The Aral Sea Crisis

chemicals used to kill insects

• poorly

• pesticide

• salinity

• irrigation

to move further back

• rebound

• reminder

• render

• recede

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the bringing of water to previously dry land

• inhospitable

• irrigation

• flow

• dam

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to deal with problems or difficulties

• cope

• conference

• conclude

• collapse

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

the amount of salt in something

• salinity

• saturated

• shortsighted

• wildlife

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

happening or done once every year

• conclude

• annual

• salinity

• volume

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

not thinking carefully about the possible effects of something or of what might happen in the future

• reminder

• marked

• collapse

• shortsighted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a wall built across a river that stops and collects the water

• dam

• transport

• wildlife

• conference

methods for dealing with a situation

• mean

• marked

• measures

• pesticide

How did the changes of the Aral Sea affect the health of the local population?

• People in the Aral Sea region started to get sick.

• The health of people in the region started to improve.

• The Infant Mortality Rate went down.

• There was an decrease in the literacy rate.