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WorksheetsStudy Guide for SW Asia Environmental Issues
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The process of removing salt from sea water to create fresh water.
desalination
fossil water
groundwater
scarcity
The lack of resources to produce all the goods and services that are needed or wanted.
fertile
oasis
scarcity
Bedouin
The main consumer of water in SW Asia.
agriculture
humans
livestock
industries
Which river is the key water source for Israel and Jordan?
Tigris River
Nile River
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Which natural resource has caused many disputes in the Middle East?
Uranium
water
timber
Bauxite
What water problems are SW Asia facing?
clean water, no shortage of water, no pollution
pollution, unequal distribution, water shortage
equal access, no shortage of water, timber free
no water, unequal distribution, free of pollution
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through which countries?
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Turkey, Syria, Iraq
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Which country has built the world's largest desalination plant?
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Iran
Which countries have fought military battles over water rights to the Jordan River?
Israel and Jordan
Turkey and Syria
Kuwait and Afghanistan
Syria and Iran
Which countries have built dams along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan
China and Japan
Turkey and Syria
Jordan and Iran
Which country has built over 22 dams with the Anatolia Project?
Syria
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Decades of warfare has damaged this country's water treatment facilities.
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Turkey
