SPM East and South Asia Review

Which river flows through India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal?

• Indus
• Ganges
• Yangtze
• Mekong

Why are the Himalayas called the "roof of the world"?

• The world's highest mountains are found in this area
• The Himalayan Mountains are generally quite easy to travel
• The Himalayan Mountains are so rugged that no people can live there
• Little water comes out of this mountain range in the form of rivers or streams.

What are the two great deserts found in China?

• Gobi and Ganges
• Gobi and Taklimakan
• Huang He and Yangtze
• Mekong and Taklimakan

Why is the Huang He sometimes called "China's Sorrow"?

• The river often runs dry leaving farmers to starve.
• Floods along this river often cause great suffering
• No one can drink the water from this river because of the pollution
• The river has too many rapids and waterfalls for it to be used for transportation.

Into which country does the Ganges River flow after it leaves India?

• China
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Afghanistan

Where does the Ganges River flow into the sea? 

• Yellow Sea
• Sea of Japan
• Bay of Bengal
• East China Sea

Which is true about the Ganges River?

• The river is ignored by Indian religious rituals.
• People do not drink the water because it is so polluted.
• Many people use the river for transportation as well as a water supply.
• Plant and animal life have not been affected by the poor quality of the river’s water.

How has India’s need to develop more industry ended up creating problems
along the Ganges River?

• Factories along the river dump industrial waste and chemicals into the river every
  day.
• No one is allowed to cremate dead bodies along the river since the large factories
  have been built.
• Industries located along the river use so much water that the Ganges is almost dry by
  the time it reaches the sea.
• Factory owners have refused to allow the Indians living along the river to bathe in
  the water or use the water for cooking.

What was the purpose of the Ganges Action Plan begun in the 1980s?

• to try and clean up the river
• to bring an end to the cremations
• to end using the river for drinking water
• to slow down the building of new factories

Which river is the longest in China?

• Ganges
• Mekong
• Yangtze
• Huang He