CATEGORY 1: Environmental Issues in Asia (SS7G10)
This country’s air pollution is so bad that many people wear masks outside.
What is China?
This type of economy is run mostly by the government, which decides what to make and how much it costs.
What is a command economy?
Trade where both sides choose to participate is called this.
What is voluntary trade?
This factor of economic growth includes workers’ skills, education, and training.
What is human capital?
This feeling of pride in one’s country helped India fight for independence.
What is nationalism?
This river in India is very polluted, even though it is considered holy.
What is the Ganges River?
This type of economy lets businesses and people make most economic decisions.
What is a market economy?
Countries trade because they want goods they cannot do this themselves.
Answer: What is produce/make?
This factor includes machines, factories, and technology.
What is capital goods?
This leader used non‑violent protest to help India gain independence.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
Cutting down too many trees in places like China and India causes this problem.
What is deforestation?
Most countries today—including Japan and South Korea—have this mix of government control and free choices.
What is a mixed economy?
When countries specialize in making certain goods, trade becomes easier and this increases.
What is efficiency or productivity?
Japan invests heavily in technology and education, which helps increase this.
What is economic growth?
After WWII, this country helped rebuild Japan’s government and economy.
What is the United States?
Burning coal and using lots of cars leads to this thick, dirty air that hangs over big cities.
What is smog?
In this type of economy, traditions and customs decide what people make and trade.
What is a traditional economy?
Tariffs and quotas are examples of these barriers that make trade harder.
What are trade barriers?
This country struggles with economic growth because its government controls almost everything and limits freedom.
What is North Korea?
This Chinese leader started the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
: Who is Mao Zedong?
This environmental problem in China happens when factories dump chemicals into rivers, harming people and animals.
What is water pollution?
North Korea is closest to this type of economy because the government controls almost everything.
What is a command economy?
Japan trades with other countries because it lacks this important natural resource.
What is oil?
A person who starts a new business is called this.
What is entrepreneurship?
The United States got involved in Korea and Vietnam because it wanted to stop this political system from spreading.
What is communism?