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In LA today we read a essay on the Three Gorges Dam. If you click on the hyperlink  it will bring you to the essay we read. When you get back see if you can answer these qustions that we had to answer in class.

1. What is the Three Gorges Dam?

2. Why does Wang Zuolu have to move?

3. Explain in your own words how the dam might affect the animals and wildlife that live there.

4. Why is the fact that many dams in China have collapsed over the last 20 years significant?

5. What evidence can you list for this dam not being a good idea?

6. How does the Yangtze compare to other rivers you know about?

7.  What solutions would you suggest for the dam project?

8.  What do you think about the building of the Three Gorges Dam project?

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