MULTIPLE CHOICE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which correctly identifies the problem of the
Asian Brown Cloud?
a. Water pollution
b. Air pollution
c. Industrial pollution
d. Noise pollution
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2. Which correctly identifies causes of the Asian
Brown Cloud?
a. Ritual bathing in the Ganges
b. Drought and overgrazing
c. Industrial waste burning biofuels
d. All of the above
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3. Like other forms of air pollution, the Asian
Brown Cloud also causes . . .
a. desertification
b. Acid rain
c. famine
d. drought
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4. Damming of the Tigris and Euphrates creates
which international problem?
a. reduces flooding downstream
b. Reduces production of electricity
c. reduces water supply upstream
d. reduces irrigation use upstream
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5. Agricultural run-off from Israeli use of
fertilizers is a cause of pollution to this river.
a. Nile
b. Yellow
c. Niger
d. Jordan
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6. Which of the following do the Yangtze and
Ganges rivers have in common?
a. Industrial waste
b. potable water
c. no dams
d. all of the above
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7. The majority of the worlds supply of oil
passes through this Persian Gulf strait.
a. Gibraltar
b. Suez
c. Hormuz
d. Huang
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8. Dams are built for which of the following
reasons?
a. To terrace mountain sides
b. control flooding
c. hydroelectric power
d. irrigation
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9. The Dead Sea and Lake Chad are shrinking for
all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. global warming
b. drought
c. damming of upstream rivers
d. industrial waste dumping
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9. Mining in South Africa most directly effects
which of the following environmental problems?
a. water pollution
b. air pollution
c. Brown Cloud
d. endangered species
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10. Over-grazing and drought are causes of
a. deforestation
b. desertification
c. desalinization
d. depopulation
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11. Which Indian river is polluted by ritual use
and cultural tradition?
a. Yangtze
b. Tigris
c. Niger
d. Ganges
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12. What is the largest environmental problem
facing the Sahel?
a. desertification
b. deforestation
c. Asian Brown Cloud
d. global warming
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13. What are the main causes of deforestation in
Congo?
a. mining and agriculture
b. global warming and drought
c. industrial dumping and air pollution
d. desertification
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14. An unintended consequence of controlling
floods by dams is the use of more. . . ?
a. irrigation for crops
b. fertilizers for crops
c. hydroelectric power
d. ritual bathing
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15. In many places in Sub-Saharan Africa such as
Botswana, useful land is turned into dry, useless
land through overgrazing and drought. This
process is called
a. deforestation
b. colonization
c. desertification
d. enculturation
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16. This Nigerian export is important to the
economy, but also is a cause of pollution to
rivers and soil.
a. diamonds
b. agriculture
c. oil
d. phosphates
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17. Vast land gives this country abundant mineral
resources allowing for mining and ore
processing industries. They have further
developed their economy through production of
consumer products such as shoes, toys and
electronics.
a. Egypt
b. Israel
c. Nigeria
d. China
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18. Despite lack on natural resources,
development of human capital importation of raw
materials give this Southwest Asian nation a high
standard of living. (trick question warning)
a. China
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Japan
d. Israel
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19. Despite lack of natural resources,
development of human capital importation of raw
materials give this Eastern Asian nation a high
standard of living.
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. Israel