SS7G10 - Asia's Environmental Issues

The Ganges River begins high in the __________ and flows southeast through India and Bangladesh. 

• Ganges Mountains
• Himalayas 
•  Hilands 
• Indian Mountains

The Ganges River flows into what body of water?

• Sea of Bengal
• Arabian Sea
• Yellow Sea
• Bay of Bengal

The Ganges River  flows southeast through India and Bangladesh for ________ miles.

• 1,500
• 4,000
• 1,000
• 2,500

•The Ganges provides water for _______, ______, ______, and for ______ for over 400 million people who live in its river valley.

•  drinking, bathing, cooking, and for transportation
•  drinking, bathing, cooking, and for sewers systems
•  drinking, bathing, cooking, and for windmills 
•  drinking, bathing, cooking, and for electricity 

The Ganges is nicknamed “___________”, 

•  “Mistical Ganges” 
• “Great Ganges”
• “Sacred Ganges”
• “Mother Ganges”

The Ganges is very sacred to the ________religion.

• Islamic
• Indian
• Jewish
• Hindu

Many Indians are too poor for a ______, so they place the bodies in the water instead.

• burial
• baptism
• cremation
• fureral

It is estimated that about 80% of all illnesses and 1/3rd of deaths in India come from diseases carried by dirty water. •Outbreaks of such diseases as ______, ______, ______, and _______ are common.

• chrones, dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis
• cholera, diphtheria, thrombosis, and hepatitis
• cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis
• crohns, diphtheria, typhoid, and hepatitis

India’s government started a program in 1985 called the ________, with the purpose of cleaning up the river.

• Ganges Clean Up Plan
• Ganges Action Plan
• Ganges Water Treatment Plan
• Ganges  Purification Plan

Indians have built many ______ and _________ ______ along the river.

• sewage and water treatment plants
• industrial and farm production 
• sewage and industrial treatment plants
• sewage and cleaning treatment plants