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Southern and Eastern Asia Environmental Issues Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Vietnam

d)

Japan

2.

The use of coal-burning power plants for energy in China is a result of?

a)

Flooding

b)

Using too much coal

c)

the decrease in the number of factories

d)

air pollution

3.

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?

a)

Factories can not use the water once ashes have been spread out.

b)

People can not go to the river when the remains are being spread

c)

The banks of the Ganges catches fire easily

d)

The dead bodies of humans and animals, as well as the ashes, are causing river pollution problems.

4.

Flooding along this Yellow River has caused great suffering. What is another name that the Yellow River is called?

a)

China's Sorrow

b)

The Flooding River

c)

Flooding Sorrow

d)

Mekong River

5.

Human and animals drowning, destruction of homes and businesses, crops lost, and mudslides are issues people face in?

a)

Flooding

b)

Dry weather

c)

Air pollution

d)

water pollution

6.

What issues have contributed to rivers flooding in China?

a)

rains during monsoon seasons

b)

farmers draining wetlands that previously acted as sponges

c)

loggers cutting down too many trees that previously contained the rivers' water

d)

All the Above.

7.

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?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Indus River

d)

Yangtze River

8.

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?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Indus River

c)

Mekong River

d)

Ganges River

9.

The rapid growth of algae in the Yangtze River has caused_______.

a)

oxygen levels in the water to go down and cause fish to die

b)

dolphins and porpoises to rely on the algae for food

c)

the river to no longer be used for shipping and transportation

d)

provided a good source of fertilizer for those living along the river.

10.

Water is unsafe to drink, and waterborne diseases are spreading is the result of

a)

water pollution in the Ganges and Yellow River

b)

water pollution in the Yangtze and Ganges River

c)

flooding in the Yellow River and Ganges River

d)

water pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow Rver

11.

Respiratory and heart disease are the leading cause of death in

a)

India

b)

Vietnam

c)

Japan

d)

China

12.

Millions of people depend on which two rivers for daily life in China and India?

a)

Ganges and Yellow River

b)

Yellow River and Yangtze River

c)

Yangtze River and Ganges River

d)

Ganges and Mekong River

13.

This river is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because flooding from the river has caused more deaths than any other river in the world.

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangtze River

c)

Indus River

d)

Ganges River

14.

Coal-burning factories, homes burning coal for heating purposes and automobile emissions are the cause of Air Pollution in which countries?

a)

China and India

b)

India and Vietnam

c)

China and Japan

d)

India and Japan

15.

What is happening to the Taj Mahal because of the air pollution?

a)

It is turning yellow due to air pollution

b)

It has stayed white due to the protective coating

c)

It is falling apart due to acid rain

d)

None of the above

16.

How is India's need to develop more industry ended up creating problems along the Ganges River?

a)

To not allow people to cremate dead bodies next to the river due to factories being built.

b)

Industries are using too much water and causing the rivers to dry up.

c)

Factories owners are not allowing the Indian that lives near the river to bath or use the water for cooking.

d)

Factories dump waste and chemicals into the river every day.

17.

The chemicals used in fertilizers run from the fields into the Yangtze River causing high levels of which pollutant?

a)

nuclear waste

b)

human sewage

c)

nitrogen

d)

arsenic

18.

Untreated sewage, animal carcasses, and trash are reasons which river is so polluted?

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Mekong River

19.

Monsoons ( seasonal winds) bring heavy rainfall which leads to what?

a)

Flooding

b)

Dried up fields

c)

better crops to be produced

d)

None of the above

20.

Which two countries are facing air pollution as an environmental issue?

a)

China and Japan

b)

Vietnam and China

c)

India and China

d)

India and Japan