Unit 8: Water Scarcity

What is the MOST scarce resource in the Middle East?

• Oil

• Water

• People

• Desert

All of the following are CAUSES of water scarcity EXCEPT:

• Dams built upstream

• Overpopulation

• Unsustainable agricultural practices

• Increase in rainfall

Which of the following is NOT an impact of water scarcity in the region?

• Increase in disease

• War/Conflict

• More resources

• Food shortages

When once fertile land turns into desert...

• Conservation

• Desertification

• Development

• Pollution

What are the CAUSES of water scarcity in the Middle East?

(choose all that apply)

• irrigation of agriculture

• climate change

• extreme drought

• Fewer people

What resource does the Middle East have an abundance (a lot) of?

• Water

• Oil

Poor Farming Practices, overgrazing, deforestation, and draining aquafers are all causes of what?

• desertification

• imperialism

• colonialism

• precipitation

Which of the following are effects (results) of desertification?

• overpopulation, poor sanitation, parasites

• starvation, poverty, migration

• dams, irrigation, transportation

• logging, settlement, agriculture

What is NOT a solution to desertification?

• Replanting trees

• Filling the soil with organic matter

• Cutting down trees

• conservation laws

What would be a good title for the list below?

*agriculture

*logging

*population growth

*slash and burn

• Effects of Deforestation

• Causes of Deforestation