QUIZ: SW Environmental Issues

This country has been in conflict with Jordan, Syria, and Palestine over water rights to the Jordan River for many years.

• Israel
• Turkey
• Jordan
• Iraq

Dams in Turkey and Syria have decreased this country's water supply by 80%.

• Israel
• Iraq
• Iran
• Saudi Arabia

What is desalination?

What is scarcity?

This country has built over 22 dams with the Anatolia Project.

• Iraq
• Syria
• Jordan
• Turkey

Three decades of warfare have damaged many of this country's water treatment facilities.

• Saudi Arabia
• Israel
• Iraq
• Turkey

This country has used advanced technology to build pipelines to carry water throughout the country.

• Jordan
• Israel
• Syria
• Turkey

What environmental issues is a major concern for Southwest Asia?

• Water pollution
• Air pollution
• Deforestation
• Water scarcity

What is Turkey's "water advantage"?

• Pollution spills into the Black Sea.
• The Tigris and Euphrates rivers form in Turkey.
• Turkey has developed the Anatolia Project.

What is the Anatolia Project?