East Asia

Question 1

What is the physical geography of the river systems (where they are they, what cities are they next to?)

Answer 1

Yellow River, North (goes to Yellow Sea) (goes near Beijing, Tianjin),
Yangtze River, Middle (empties out near Shanghai),
Pearl River, South (goes near Hong Kong, Macau)

Question 2

What are closest seas to the major Chinese cities?

Answer 2

Beijing (Yellow Sea), Shanghai (East China Sea), Hong Kong and Macau (South China Sea)

Question 3

What are the names of the two major Japanese islands?

Answer 3

Northern: Hokkaido, Southern: Honshu

Question 4

What is the name of the major urban district on the Japanese island of Honshu?

Answer 4

Kansai district (cities: Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe)

Question 5

What country is the largest populated in the world, and what it its largest populated city?

Answer 5

China is the largest with its’ largest city being Shanghai (population-wise)

Question 6

Chinese colonial history

Answer 6

Many different dynasties

Became a republic in 1912

Question 7

Who took over China after World War II?

Answer 7

Communist leadership in Chang Kai Shek and Mao Zedong

Question 8

What happened to the Korean Peninsula?

Answer 8

The Korean peninsula consists of N/S Korea. It is known as a place of conflict. The Cease fire line represents the Split between N/S Korea. Japan colonized Korea but lost it to the Allies when they defeated the Japanese in World War II