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Social Studies
7th
grade
Southern and Eastern Asia Population and Environmental Issues
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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
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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
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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
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What are TWO of the main causes of water pollution in South Asia?
raw sewage
farm runoff
nuclear power plants
automobiles
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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
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What has damaged China's crops and caused millions of deaths throughout China's history?
flooding of rivers
air pollution
deforestation
tsunamis
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What causes tsunamis?
underwater earthquakes
climate change
air pollution
deforestation
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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
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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
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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