Why Is the Environment in Central Asia Relatively Clean

question 64

Multiple Choice

Why is the environment in Central Asia relatively clean?

• A)a strong "green" political movement in the region
• B)low population density
• C)favorable breezes that sweep the heavy industrial pollution that would otherwise permeate the region
• D)Soviet environmental policies kept the environment intact
• E)stringent environmental standards and controls

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