Middle East Geography & Environment Pre-Test
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- Q1Which resource is the most scarce (they have the least of it) in the Middle East?watergoldoiluranium
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30s - Q2Because mountains block winds coming from the oceans, most of the interior of Southwest Asia is:
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Arid desert.Fertile grasslands.Arctic tundra.Tropical rainforest.30s - Q3Which river creates a border between Israel and Jordan and also extends into Syria?
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NileJordanEuphratesTigris30s - Q4How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?Few countries have the technology or skilled workers necessary to build dams.Dams limit the amount of water available to countries further downstream.Countries in Southwest Asia are prohibited from building dams along shared rivers.Dams are too expensive to build to be of any practical use.
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30s - Q5The major rivers in Southwest Asia have become political issues because:Deserts prevent the rivers from being large enough to be useful.
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They can only be used for trade and travel but not for drinking water.Everyone needs to be able to use the water, and there is only a limited amount.Farmers have not been able to find ways to use the water for irrigation.30s - Q6Many of the Middle East's largest cities are located on or near:GrasslandsMountains
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DesertsRivers30s - Q7Why isn't desalination more widely used in the Middle East to meet the region's water needs?The process is too expensive.The lack of education prohibits a trained workforce.All the countries of the Middle East are landlocked.
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The process is too complicated.30s - Q8What is the primary disadvantage of desert farming?
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It destroys desert wildlife.The area gets too much sunlight.The land is too expensive.It uses too much water.30s - Q9Which resource is the most abundant (they have the most of it) in the Middle East?Oil
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UraniumWaterGold30s - Q10An important element of desert farming, bringing water to dry land is known as:Scarcity
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IrrigationDesalinationDeforestation30s - Q11Civilization began in the Fertile Crescent. This area is located between the Tigris and what other river which flows through the modern day countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Kuwait?EuphratesNile
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AmazonJordan30s - Q12Which country widely relies on desalination to meet its people's need for water?Saudi ArabiaIranIsraelAfghanistan
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30s - Q13Most land in the Middle East can best be described as:MountainousGrassyArableArid
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30s - Q14Desalination is:adding salt to water.treating sewage.taking salt out of seawater.adding salt to treated sewage water.
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30s - Q15Why are most of the world’s desalination plants in Southwest Asia?Southwest Asia gets abundant rainfall.Southwest Asia’s rivers flood often.Southwest Asia gets very little rainfall.
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Southwest Asia has access to unlimited groundwater.30s