51a, b: explain the impact of environmental issues in Asia

What is major problem in India?

• communism
• too many English speakers
• overpopulation
• the caste system

What contributes to air pollution in China?

• Lack of automobiles

• Shrinking population

• Coal burning power plants

• Fewer factories being built

Name 3 causes of pollution in the Ganges River and Yangtze River.

• Sewage, Industrial chemicals, fertilizer

• Fertilizers, Sewage, Saltwater

• Industrial chemicals, Sewage, rainwater

• Sewage, oil and gas, Industrial chemicals

What are monsoons?

• Big storms, like a hurricanes

• Seasonal winds that can bring wet or dry weather

• A type of boat

• Heavy snows at the tops of a mountain

Why was the 3 Gorges Dam built along the Chang Jiang (Yangtze)?

• control flooding along the Huang He and produce hydroelectric power.

• because the river was drying up.

• control flooding and produce hydroelectric power

• the river was being polluted.

Which of the following is a solution to water pollution?

• Burn cleaner fuels

• Build and maintain sewage treatment plants

• Limit driving

• Burn all the trash

What is a solution to help control flooding on the Yangtze (Chang Jiang)?

• set up clean-up campaigns along the rivers

• replant trees along the river

• monitor what industries do with their wastes materials

• regulate pollution from industry

How do farms contribute to water pollution?

• fertilizers and pesticides have chemicals that run off into water sources

• fertilizers and pesticides are dumped into lakes and rivers

• farmers dump unsold produce into the river

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?

• Respiratory problems

• Reduced food sources for humans

• Increased disease for humans

• Decrease in global temperatures

The term monsoon means...

• extreme weather

• prolonged drought

• seasonal winds

• storm surges