Environmental Issues In SW ASia Question Preview (ID: 46237)


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What is desalination?
a) The process of purifying water
b) Removing toxins from water
c) Removing salt from water
d) None of the above

What the term irrigation mean?
a) to provide water for crops
b) to remove salt from water
c) boiling water
d) to make water safe to drink

What is a common reason why many countries in SW Asia have had a decrease in thier water supply
a) War
b) The building of dams
c) Poverty
d) No irrigation systems

What percent of fresh water is avaliable to the inhabitants of SW Asia?
a) Less then 1%
b) 5%
c) 15%
d) 20%

Why does the country of Turkey have a water advantage over other Middle Eastern countries.
a) Because of thier large army
b) Because of thier irrigation system
c) Because the Tigris and Euphrates rivers form in the contries highlands
d) none of the above

What is the major reason for the amount of water reaching the country of Syria has been reduced
a) War
b) A weak government structure
c) A weak irrgiation sytem
d) Dams that Turkey has built along the Euphrates river

Which Statement is true about the status of the water supply in the Middle East
a) The region has a very limited supply of fresh water
b) The region has an abundant supply of fresh water
c) The region thinks fresh water is not important
d) The region has no fresh water supply

Countries that build dams upstream cause an ____ of water to lower regions
a) equal distribution
b) unequal distribution
c) N/A
d) N/A

What is hydroelectric Power?
a) Power created by dams
b) Solor Power
c) electricity produced from the energy of running water?
d) none of the above

What two countries share the Tigris and Euprates river system?
a) Turkey, Iraq
b) Iran Syria
c) Isreal, Palestine
d) Alfganistan, Jordan

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