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Water

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Of the 15 water scarce countries, 12 are in...

a)

United Kingdom and Canada

b)

America and Canada

c)

Southwest Asia and North Africa

d)

Russia and Germany

2.

Water pollution and waste plays a big factor in water shortage.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which answers are below are the reasons for unequal distribution?

a)

Being rich or poor

b)

There is no modern plumbing access to water

c)

fresh water access due to contaminated water and walking many miles to water source

d)

Water is often wasted for building projects and irrigation

e)

All the above

4.

What is the process that brings water to the farm areas where farmers do not have access to water?

a)

An extra long soaker hose

b)

hydroelectric power

c)

irrigation

d)

desalination

5.

What is the process that electricity is produced from energy of running water?

a)

desalination

b)

hydroelectric power

c)

irrigation

d)

windmills

6.

A process that removes salt from the ocean water.

a)

desalination

b)

hydroelectricity

c)

irrigation

d)

fossil water

7.

Two famous rivers known in Southwest Asia, in Iraq, that farmers use for irrigation

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Nile and Blue Nile

c)

Congo River

8.

Which Geographical feature in north Africa?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

atlantic ocean

c)

mediterranean sea

d)

atlas mountains

9.

According to the map above, the Persian Gulf is most geographically accessible by which group of countries?

a)

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran

b)

Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia

c)

Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait

d)

Iran, Yemen, and Jordan

10.

What is the term used to describe an area that begins to have more desert like conditions.

a)

Steppe

b)

Wadi

c)

Desalinization

d)

Desertification

11.

Most farms in Egypt are successful because they are next to the Nile River (body of water) because

a)

It is rich from the silt and rich soil

b)

The land is dry and leaves behind the wadis

12.

Why is desalination not a practical process for water usage?

a)

No one knows how to do it

b)

It is too hard

c)

It is too expensive and not practical to meet the region's needs

13.

The Nile River flows north through Egypt and empties into

a)

Red Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Black Sea