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12 Cards in this Set
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Where is Bangladesh?
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In Asia.
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Name two human causes of the Bangladesh flooding?
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Deforestation and urbanisation.
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Name three of the physical causes of the Bangladesh flooding?
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Heavy rainfall, melting of snow and Most of Bangladesh is flat - lower than 12 meters above sea level.
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Name the two rivers that caused the Bangladesh flooding?
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Brahmaputra and Ganges.
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When was the Bangladesh flooding?
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July and August 2007
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Name three primary effects of the Bangladesh floods?
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2000 deaths
25 million homeless 44 schools destroyed |
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Out of these three effects which two were long term effects?
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25 million homeless
44 schools destroyed |
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Name three secondary effects of the Bangladesh flooding?
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100,000 people caught in water borne disease
flooded fields reduced rice production and prices rose by 10 percent. children lost out education because 4000 schools affected by the floods. |
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Name an immediate effect of the flooding?
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lack of evacuation
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What charity's helped give food and water supplies?
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Oxfam and Save the children.
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Is Bangladesh an MEDC, LEDC or an NIC?
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LEDC
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what are the long term responses of the Bangladesh floods?
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International charity's have paid for the villages to be rebuilt
some shelters are now built on stilts planting vegetation in the mountains. |
