Asian Studies Feedback on May 2015 Test
Jul 20, 2015
Multi-Choice
• Exam was a little more difficult than the practice exam.
• Read multi-choice carefully
• Some tricky questions
Question 7
• A species that environmentalists are particularly concerned will be affected by the damming of the Mekong River is…
– A. the Asian elephant
– B. the Thai fishing cat
– C. the giant cat-fish
– D. all of the above
Question 11
• In the tsunami warning system that has been set up since the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004…– A. satellites watch for unusual wave patterns
– B. underwater sensors measure changes in water pressure which are communicated by transmitters on buoys
– C. buoys on the ocean surface send signals to a centralised data base which records wave height
– D. buoys on the ocean surface measure sudden changes in water temperature.
Question 14
• Refer to Source F. The best explanation for the cartoon is that …– A. London was not a pleasant place to live in the 1850’s– B. The water in the Thames River was polluted with dead
rats– C. The boatman was coming to claim the lives of the
people of London because the politicians refused to pay to clean up the sewage problem
– D. People who worked as boatmen in London in the 1850’s were dying because they breathed in the foul air of the Thames River.
The Rubric
–Knowledge
–Structure – think of as short essay – title, intro, body paras, conclusion
–Detailed evidence and examples
–Analysis of issues. This means that…
Ideas (continued)
• Peer study group
• Past papers
• Reading
• Evidence Table
• Brain Map
• Diagrams/Maps
Evidence Table
Palestine Water Crisis
. Infrastructuredestruction
IDF bulldozed Palestinian water channels near Jewish settlement of Qiryat Arba’ain Hebron (UN Report).
•Who? - an engineer
•What? - designed and built the underground sewer in London
•When? – late 1850’s to 1870s
• Why? - city of London had grown to 2.5 million people. There was no adequate sewage system. The disposal of sewage in the Thames River was causing a ‘Great Stink’
• How? – system of brick-lined underground tunnels that collected sewage that used gravity. The tunnels ran beside the Thames (The Embankment) and transported sewage to a tidal outfall to the east of London.
• Joseph Bazelgette was an engineer who designed and built the underground sewer in London in the late 1850’s to 1870’s.
• The sewer was need because the disposal of sewage for 2.3million inhabitants of London in the Thames had caused a ‘Great Stink’. The system used gravity to transport the sewage through underground tunnel.
Notes on Water Security
• http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publications/food-and-water-crises/1715-india-s-food-and-water-security.html
• http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2014/05/atms-deliver-clean-water-india-poorest-20145148180796299.html
Practice Your Study Skills
• What measures have been introduced in Israel to increase its water supply? (3 marks)
• Why is there a water shortage in Palestine? (3 marks)
• Why is flooding an important issue in Asia? (3 marks)