WorksheetsSouthern and Eastern Asia Environmental Issues Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Some of the highest rates of air pollution in the world due to automobile emissions and the development of the industry are located in which country?
India
China
Vietnam
Japan
The use of coal-burning power plants for energy in China is a result of?
Flooding
Using too much coal
the decrease in the number of factories
air pollution
People scatter the cremated remains into the Ganges River as a practice they do, but How is this creating a problem for the Ganges River?
Factories can not use the water once ashes have been spread out.
People can not go to the river when the remains are being spread
The banks of the Ganges catches fire easily
The dead bodies of humans and animals, as well as the ashes, are causing river pollution problems.
Flooding along this Yellow River has caused great suffering. What is another name that the Yellow River is called?
China's Sorrow
The Flooding River
Flooding Sorrow
Mekong River
Human and animals drowning, destruction of homes and businesses, crops lost, and mudslides are issues people face in?
Flooding
Dry weather
Air pollution
water pollution
What issues have contributed to rivers flooding in China?
rains during monsoon seasons
farmers draining wetlands that previously acted as sponges
loggers cutting down too many trees that previously contained the rivers' water
All the Above.
Chinese villagers do not have safe drinking water because of the pollution from chemicals and waste in the river located at Letter B. What is located at letter B?
Ganges River
Yellow River
Indus River
Yangtze River
Letter A is highly polluted with dangerous bacteria and cities along its banks have the highest rates of water-borne diseases in India. What is located at letter A?
Yellow River
Indus River
Mekong River
Ganges River
The rapid growth of algae in the Yangtze River has caused_______.
oxygen levels in the water to go down and cause fish to die
dolphins and porpoises to rely on the algae for food
the river to no longer be used for shipping and transportation
provided a good source of fertilizer for those living along the river.
Water is unsafe to drink, and waterborne diseases are spreading is the result of
water pollution in the Ganges and Yellow River
water pollution in the Yangtze and Ganges River
flooding in the Yellow River and Ganges River
water pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow Rver
Respiratory and heart disease are the leading cause of death in
India
Vietnam
Japan
China
Millions of people depend on which two rivers for daily life in China and India?
Ganges and Yellow River
Yellow River and Yangtze River
Yangtze River and Ganges River
Ganges and Mekong River
This river is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because flooding from the river has caused more deaths than any other river in the world.
Yellow River
Yangtze River
Indus River
Ganges River
Coal-burning factories, homes burning coal for heating purposes and automobile emissions are the cause of Air Pollution in which countries?
China and India
India and Vietnam
China and Japan
India and Japan
What is happening to the Taj Mahal because of the air pollution?
It is turning yellow due to air pollution
It has stayed white due to the protective coating
It is falling apart due to acid rain
None of the above
How is India's need to develop more industry ended up creating problems along the Ganges River?
To not allow people to cremate dead bodies next to the river due to factories being built.
Industries are using too much water and causing the rivers to dry up.
Factories owners are not allowing the Indian that lives near the river to bath or use the water for cooking.
Factories dump waste and chemicals into the river every day.
The chemicals used in fertilizers run from the fields into the Yangtze River causing high levels of which pollutant?
nuclear waste
human sewage
nitrogen
arsenic
Untreated sewage, animal carcasses, and trash are reasons which river is so polluted?
Yangtze River
Ganges River
Yellow River
Mekong River
Monsoons ( seasonal winds) bring heavy rainfall which leads to what?
Flooding
Dried up fields
better crops to be produced
None of the above
Which two countries are facing air pollution as an environmental issue?
China and Japan
Vietnam and China
India and China
India and Japan
