China evacuates blast area because of poison chemicals

Aug. 17, 2015

Q: Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 1.9-mile radius of a huge blast site in the port city of Tianjin because of fears of chemical contamination. Where is China?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: A huge explosion last week in a warehouse killed more than 100 people, injured hundreds more and filled the air with tons of chemicals including deadly sodium cyanide. With about 15 million people, the Tianjin urban area is the eighth largest in China. What is the largest urban area?

A. Beijing

B. Chongqing

C. Guangzhou

D. Shanghai

Q: Tianjin has a prominent role in the government's plans to cope with China's breakneck urbanization in a scheme to integrate it more closely with the neighboring urban area of the nation's capital . . .

A. Beijing

B. Chongqing

C. Guangzhou

D. Shanghai

Q: With lax enforcement of weak environmental and safety laws and heavy use of coal, China has become the manufacturing center for the world's largest corporations. China's economy is now the world's . . .

A. Largest

B. Second largest

C. Third largest

D. Fourth largest

Q: Chinese officials quickly silenced social media users who criticized the coverage of the Tianjin explosions. China is ruled by . . .

A. Military junta

B. Mandarins

C. Communist Party

D. Family dictatorship

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