Environment Challenges 1
This environmental issue, caused by melting glaciers, is leading to rising sea levels, which threaten coastal and delta populations in Southeast Asia
What is climate change?
This is the name of the area around the Pacific Ocean with a circle of tectonic plates.
What is the Ring of Fire?
In 2016, this country changed its government so the military could pick its own senators.
What is Thailand?
Many people are leaving rural areas in Southeast Asia to move to big cities in search of these two things.
What are jobs and a better life?
These are the two oceans in the Southeast Asia.
What are the Pacific and Indian Oceans?
A typhoon is the name for a powerful storm in the Pacific. This is its name in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a hurricane?
The Ring of Fire is an area known for earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. This causes these disasters.
What are tectonic plates?
The group of Southeast Asian countries that was formed to help with trade and economic growth is called this. The acronym is fine.
What is the ASEAN?
Cities need strong systems to provide clean water and remove trash. This is the name of this system/measurement.
(Hint: It starts with Inf...)
What is Infrastructure?
What is the South China Sea?
Rising sea levels are dangerous for Southeast Asia because many people live in these two types of areas
What are coastal areas and river deltas?
These are the main islands where deforestation is taking place. The first one is Sumatra. This is the name of the other.
What is Borneo?
Countries that charge extra fees on imported goods are creating these kinds of obstacles to trade.
What are trade barriers?
Too many people in a country can lead to a lack of housing, jobs, and schools. This is the name of this problem.
What is overpopulation?
This is the smallest country in Southeast Asia.
What is Singapore?
This Southeast Asian country, made up of over 17,000 islands, is at high risk from rising sea levels.
What is Indonesia?
This type of tropical ecosystem is home to many endangered animals like orangutans but is shrinking due to deforestation
What is a rainforest?
This is another name for violent protests.
What are coups?
Singapore has a low birth rate. This is what they are offering their citizens to have kids.
What are incentives?
This country is made up of over 17,000 islands
What is Indonesia?
Smoke from forest fires in Indonesia causes this thick air pollution that affects nearby countries.
What is haze?
Deforestation is mostly done using this method, which sends smoke across the region.
What is Slash-n-Burn?
These are what China built on the islands they illegally claimed.
What are military bases?
Some countries struggle with too few workers, which hurts the economy. This is the name of this.
What is Labor Shortage?
This is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia
What is Laos?