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26-28 Asia Flashcards

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Over 50 active volcanoes

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Japan

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Area of earthquakes and volcanoes

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Ring of fire

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Seawave caused by an earthquake

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Tsunami

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Violent storm (hurricane)

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Typhoon

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Country that dominates the geography of East Asia

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People’s Republic of China

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Over how many million square miles

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3.5

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Japan is a; or a

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Archipelago; chain of islands

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What are most of Japan’s archipelagoes forms from

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Volcanoes

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Largest Japanese island

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Honshu

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Republic of China official name

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Taiwan

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Portuguese colony

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Macao

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Former British colony turned over to China in 1997

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Hong Kong

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Only large lowland area where majority of the population lives

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East China

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In western China what act as barriers

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The Himalayas in Tian Shan

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What is the highest plateau

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Plateau of Xixang (Tibet)

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There is a large area of

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Grazing land

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What is the yellow River’s name

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Huang He River

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Why is the yellow River yellow

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Because of loess a yellowish-brown topsoil

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What is another name for the yellow River

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China’s sorrow

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19
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Why is it called China’s sorrow

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Floods killed thousands

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20
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What is Asia’s longest river

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Yangtze River

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The area around the Yangtze River is

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China’s rice bowl

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What is the world’s longest artificial waterway

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The grand Canal

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Is the longest structure ever built

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Great wall of China

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China has the most minerals because

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It has the most land area

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What are China’s resources (minerals)

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Coal, petroleum, Tin, tungsten, bauxite

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What are Korea’s resources

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Iron ore, gold, and copper

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What is the leading industrial country of East Asia where mineral resources are scarce

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Japan

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What percent of land is used for farming in China

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11%

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29
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What percent of land is forest in China

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12%

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30
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Food for silkworms

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Mulberry tree

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Farmers make good use of every inch of land because farmland is scarce where

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Japan

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What industry is important to all countries but especially to China and Japan

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Fishing

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25% of the worlds population

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East Asia

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34
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China’s population is approximately

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1.3 billion

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35
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There are many groups but 94% are

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Han

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36
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Much of the area is

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Barren and mountainous

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37
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Most people live in

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River valleys and on coastal Plains

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38
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Live on one sixth of land (East side)

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China

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39
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What percent of the population lives in these cities

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53%

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40
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How many cities; how many people

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171; over 1 million people

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41
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15 million

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Shanghai

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42
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11 million

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Beijing

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3/4% of the population lives in cities or on the island of Honshu

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Japan

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Honshu is

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Coastal Corridor

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Tokaido means

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Megalopolis or a supercity

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Largest urban center in the Corredor area is around

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Tokyo – Yokohama(27 mill)

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Two thirds of the population live in the cities

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Koreas

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Two thirds of people live in

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South Korea

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16 million people

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Seoul

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Three fourths of people live in the cities

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Taiwan

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25% of people live in Ulaanbaatar

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Mongolia

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Culture hearth center

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China

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ruling house

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Dynasty

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First dynasty

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Shang dynasty

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Approval of deities

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Mandate of heaven

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Establish the Chinese empire

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Qin dynasty

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Made the Empire larger

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Tang Dynasty

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Small tribal communities

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Clans

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Family – feudal society

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Yamato

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Military ruler

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Shogun

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Professional soldiers

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Samurai

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Both societies had limited western contact until

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The 1900s

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Japanese society was destroyed but since has become an economic power

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During world war two

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China’s nationalist revolution

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1911

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From Dr. son yat-sen to Chiang Kai-shek

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Defeated by communist forces under Mao Tse-tung

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People’s Republic of China

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1949

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Who fled to Taiwan or the Republic of China

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Nationalists

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Chinese is

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Tonal

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There are many dialects but what is most widely spoken

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Manderin

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Writing was based on

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Ideograms – pictorial

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Japan has how many different writing systems which makes it difficult to learn

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Three

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Teachings of Buddha

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Buddhism

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Traditional Japanese religion

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Shinto

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The loss of feet of China’s best known teacher

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Confucianism

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(Korea) belief in leader who can communicate with spirits

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Shamanism

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High literacy rates

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Education

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Up-to-date medical facilities

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Health

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Life expectancy for women

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70 years old

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Life expectancy for men

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65 years old

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Method of preparing field

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Terracing

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Most agricultural nation

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China

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What percent of the population works in agriculture

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40%

83
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Members share work and products

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Communes

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Most farms are family businesses

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Japan

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Grows all the what it needs

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Rice and vegetables

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Are world leaders

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Japan, China, and South Korea

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Cooperatives members work together

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Japan

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South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore – new economic powers

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Four tigers

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Most industrial nation of East Asia since World War II

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Japan

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Japan Economic miracle depends on trade – especially what

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Raw materials

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Japan’s largest trading partner

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United States

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Using outdated equipment

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China

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Smaller businesses larger workforce cheap labor

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Taiwan

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Mongolia most industries are

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Livestock, farms, and forests

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Strong United States ties

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South Korea

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Major means of transportation

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Rivers

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Much of East Asian trade depends on the

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Merchant Marine – ships used in trade

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Japan – high-speed trains

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Bullet trains

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Locally animal drawn carts – other countries

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Buses

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Everywhere

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Bicycles

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Modern

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Japan

102
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Other countries are

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Improving

103
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Has cause pollution

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Industrialization

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Acid rain, toxic waste, and

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CSC’s

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Heavy industry

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Lung disease

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Driftnets, whaling

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Japan

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Disasters associated with the ring of fire

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Earthquakes and volcanoes

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Japan has some of the world strictest

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Pollution laws

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