Environmental Concerns in the Middle East

the agricultural process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in the production of crops

• irrigation of land

• irritation of land

• aquifer

• water allocation

the distribution of water

• water allocation

• irrigation of land

• scarcity

• aquifer

very little

• allocation

• irrigation

• scarce

• standard of living

the level of comfort in which people live, which usually depends on how much money they have

• inhabitant

• standard of living

• per capita

• wealth

to take the salt out of the sea water

• desalination

• purify

• water allocation

• irrigation

This is an illustration of...

• aquifers

• water allocation

• scarcity

• desalination

What are causes of water pollution in the Middle East? Check all that are correct.

• human waste

• agricultural runoff

• industrial waste

• garbage

How muchof the world’s fresh water is available to the Middle East inhabitants?

• 5%

• 10%

• Less than 1%

• 25%

Which country has a "water advantage" because the Tigris and Euphrates rivers form there?

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Syria

• Kuwait

Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Project has...(check all that apply)

• built 22 dams

• built 19 hydroelectric plants

• has greatly improved the standard of living for the citizens of Turkey

• utilized the Euphrates River