Asia Test

Question 1

Earths Process

Answer 1

• Earth is broken into 7 major tectonic plates
• Always moving in different directions
• When 2 plates come together it makes a mountain
• When two plates shift against each other it creates an earthquake on the border

Question 2

Japan Island’s

Answer 2

Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu

Question 3

Topographic Map

Answer 3

-Shows elevation
- Smaller the circle higher the elevation
- Specific

Question 4

Physical Map

Answer 4

• Shows elevation
• Uses colors to show elevation
• General

Question 5

Population Distribution

Answer 5

• Where people live
• Japan’s population is distributed along the coast because it is flat

Question 6

Population Density

Answer 6

• Avg number of people per square mile

Question 7

Dense

Answer 7

• Crowded

Question 8

Sparse

Answer 8

• More spread out

Question 9

Japan’s Land

Answer 9

• 80% of Japan is mountains while 11% is arable

Question 10

Physiologic Population Densty

Answer 10

• Recalculate regular population density using only arable land

Question 11

Government

Answer 11

• A is a system that sets up and enforces a society laws
• Countries, Schools, Teams, Businesses, Regions

Question 12

Democaracy

Answer 12

• Everyone has a vote/say
• Came from Greece in 5th Century BC
• Direct Democracy - everyone has a vote - Ancient Greece, Smaller cities, and Naive American tribes
• Representative Democracy - People vote for someone to do the things they want

Question 13

Coup

Answer 13

• Overthrow
• Military Coup
• Rise to power in a vacuum
• Paranoid

Question 14

Human Footprint

Answer 14

• Negative environmental impact by humans
• Higher population means worse Human Footprint

Question 15

Etiquette

Answer 15

• Customary Code

Question 16

Arable

Answer 16

• Livable, Farm able Land

Question 17

Constituent

Answer 17

• A person who votes or says something in a democaracy

Question 18

DMZ

Answer 18

• Blue building is the Joint Security Area
• 2.5 Miles wide
• 160 miles long
• 38th Parallel

Question 19

Ways to get into power

Answer 19

• Coup
• Elected in a democracy and dismissed the government
• Born into it (heir)

Question 20

Light Map

Answer 20

• How much power is used
• How limited it is

Question 21

Traits of a dictator

Answer 21

• False promises
• False hope
• Manipulative
• Charismatic/charming
  -Rise to power in a vacuum -
  (crisis/depression…people are vulnerable and want stability)
• Self-serving, narcissistic
• Psychopath
• Power-hungry
• People starve (Stalin, Mao)
• Take all the wealth and resources
• Protected/surrounded by military
• Overthrew previous ruler (coup)
• Kill/hurt/jail anyone who disagrees
• Paranoid

Question 22

Life under a dictator

Answer 22

*No voice, no voting
*If speak out against dictator- severe consequences
* ‘Walls have ears’
*Often times– communist economic system
*No freedom of speech / press / religion (dictator is the highest entity)
*Isolated (hermit kingdom)
*Food/tv/electricity rationing- lights at night
*Pro-dictator Propaganda
*Public punishments
*Military everywhere
*Funeral - Kim Jong Il – citizen response

Question 23

North vs South Korea

Answer 23

• Clothing - All the woman in North Korea were wearing the same thing but in South Korea they are wearing different things
• Military - North you must be in the military while they have millions but in South Korea it is a choice and they have half of North Korea
• Travel - North Korea only operates very few flights while South Korea operates hundreds.
• Education - North Korean students sometimes perform for visitors and are very limited on what they can know, while South Korean students can learn about what they would like
• Transportation - North Korea has old subways which are very limited even to residents while South Korea has new modern bullet trains open to everyone

Question 24

Japan Urban Issues: Health

Answer 24

• 2 - 3 pounds of trash daily - Pay a fine if you don’t recycle and have 44 different categories of recycling
• Acid rain which is harmful to plants, animals, and humans - Established monitoring stations
• Toxic chemicals in the ocean - Illegal to dump waste into the ocean

Question 25

Japan Urban Issues: Housing

Answer 25

• Only 170 feet houses - Multi purpose rooms, foldable appliances, and small appliances
• No places to put deceased remains - cremate
• Land for building homes is scarce but the population density is high - Build smaller homes and utilize apartments

Question 26

Japan Urban Issues: Land Use

Answer 26

• Not enough space for wanted building - build tall and skinny building and build underground
• Many natural disasters - Use flexible towers
• Not enough arable land to farm on- build terraces on the side of mountains

Question 27

Japan Urban Issues: Transportation

Answer 27

• Commute time to work is 1.5 hours every day - Bullet trains
• Traffic Jams and parking problems, Cannot own a car unless you have proof you have somewhere to park it - Car vending machines and under and above ground parking garages
• Lots of people at public transportation - Efficient transportation and subway pushers

Question 28

Lion King quotes

Answer 28

• “Stick with me and you will never be hungry again” Scar to Hyena’s - False Promises
• “See me for the wonder I am” Scar to Hyena’s - Loves Himself
• ‘It’s the lionesses job to do the hunting” Scar to Hyena’s - Minipulation

Question 29

Korea’s

Answer 29

• 1910: Japan colonized Korea
• 1945: WWII ends and Japans loses control of Korea and they split
• 1947: Cold War started
• 1950: North Korea invaded South Korea
• 1953: Armistice agreement was signed and DMZ was made on the 38th Parallel
• 1991: Cold War ended

Question 30

Land Forms

Answer 30

• People settle on the flatter land forms because it is easier to do things such as building and growing crops