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Asia Flashcards

1
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Etiquette

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Proper Manners

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Elevation

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how high something is above sea level

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Tectonic Plates

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7 major Tectonic Plates
Plates are always moving
When two plates come together- mountains are formed
When two plates shift- an earthquake happens

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Topographic map

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-rings to show elevation
smaller ring = higher elevation
More specific
hikers, pilots, rescue teams, military,

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Physical map

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Color to show elevation
more general/ regions
to see where people live, tourists to find a general area to visit, meteorologists to start to see climate patterns

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arable

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liveable, farmable
11% of Japan is Arable

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Population density

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how densely populated an area is

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Population distribution

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where the people live
in Japan, the population is mainly distributed along the coast

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Densely populated

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VERY populated

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10
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Sparsely populated

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not that populated/ more spread out

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P.P.D

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people divided by ALL of the only arable land

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Human footprint

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human’s negative environmental impact
cutting down trees to build buildings

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Government

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A system that sets up and enforces a society’s (Community, country, school, team, etc) laws & institutions

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Direct democracy

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all people get to debate and vote on every issue
could take a long time because everyone has beliefs

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representative democracy

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1 person represents a group of people

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Dictatorship

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ways dictators can get into power
-Born into it
-Coup-overthrow
-Elected inna democracy and dismiss the Govt.

17
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Constituent

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voter

18
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Coup

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overthrown

19
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DMZ

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the border between North and South Korea
very scary
Joint security area- meeting space

20
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Four main islands of Japan

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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu,

21
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what happens when you recalculate physiologic population density (P.P.D.)

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The number increases

22
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Why do earthquakes happen

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two plates rub up against each other and get stuck, builds up energy, and when energy is released, an earthquake

23
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How are mountains formed

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two plates collide and push together and a mountain forms
( /\ )

24
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Factors that influence settlement

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Mountains/landforms
climate

25
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Benefits of a direct/rep. democracy

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-get to have a say in what you want
-get to have YOUR beliefs

26
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Drawbacks of a direct/rep. democracy

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-fights/disagreements
-false promises

27
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Adaptations to Japan’s overpopulation problems

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28
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What information does a lights at night map show you? Remember North and South Korea

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It shows you how electricity is so limited in North Korea compared to South Korea

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