Singapore haze hits record high from Indonesia fires
June 24, 2013
Q: Air pollution in Singapore has risen to record levels and health officials warn that it "may be life-threatening to ill and elderly persons". The island city-state of Singapore is at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Can you find it on this map?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The "very hazardous" level of pollution is blamed on illegal slash-and-burn land clearance in Indonesia. What is the purpose of slash-and-burn?
A. Agriculture
B. Building roads
C. City expansion
D. Deforestation
Q: Singapore consists of 63 islands with only 272 square miles of land. But, it is the world's fourth largest . . .
A. City by population
B. Economy
C. Financial center
D. Exporter
Q: Singapore's history as a major economic center goes back to 1819 when an East India Company trading post was established there by the . . .
A. Americans
B. British
C. Chinese
D. Dutch
Q: What is the largest ethnic group in Singapore?
A. English
B. Malay
C. Chinese
D. Javanese
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