Environmental Issues #1
Environmental Issues #2
Vocabulary
Religion
Language and Culture
100
The word used to describe a mix of smoke and fog
What is smog?
100
This environmental issue comes from the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the world. Oil spills have damaged the environment. The government of this country gets about half of its money from the oil business. Name the environmental issue and the country.
What is oil-related pollution in Venezula?
100
countries that do not have much industry and depend on farming for most of their wealth.
What are third world countries?
100
Holy book used by Muslims, followers of Islam
What is the Koran?
100
The most common language spoken throughout Latin America as a result of Spanish colonization
What is Spanish?
200
Environmental issue in Mexico City, Mexico that is caused by smoke from factories and car exhaust. As a result of this pollution, vegetation is damaged, the atmosphere is harmed and the air quality harms human beings.
What is Air Pollution?
200
Environmental issue in Brazil where humans are using chainsaws and bulldozers to clear large areas of the forest and haul away trees to sell the timber.
What is deforestation?
200
countries that depend on manufacturing instead of farming for their wealth
What are industrialized countries?
200
Major religion of Latin America
What is Roman Catholic
200
Major language of Brazil as a result of colonization by Portugal
What is Portugese?
300
This environmental issue exists in both Canada and Germany. The causes of the issue stem from smoke from factories, power plants and car exhaust.
What is Acid Rain?
300
What are the effects of the Pollution of the Great Lakes? (Canada)
What are destruction of wildlife habitat and contamination of drinking water?
300
the total value of the final goods and services produced in a country in one year divided by the population
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita?
300
Holy book used by Christians, followers of Christianity
What is the Bible?
300
Two major languages of Canada
What are English and French?
400
An environmental issue that contributes to acid rain
What is air pollution?
400
As a result of this environmental issue in Canada, the land around the mine is damaged or destroyed
What is the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield?
400
The ability to read and write
What is literacy?
400
A monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad with followers called Muslims
What is Islam?
400
The major language of Australia?
What is English?
500
As a result of this nuclear accident, Chernobyl Ukraine was abandoned because radiation levels were unsafe. The land was contaminated which led to residents evacuating the area.
What is the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident?
500
20% of the world's oxygen comes from the rain forest in which Latin American country?
What is Brazil?
500
Belief in one God
What is monotheism?
500
Major religion in Europe which was founded by Abraham. The holy book of this religion is called a Torah. The followers are known as Jews.
What is Judaism?
500
The formal term used to describe the mixing of indigenous Americans, Europeans and Africans?
What is cultural blending?