Southern and Eastern Asia Population and Environmental Issues

Populations in cities in South Asia are growing rapidly because...

• there are better jobs and better eduction

• there are better farms and cleaner air

• there is no place else for people to go

• flooding along the coasts has forced people to move inland

Choose the TWO physical features that have large portions of South Asia's population living in/near them.

• river valleys

• coasts

• mountain ranges

• arid deserts

What are TWO of the main causes of air pollution in South Asia?

• Motor Vehicle Exhaust

• Burning wood/charcoal for cooking

• Burning homes to clear land for cities

• Burning farms to create new land for development

What are TWO of the main causes of water pollution in South Asia?

• raw sewage

• farm runoff

• nuclear power plants

• automobiles

Why is central and western China less populated than eastern China?

• it is covered in mountains and deserts

• it has better farmland

• there are too many wars

• rivers do not reach that far inland

What has damaged China's crops and caused millions of deaths throughout China's history?

• flooding of rivers

• air pollution

• deforestation

• tsunamis

What causes tsunamis?

• underwater earthquakes

• climate change

• air pollution

• deforestation

What are TWO of the main causes of China having some of the world's worst air pollution?

• coal burning power plants

• vehicle exhaust

• deforestation

• nuclear power plants

What are TWO of the reasons that river deltas can support high population densities?

• they have fresh water

• they have good soil for farming

• they always contain valuable oil

• the climate is always relatively cool

Why will Southeast Asia be especially impacted by climate change in the future?

• much of the population lives near coasts that will be flooded

• much of the population lives in the mountains that will receive less rainfall

• much of the region will turn into arid deserts

• much of the region is covered in rivers that will increase in salinity