This 25-mile territory has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for many years:

Which river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria?

The Strait of Hormuz connects which bodies of water?

Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?

Which rivers flow through Turkey and Iraq?

Disputes over what two natural resources are problematic for many Southwest Asian countries?

What are three major water problems in Southwest Asia?

What non-renewable natural resource has contributed to the growth of the Middle East?

Which country has fought military battles over water rights to the Jordan River?

Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as

Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide most of its citizens’ drinking water?

Pollution from oil spills on the Black Sea contaminate this country’s water supply:

This area holds one of the largest and most important oil fields in the world.

All of the countries that produce oil in that region depend on it as a shipping route.

______________ treats 85 percent of its solid waste in an environmentally friendly manner, which makes it one of the environmentally cleanest countries in the world.

___________________ location between Europe and Asia means that Turkey has been at the center of trade routes for thousands of years.