the southwestern Asian region?

• Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel

• Iraq Kuwait Israel, Lebanon

• Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon

• Iran, Iraq, Kuwait Saudi Arabia

Many of the largest cities in Southwest asia are located on or near...

• deserts.

• major rivers.

• large grasslands.

• mountain ranges.