Why is the environment in Central Asia relatively clean?

A) low population density
B) a strong "green" political movement in the region
C) favorable breezes that sweep the heavy industrial pollution that would otherwise
permeate the region
D) stringent environmental standards and controls
E) Soviet environmental policies kept the environment intact


A) low population density

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A. 9.0 B. 5.0 C. 7.0 D. 14.0

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A) increased dumping of MSW in rivers, lakes, and the oceans. B) large piles of MSW in vacated lots and industrial parks awaiting proper disposal. C) densely populated states outsourcing their MSW to states with less dense populations. D) the increased reliance on abandoned mines as sites where MSW can be deposited.

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