Environmental Issues in SW Asia

Southwest Asia is a major consumer of what resource?

• Water

• Oil

• Agriculture

• Nuclear Energy

Less than ______ percent of the world's freshwater is available for consumption.

• 10%

• 5%

• 1%

• 100

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Countries in Southwest Asia have been using _____________, the process of removing salt from ocean water, as a way to provide fresh water for their people.

• Aquifers

• Fossil Water

• Desalination

• Irrigation

What country has the world's largest desalination plant?

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Iran

We have learned about three major rivers so far this year. Which river have we NOT learned about?

• Jordan River

• Euphrates River

• Danube River

• Tigris River

The Jordan River borders __________ and Israel, both of whom have battled over the rights to use this water.

• Iraq

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

• Jordan

The Tigris and the Euphrates rivers flow through which three places?

• Turkey, Iraq, and Israel

• Turkey, Israel, and Syria

• Israel, Syria, and Iraq

• Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia

Fresh water being such an important resource makes it very valuable. Problems that people in the Southwest Asia face are pollution, unequal water distribution and ________ _________.

• Hydroelectric power

• Over flowing rivers

• Water shortages

• Mass water imports

What uses the majority of water in SW Asia?

• Fishing

• Agriculture

• Bathing

• Livestock

Which country has experienced years of instability due to wars throughout the region? Many of their water treatment facilities were damaged as a result.

• Syria

• Saudia Arabia

• Kuwait

• Iraq