Asia Test Review Flashcards

1
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Etiquette

A

Proper Manners

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2
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Elevation

A

Hight above see level

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3
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Tectonic Plates

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Seven Major Tectonic Plates or always moving in different directions when two collide a mountain is formed when they shift together a earthquake happens

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4
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Topographic Map

A

rings to elevation the smaller the ring the higher the bigger the ring the lower also it is more specific

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Physical Map

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Uses colors to show elevation/more general regions/to see where people live, tourist to find a general area to go visit, meteorologists to start to see climate patterns

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6
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Population Density

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Number of people per square mile/Japan 880 per square mile/crowded

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7
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Population Distribution

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Where people live/in Japan the population is distributed along the coast

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8
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Dense

A

Crowded

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9
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Sparse

A

Spread out

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10
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Arable

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Usable land/livable land/farmable land

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11
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Physiologic Population Density

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More accurate calculating population density only using arable land

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12
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Human footprint

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Humans negative environmental impact

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13
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Government

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A system that sets up and enforces societies (community country school team etc.) laws and institutions

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14
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Democracy

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Rule by the people-voice-vote
5th century Greece
Demo (people) kratos (rule)

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15
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Direct Democracy

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All people get to debate and vote on every issue
+everyone has a voice
-not efficient/arguments/takes too long
- too many people

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16
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Representative Democracy

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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
-sometimes representatives do not make a good on their promises

17
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Constituent

A

A voter

18
Q

Coup

A

Overthrow

19
Q

Three ways to get into power

A

Born into (heir)
Coup (overthrow)
Elected in a democracy and diss is the government

20
Q

What splits North and South Korea

A

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)

21
Q

Defector

A

Someone who has abandoned their country in favor of another country

22
Q

Korean War in timeline form

A

1910 Korea colonized by Japan
1945 Japan was kicked out by Korea ant end of ww2 north of Korea was in the Soviet control south was in the USA control
1947 Start of the Cold War
1950 North Korea invades South Korea and start the Korean War
1953 Armistice ceasefire signed and the Korean War never officially end
1991 end of Cold War

23
Q

North Korean Dictator in order

A

Kim IL Sung
Kim Jong il
Kim Jong un

24
Q

Japans 4 main islands

A

Honshu
Hokkaido
Shikoku
Kyushu