Which SW Asia country has scare water resources?
What is Jordan, Syria or Iraq.
River shared by Syria, Israel, and Jordan.
What is the Jordan River?
A nomadic herder who lives in the desert
What is a bedouin?
What are the two major rivers that run parallel to one another and begin in Turkey?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater.
What is desalination?
What is one cause of water pollution in SW Asia?
What is human sewage, agricultural runoff, industrial waste?
People who live in the deserts of SW Asia usually make their living by:
What is trading handmade goods?
How do the rivers of SW Asia impact trade?
What is they are essential to trade routes. The region is a trade hub between Africa, Asia and Europe.
Why does water allocation cause conflict in SW Asia?
What is some countries feel that other are using more water than they should?
What led many nomadic people to leave the deserts and move to urban areas over the last 50 years?
What is multiple job opportunities?
Most people who live by rivers make their living by doing what?
What is working in industrial factories?
Syria receives _________ percent less water than Turkey.
What is 40%?
How do people get around in the desert?
Areas of dry desert land, usually have this type of population density.
What is sparsely populated?
Why have dams built along the rivers have caused problems for people living further downstream?
What is it stops water from reaching countries who desperately need water.
Describe how citizens are effected by the water shortage in Jordan.
What is citizens can only get water twice a week.
Saudi Arabia has the world's largest one. It helps to change sea water into drinking water.
What is a desalination plant?
Describe the population density of areas by water compared to areas of dry desert.
What is densely populated and sparsely populated?
How have the major rivers of Southwest Asia become a part of political conflict?
What is Several countries have built dams along their portion of the river, cutting off water to those living downstream