Environmental Issues - East and Southeast Asia

Multiple Choice

What is water pollution?

• contamination of bodies of water

• a supply of water to land

• when soil loses its ability to hold water

• when the desert spreads

Multiple Choice

The __________ River is highly polluted with dangerous bacteria and cities along the its banks have the highest rates of water-borne diseases in India.

• Ganges

• Chang Jiang

• Huang He

• Mekong River

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT as cause of air pollution in India and China?

• Coal-burning factories

• Homes burning coal for heat

• automobile emissions

• flooding during monsoon season

Multiple Choice

What is the effect of water pollution in the Ganges and Chiang Jiang River?

• Water-borne diseases are spreading

• Many species of plants and animals are dying

• water is unsafe to drink

• All of these are effects of water pollution

Multiple Choice

What would be a good title for the list below?

*Sewage Waste

*Industrial Waster

*Agricultural run-off

• Effect of pollution on the Ganges and Chang Jiang Rivers

• Effects of pollution of flooding in China and India

• Causes of pollution on the Ganges and Chiang Jang Rivers

• Causes of air pollution in China and India

Multiple Choice

Millions of Chinese villagers do not have safe drinking water because of the pollution from chemicals and waste in the ___________ River

• Ganges

• Chang Jiang

• Mekong

• Amazon

Multiple Choice

What has contributed to rivers flooding in China?

• rains during monsoon seasons

• farmers draining wetlands that previously acted as sponges

• loggers cutting down too many trees that previously contained the rivers water

• All of these

Multiple Choice

Why does the pollution of the Ganges and Chang Jiang Rivers have such a big impact on the people of India and China?

• People use the water strictly for irrigation for farms

• the governments cannot trade with other countries if their waste is too polluted.

• Millions of people depend on water from the rivers for daily living

• The rivers are the main source of transportation for both countries.

• all of these

Multiple Choice

India has some of the lowest rates of air pollution in the world due to auto emissions and the development of industry.

• False

• True

Multiple Select

Flooding in India has led to what? Check all that apply (4)

• Human and animal deaths

• Destruction of homes and businesses

• Respiratory disases

• Loss of crops

• Mudslides

Multiple Choice

The Huang He (Yellow) River is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because flooding from the river has caused more deaths than any other river in the world

• True

• False