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Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia
  • Pop Quizzes

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  • 1. To which does the Ganges flow after it leaves
    India?
  • China
  • Pakistan
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • 2. Where does the Ganges River flow into the sea?
  • Bay of Bengal
  • East China Sea
  • Sea of Japan
  • Yellow Sea
  • 3. Which is true about the Ganges River?
  • The river is ignored by Indian religious rituals.
  • People do not drink the water because it is so
    polluted.
  • Many people use the river for transportation as
    well as a water supply.
  • Plant and animal life have not been affected by
    the poor quality of the rivers water.

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  • 4. How has Indias need to develop more industry
    ended up creating problems along the Ganges
    River?
  • Factories along the river dump industrial waste
    and chemicals into the river every day.
  • No one is allowed to cremate dead bodies along
    the river since the large factories have been
    built.
  • Industries along the river use so much water that
    the Ganges is almost dry by the time it reaches
    the sea.
  • Factory owners have refused to allow the Indians
    living along the river to bathe in the water or
    use the water for cooking.
  • 5. How has the Indian practice of cremating their
    dead been a problem for the river?
  • People are not allowed to go near the river when
    cremations are taking place.
  • The banks along the river regularly catch fire
    and threaten Indian homes built there.
  • Factory owners cannot use water once human ashes
    have been thrown into it upstream.
  • The bodies of dead animals, as well as the ashes
    of human beings, have been placed in the water
    causing pollution.
  • 6. What was the purpose of the Ganges Action Plan
    begun in the 1980s?
  • To try and clean up the river
  • To bring an end to the cremations
  • To end using the river for drinking water
  • To slow down the building of new factories

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  • 7. Why has the Indian government had such a hard
    time making much progress in cleaning up the
    Ganges River?
  • Most people in India feel the river is not
    polluted so they are not worried about it.
  • The government of India has not made the cleaning
    up of the Ganges River one of its goals.
  • Few people have gotten sick from the water in the
    Ganges River, so it is hard to get money for
    clean-up operations.
  • Indias combination of growing population and
    run-off from farming makes it hard to see much
    progress in controlling pollution.
  • 8. Why is the Yangtze River so important to the
    population and economy of China?
  • Water from the Yangtze River is used to irrigate
    the Gobi Desert.
  • The Yangtze River is the international border
    between China and India.
  • People can use the Yangtze River to get over the
    Himalayan Mountains.
  • It supplies millions of people with water for
    drinking, irrigation, and industrial uses.
  • 9. Into what body of water does the Yangtze flow?
  • Indian Ocean
  • Bay of Bengal
  • East China Sea
  • South China Sea

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  • 10. What are some of the main causes of high
    levels of nitrogen in the Yangtze River?
  • The waste is from nuclear power plants.
  • The bodies of dead animals are thrown into the
    river.
  • The chemicals used in fields run into the river.
  • The exhaust fumes from the millions of cars run
    into the river.
  • 11. Which is one of the most common industrial
    pollutants found in the Yangtze River?
  • Arsenic
  • Nitrogen
  • Nuclear waste
  • Human sewage
  • 12. What has been the effect of the rapid growth
    of algae in the Yangtze River?
  • The oxygen levels in the water go down and fish
    die.
  • The river dolphins and porpoises can rely on the
    algae as a food source.
  • The Yangtze River can no longer be used for
    shipping and transportation.
  • The algae have provided a good source of
    fertilizer for those who live along the river.

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  • 13. Why did the Chinese government decide to go
    ahead with the Three Gorges Dam project along the
    Yangtze River?
  • The dam would provide water for all of Chinas
    desert areas.
  • Chinas people needed a reliable source of
    hydroelectric power.
  • China needed to be able to store water because
    the Yangtze river often dried up in the summer.
  • Careful study showed there would be no
    environmental problems associated with the dam.
  • 14. How would building sanitary landfills along
    the Yangtze River help reduce pollution in the
    water?
  • The garbage could go into landfills instead of in
    the river.
  • The landfills would reduce the general need for
    more electricity.
  • The chemicals would no longer run into farmers
    fields and into the river.
  • All of the garbage would be recycled in landfills
    and there would be no waste.
  • 15. When Beijing, China was awarded the 2008
    Olympics, which environmental issue was a big
    concern for many of the athletes?
  • The citys air pollution
  • Lack of fresh drinking water
  • Temperatures would be too hot in the summer in
    China
  • Heavy seasonal rains that come to China in the
    summer

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  • 16. Which contributes to air pollution problems
    in China?
  • The shrinking population
  • Use of coal-burning power plants for energy
  • The gradual drop in the number of new factories
  • The lack of automobiles and trucks in rural areas
  • 17. Which is a leading cause of death in China?
  • Skin cancer
  • Respiratory and heart disease
  • Injuries from automobile accidents
  • Injuries related to factory accidents
  • 18. What was the job of the Beijing Municipal
    Environmental Protection Bureau in the months
    before the 2008 Olympics?
  • Improve the citys air quality
  • Work to end the pollution in the countryside
  • Begin building dams to provide fresh drinking
    water for the athletes
  • Keep all cars and buses out of Beijing while the
    Olympics were in progress

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  • 19. Why is acid rain dangerous to the
    environment?
  • May cause chemical fires
  • Can harm plants and animals
  • Often leads to massive flooding
  • Causes an increase in air temperature
  • 20. What economic argument does the World Bank
    make to urge countries to do whatever they need
    to do to clean up serious environmental problems
    quickly?
  • Health problems disappear very quickly once
    pollution problems are solved.
  • The process of cleaning up serious environmental
    problems is usually very easy to do.
  • Most serious pollution problems can be taken care
    of without spending a lot of money.
  • The long-term costs of pollution are often more
    expensive than the clean-up effort would be.
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