China Flashcards
Why does population concentrate on the east of China?
Because it has bigger cities like Beijing or Shangai,this means more opportunity of getting a job.
There are river near big cities p,so that farmer can plant crops.
There is a better climate and less risk of earthquakes.
It has a coast,so that businesses have easier access to import and exporting products
What has China done to control the overpopulation?
Installed the one child policy
Explain the one child policy
Families can only have 1 child if it is a boy,and in rural areas 2 if the first one is a girl.If you have more children you get fined and loose other benefits.Ethnic minorities can have more than 2 children.
Consequences of the one child policy in China
More deaths are caused because more children are abandoned
Why is there pollution in China and its effects
It is caused many by overpopulation,more factories,more cars…
Effects:people have a shorter life expectancy
Air pollution causes many diseases
Water pollution causes many fish to die,and less drinkable water
Solution to pollution
Three Gorges Dam:It has negative effects such as,it caused 1 million people to loose their homes because of floods,turbines cost a lot of money and it also destroys the animals habitat
Positive effects:It provides many jobs,so this means the unemployment rate decreases,it creates clean and cheap energy for more than 60 million people,it causes less global warming because it doesn’t pollute as much as the burning of fossil fuels