The main objective of the Three Gorges Dam is to prevent extensive flooding on this river.
What is the Yangtze River?
100
What necessity will be increased by 20% when the dam is built?
What is electric power production?
100
This pollutant is becoming a worry for the constructors, for it will potentially pollute and harm the dam.
What is dumped waste and sediment of the Yangtze River?
100
This man drew up and proposed the "Yangtze River Project" in 1944.
Who is John L. Savage from the United States of America?
200
The National People's Congress approved the dam in this year with 1,767 votes in its favor.
What is 1992?
200
The dam, when finish, will produce the same amount of electricity as twenty of these buildings.
What are nuclear power plants?
200
The Three Gorges Dam will increase the occurrences of this dangerous disaster.
What are landslides?
200
These workers will be relocated in certain areas surrounding the dam in order to create available land for construction.
Who are farmers?
300
The dam was originally thought up and envisioned by this man.
Who is Sun Yat-sen of "The International Development of China"?
300
The Three Gorges Dam will improve these three activities and jobs in China.
What are fishing, tourism, and recreational activities?
300
Three hundred species of this animal live in the Yangtze River, and their population will decrease immensely because of the dam blocking parts of the river.
What are fish?
300
This 1957 campaign landed engineers who spoke against the dam into prison.
What is the Hundred Flowers Campaign?
400
Fifty-four Chinese engineers went to this country for special training towards building the dam.
What is the United States of America?
400
The dam will help prevent occurrences of this natural disaster, which has killed an estimate of 300,000 people in the past decade.
What is flash flooding?
400
These crucial parts of land will be lost with the construction of the dam.
What is agricultural soil and rich farmland?
400
In 1956, this man wrote a poem called "Swimming", which was written about his fascination with the Yangtze River.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
This event put a temporary stop to construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
What is the Chinese Civil War?
500
Emissions of toxic carbon dioxide will be decreased by this amount when the Three Gorges Dam is constructed.
What is 1.2 - 1.3 million tons?
500
This amount of people will need to be relocated in order to construct the dam.
What are 4.4 million people?
500
This cultural landmark will be removed with the construction of the dam, relocating many bodies and destroying a famous site.