Environmental Issues of Southwest Asia

All of the following are Southwest Asia's biggest pollution problems except:

• human sweage

• carbon dioxide

• industrial waste

• fertilizers and pesticides

Less than _____ of the world fresh water is available to the people of Southwest Asia.

• 4%

• 3%

• 2%

• 1%

Why does Turkey have a "water advantage over other Middle Eastern countries?

• They created the Anatolia Project which created many dams and hydroelectric plants along the Euphrates River.

• Turkey's citizens have a high standard of living.

• The Tigris and Euphrates rivers form in Turkey.

• There are no problems regarding water pollution in Turkey.

The _________ has experienced oil spills which have polluted rivers in Turkey.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Arabian Sea

This country has built many desalination plants which provide it's citizens drinking water.

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Syria

• Turkey

The Southeastern Anatolia Project has greatly reduced the amount of water reaching Syria by ____%.

• 30

• 35

• 40

• 45

This country sufferers from food shortages because irrigating crops is extremely difficult without a sufficient water supply.

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Syria

This country transfers water from the Sea of Galilee to its southern lands.

• Jordan

• Israel

• Iraq

• Lebanon

Israel, Syria, Jordan , and Palestine have been in many conflicts over which river?

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Jordan

• Mississippi

The dams that Turkey and Syria built on the Euphrates River have reduced the amount of water reaching _______.

• Iraq

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait