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Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.






2. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






3. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






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






8. A man made dam






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






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






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






12. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






15. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






17. _____ Power is an exciting prospect because its renewable and clean - but its waste is radioactive.






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






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






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






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






22. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






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






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






26. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






29. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






31. A positive of this is that it brings in money and jobs to a region






32. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






36. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






38. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






44. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






48. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile






49. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






50. This dammed off the Nile River