1. Pollution in Southern and Eastern Asia
7th Grade Social Studies

2. SS7G10
SS7G10
The student will discuss environment issues across Southern and Eastern Asia

3. SS7G10
SS7G10a:
Describe the causes and effects of pollution on the Yangtze and Ganges Rivers

4. SS7G10a Causes of Water Pollution: Industrial Runoff Agriculture
Religious Ceremonies
On the Ganges River

5. SS7G10a Effects of Water Pollution:
Lowers the amount of water available for drinking and irrigation

6. SS7G10b
SS7G10b:
Describe the causes and effects of air pollution and flooding in India and China

7. SS7G10b Causes of Air Pollution:
China and India are developing countries that are rapidly industrializing
The governments of China and India do not have adequate safety standards in place:
They do not want to slow economic growth

8. SS7G10b Effects of Air Pollution:
China and India have dozens of heavily polluted cities
Hundreds of thousands of people die each year as a result of exposure to polluted air

9. SS7G10b Causes of Flooding:
High amounts of rainfall from locations upstream
Monsoons
Tropical cyclones
Ice Melting in mountainous regions during the spring
Ex. Himalayan Mountains

10. SS7G10b Effects of Flooding: Hurts agricultural output
Kills thousands of people each year