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Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile






2. This is done to reduce soil erosion and increase arable land






3. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






4. The average person created ___ lbs of waste per day






5. City in Italy that sit on water and uses canals for roads






6. The Aswan High Dam created a lake called....






7. Idea of bringing down trees and setting them ablaze to deposit their nutrients in farm ground in the amazon.






8. In 18 months 2 rabbits can create how many baby rabbits?






9. The Australian government introduced this into blood of rabbits to control their populations.






10. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






11. Millions of water in Lake Nassar are lost to __________.






12. A negative of this is that is uses up good agricultural land and widens the gap between rich and poor






13. A man made elevated region for people who live in low lying areas to go in case of flood






14. What destroyed pastures - stripped land and brought on extinction of native animals?






15. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






16. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process






17. Animal that Australia used to try and control rabbit populations.






18. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






19. By 1900 - how many rabbits were there in 1900?






20. The Aswan High Dam stopped organic matter in water to deposit _______ into the lands of Egypt which served like free fertilizer.






21. Region that has had a large role in the creation of the Ogallala Aquifer






22. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.






23. When a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives






24. Animal plaguing Australia






25. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






26. Region where terracing is used in South America






27. Land that is suitable for farming






28. Nation where land reclamation has allowed the nation to grow by 40%






29. African nation that has oil resources but has mismanaged them






30. ______ is harder to mine - harder to process and is harmful to the environment






31. When people move from the rural areas to the city






32. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






33. This place was chosen for nuclear testing because it wasn't near shipping lanes.






34. Oil shale is located in many regions - but the one we discussed was in the state of_______.






35. Number of Nigerian oil spills that have not been cleaned up






36. Group of islands used for nuclear testing in Oceans by the USA






37. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






38. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






39. This dammed off the Nile River






40. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines






41. An energy that cannot be renewed and made from decomposed plant matter






42. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






43. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






44. When a person is forced out of a region because of bad circumstances






45. Australia built one of these to try and stop spread of rabbits.






46. The name of the pipeline that was proposed to go through the US






47. A man made dam






48. Lake Nassar has buried many wonders of what ancient empire?






49. The main reason for the Pacific Garbage patch is Ocean ________.






50. _________ is dealt with by incineration - buried or recycled