What are the advantages and disadvantages of China's dam-building policy? Is it wise for the Chinese government to emphasize dam construction?
What will be an ideal response?
The two major advantages are (1) greater control of flooding; and (2) production of hydroelectric power. The disadvantages are (1) displacement of upwards of one million people; (2) threats to several endangered species of flora and fauna; and (3) inundation of many valleys, thereby adversely affecting both tourism and agriculture.
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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan?
A) Pashto speaking people tend to be found on the northern frontier with Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
B) Pashto speaking people largely are found in the southern half of Afghanistan
C) Turkic speaking people tend to be located on the frontier with Pakistan
D) Hazara speaking people tend to be clustered along the frontier with Pakistan
E) The Pashto language is not spoken within Afghanistan
Which of the following are the oxygen-carrying proteins found in blood?
A) red blood cells B) white blood cells C) platelets D) hemoglobin
Which of the following landslides was partly caused by fire and rain?
A) Madison Canyon, Montana, 1959 B) Yosemite National Park, California, 1996 C) San Bernardino Mountains, California, 2003 D) near Lake City, Colorado, 2004
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of tectonic activity that causes orogenesis along convergent boundaries?
A) Continental plate-continental plate collision B) Oceanic plate-oceanic plate collision C) Oceanic plate-continental plate collision D) Oceanic plate-continental plate collision, oceanic plate-oceanic plate collision, and continental plate-continental plate collision are all correct.