Southern and Eastern Asia Environmental Issues Review

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

• China and Japan

• Vietnam and China

• India and China

• India and Japan

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

• Flooding

• Dried up fields

• better crops to be produced

• None of the above

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

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River

• Ganges River

• Mekong 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

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

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.

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

Which country does NOT have the lowest rates of air pollution in the world due to automobile emissions and the development of the industry.

• India

• China

• Vietnam

• Japan

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

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