Middle East Water Issues Opening 8/28/20

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

Which country is the MOST water scarce country in the Middle East?

• Iraq
• Saudi Arabia
• Jordan
• Turkey

This country is mostly desert and has no rivers.

• Jordan
• Saudi Arabia
• Iraq
• Israel

__________________ means there is not enough of something people need.

• scarcity
• desalination
• groundwater
• pollution

___________________ is the process of removing salt from the sea.

• desalination
• desert
• despite
• deface

Which of the following contribute to water scarcity and pollution? 

• growing populations 
• lack of water 
• Increase in industry 
• All the above 

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

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

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.

The Euphrates River goes through what countries?

• Iraq, Iran, Syria

• Turkey, Syria, Iraq

• Turkey, Iran, Pakistan

• Turkey, Jordan, Syria

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

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

• Dams are too expensive to build

• Few countries have the technology to build dams

• Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream