The+Three+Gorges+Dam+Assignment

Please write or type your answers. Please use the headings for each section to serve as headings on your paper and please number your responses. Look at your teacher's classjump website for your deadline. **helpful hint - leave the wiki open in one tab and open the articles/websites in new tabs so you can work between then**

__**A. What is the Three Gorges Dam?**__ Start off by reading [|this helpful article] and then answer the questions below: 1. How large is the Three Gorges Dam? 2. How large a reservoir is it going to create? 3. How much electricity is it going to produce? 4. What river is the Three Gorges Dam being built on? How long is this river and how does it compare with other rivers in the world? 5. How long was this project expected to take? 6. How does the size of the Three Gorges Dam compare to other dams in the world?

__**B. The Effects of Building the Three Gorges Dam**__ 1. According to [|this site], how many people were removed from their homes as a result of the dam being built? 2. What are 2-3 causes of pollution in the Yangtze River after the Three Gorges Dam was built? 3. What geologic problem is now occurring along the reservoir forcing some of the inhabitants of the region to be relocated a second time? 4. According to [|this site], in what ways has the Three Gorges Dam infringed on human rights? How has it hurt the environment? 5. Look at this PDF [|in English] and write down five additional ways in which the Three Gorges Dam has a negative effect.

__**C. Other Potential Dams in China?**__ 1. [|Click on this site], scroll down. Is this the only dam of its kind in China? Are there plans for others?

__**D. The Hoover Dam**__ Explore these sites to fill in the chart below. [|US Department of the Interior - Facts about the Hoover Dam] and [|FAQs] [|Wonders of the World Databank (PBS)] [|PPT on slideshare about the Negative Effects of the Hoover Dam]

Please either create your own chart on your paper or make your own table in your word document.
 * =  ||= **Three Gorges Dam** ||= **Hoover Dam** ||
 * = **Positive**
 * Effects** ||=  ||=   ||
 * = **Negative**
 * Effects** ||=  ||=   ||