Environments of the WORLD Review HONORS SS

Why would the "slash-and-burn" farming technique be used to remove trees in Africa?

• to create new settlements

• to create new farmland with fertile soil

• to increase oxygen supply in local villages

• to grow new trees

Look at the image. Where would the BEST place be for growing crops?

• savanna

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Atlas Mountains

Look at the image. Large populations gather around natural resources. Brazil's population is most dense around all of the following resources EXCEPT...

• cotton

• lead

• petroleum/crude oil

• coffee

Based on the following information in the image, which is MOST LIKELY to be true?

• Brazil imports coffee from other countries

• Brazil exports coffee to other countries

• Coffee does not grow in Brazil

• Brazil does not ever trade coffee with other countries

All of the following explain why most Canadians would live in southern Canada EXCEPT...

• trade with U.S.

• warm/mild climates for agriculture activity

• proximity to commercial trade/water routes

• desertification

Overgrazing by animals, deforestation, lack of rain/water, are all CAUSES of which environmental issue in Africa?

• desertification

• acid rain

• air pollution

• flooding

Using renewable energy sources such as hydroelectricity, windmills/turbines, and solar energy could be solutions to which environmental problem?

• Acid Rain in Germany

• Desertification in the Sahara

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest

• Dumping waste in the Ganges River

The burning of fossil fuels/coal produce ________, which can cause smog.

• clouds

• UV-rays

• oxygen

• emissions

Look at the image. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY true of people of the Gobi and Taklamakan desert regions when it comes to resource access?

• people must engage in nomadic or semi-nomadic activity to survive

• No people at all live in the Gobi and Taklamakan desert region

• western China is very dense in population

• People have access to everything they need without trading

The increasing amount of smog in Mexico City has caused the local city government to discourage which of the following.

• the riding of public transportation

• people going to work in factories

• the overuse of automobiles that release emissions into the air