Asia Test 2023 Flashcards
Etiquette
Manners
Elevation
Height above sea level
Topographic Map (who use, benefits)
Rings to show elevation, More specific, Hikers, Pilots, rescue teams military engineers, architectural engineers
Physical Map (who use, benefits)
Color to show elevation, More general/ regions, Tourist to find general areas to visit, meteorologists to see climate patterns
Arable
Livable, useable, farmable land
Population Density
Number of people per square mile, Average of all people divided by all land
Population Distribution
Where the people live
Densely Populated
Crowded into an area
Sparsely Populated
Spread out often time fewer people
Physiologic population density
An average of all the people divided by all the arable land
Human Footprint
Humans’ negative environmental impact
Government
A system that sets up and enforces a society’s (community, country, school, team, etc) laws and institutions.
Direct Democracy
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
Representative Democracy
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
Dictatorship – characteristics of a dictator + how get into power (slideshow on module)
*Born into it (heir)
*Coup
*Elected in a democracy and dismiss the government
*Ask Mrs. Caylen about characteristics!
Constituent
Voter
Coup
Overthrow
DMZ (demilitarized zone)
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
Four main islands in Japan (names, where– not required to spell)
Middle island =Honshu, the Top island = Hokkaido, the bottom island = Kyushu, the second island from the bottom = Shikoku.
Why do earthquakes happen?
When two plates slide next to each other
How are mountains formed?
When two plates collide
Adaptations of japan’s overpopulation problem
Smaller appliances, Multi-purpose rooms
What information does a lights at night map show you? Remember North and South Korea
Development - if a country has access to electricity + how populated an area is
What year did japan colonize Korea
1910
What happened in 1995
WW2 ends, NK and SK divide at 38 degrees parrell, the soviets control the north, us controls the south, and japan is kicked out.
What happened in 1947
Cold war starts
what happened in 1950
The Korean war begins, and North Korea invades south korea.
What happened in 1953
The Korean war went into cease fire
What happened in 1991
The cold war ended
