Indonesia arrests executives over air pollution
Sep. 21, 2015
Q: Indonesia has arrested executives from seven companies accused of being behind illegal fires causing widespread air pollution in the region. Where is the Southeast Asia island nation of Indonesia?
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Q: Every year corporations and small-scale farmers use the illegal slash-and-burn method to clear vegetation for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations. The smoke is causing trouble in Indonesia and its neighbors, including the city-state . . .
A. Bangkok
B. Jakarta
C. Kuala Lumpur
D. Singapore
Q: Another neighbor, Malaysia, closed more than 2,000 schools because of the choking smoke which also blanketed that nation's capital . . .
A. Bangkok
B. Jakarta
C. Kuala Lumpur
D. Bandar Seri Begawan
Q: While fires and logging cause large-scale deforestation, environmental issues in Indonesia often take a lower priority to coping with high levels of poverty in the world's fourth most populous nation. Which nation is the world's third most populous nation?
A. United States
B. Russia
C. China
D. India
Q: Most of the fires have been set on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, two of Indonesia's 17,508 islands, some 6,000 of which are inhabited. Indonesia shares the island of Borneo with the small nation of Brunei and . . .
A. Australia
B. Malaysia
C. Philippines
D. Papua New Guinea
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