U6 Environmental & Economic Issues

Seasons in South Asia depend MOSTLY on

• Tornadoes

• Monsoons

• Cyclones

• Blizzards

Location of the Three Gorges Dam

• Mekong River

• Huang He River

• Yangtze River

• Mississippi River

Any potentially harmful substance that humans add to an ecosystem

• a dung pile

• a pollutant

• is always a carcinogen

• is an inorganic substance.

Why has the economy of India grown faster than other southeastern Asian nations?

• More Command than Market Economy

• More Market than Command Economy

• More Traditional than Market Economy

• More Transitional than Consumerism Economy

More interdependence in economics is a result of

• isolation

• specialization

• embargos

• protective tariffs

Japan’s key exports to other parts of the world are

• agricultural products

• technological products

• manufactured products

• human resources

The number one result of China's air pollution

• Acid rain and flooding

• Rapid increase in capital

• Respiratory and heart disease

• Government agreement to clean factories

China's rapid industrialization has resulted in

• widespread air pollution

• widespread political decrease

• widespread panic

• widespread healthcare

_____________ are used to make other products

• human capital

• capital goods

• financial investments

BEST describes the development of technology in India

• success in traditional marriage arrangements

• success in technology-based businesses a

• success in traditional religious practices

• success in government intervention in technology