Asia Test 2023

Question 1

Etiquette

Answer 1

Manners

Question 2

Elevation

Answer 2

Height above sea level

Question 3

Topographic Map (who use, benefits)

Answer 3

Rings to show elevation, More specific, Hikers, Pilots, rescue teams military engineers, architectural engineers

Question 4

Physical Map (who use, benefits)

Answer 4

Color to show elevation, More general/ regions, Tourist to find general areas to visit, meteorologists to see climate patterns

Question 5

Arable

Answer 5

Livable, useable, farmable land

Question 6

Population Density

Answer 6

Number of people per square mile, Average of all people divided by all land

Question 7

Population Distribution

Answer 7

Where the people live

Question 8

Densely Populated

Answer 8

Crowded into an area

Question 9

Sparsely Populated

Answer 9

Spread out often time fewer people

Question 10

Physiologic population density

Answer 10

An average of all the people divided by all the arable land

Question 11

Human Footprint

Answer 11

Humans’ negative environmental impact

Question 12

Government

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Direct Democracy

Answer 13

All people get to debate and vote on every issue
Everyone has a voice
Not efficient / arguments / long time (too many cooks in the kitchen)
Too many people → varied opinions

Question 14

Representative Democracy

Answer 14

people vote for someone who represents their ideas/beliefs and they make decisions based on that
+more efficient
+you are choosing someone who will fight for what you believe in (in theory)
-sometimes representatives do not make good on their promises

Question 15

Dictatorship – characteristics of a dictator + how get into power (slideshow on module)

Answer 15

*Born into it (heir)
*Coup
*Elected in a democracy and dismiss the government
*Ask Mrs. Caylen about characteristics!

Question 16

Constituent

Answer 16

Voter

Question 17

Coup

Answer 17

Overthrow

Question 18

DMZ (demilitarized zone)

Answer 18

The most heavily guarded border in the world operates korea at the 38th-degree parallel, 250 kilometers (160 mi) long and about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) wide

Question 19

Four main islands in Japan (names, where– not required to spell)

Answer 19

Middle island =Honshu, the Top island = Hokkaido, the bottom island = Kyushu, the second island from the bottom = Shikoku.

Question 20

Why do earthquakes happen?

Answer 20

When two plates slide next to each other

Question 21

How are mountains formed?

Answer 21

When two plates collide

Question 22

Adaptations of japan’s overpopulation problem

Answer 22

Smaller appliances, Multi-purpose rooms

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Development - if a country has access to electricity + how populated an area is

Question 24

What year did japan colonize Korea

Answer 24

1910

Question 25

What happened in 1995

Answer 25

WW2 ends, NK and SK divide at 38 degrees parrell, the soviets control the north, us controls the south, and japan is kicked out.

Question 26

What happened in 1947

Answer 26

Cold war starts

Question 27

what happened in 1950

Answer 27

The Korean war begins, and North Korea invades south korea.

Question 28

What happened in 1953

Answer 28

The Korean war went into cease fire

Question 29

What happened in 1991

Answer 29

The cold war ended