East Asia: Ch 26, 27, and 28

Question 0

What are the 4 islands of Japan called and what are they?

Answer 0

Archipelago; group of underwater mountains

Question 1

What country in this region makes up the most land and how much percent does it take up?

Answer 1

China; 80%

Question 2

What are the Himalayas?

Answer 2

World’s highest mountains

Question 3

What is Mt Everest?

Answer 3

Worlds highest peak

29,028 ft above sea lvl

Question 4

Where is the Gobi Desert located?

Answer 4

Northern China and Mongolia

Question 5

What are the 3 major rivers?

Answer 5

Huang He “Yellow River,” Chang Jiang “Yangtze River,” and Xi Jiang

Question 6

What is Loess?

Answer 6

Yellowish sand carried from desert soil by the wind

Question 7

What is the mother of the Chinese civilization?

Answer 7

Huang He

Question 8

What is Asia’s longest river?

Answer 8

Chang Jiang

Question 9

Types of natural resources?

Answer 9

Petroleum, coal, tin, gold, tungsten, iron, copper, gold

Question 10

What country is number one is rice production?

Answer 10

China

Question 11

What country has the world’s highest population and at what population?

Answer 11

China; 1.3 billion

Question 12

What is china’s largest ethnic group?

Answer 12

Han

Question 13

What are Tibetans?

Answer 13

Non-Chinese ethnic group in China

Question 14

Briefly name and explain the dynasties.

Answer 14

• Shang dynasty: 1st family to rule China

- Zhou Dynasty: supported Confucianism and Daoism

Question 15

Who began the building of the Great Wall of China?

Answer 15

Qin Shi Huang

Question 16

What do most people speak in China?

Answer 16

Mandarin

Question 17

What religion do most Chinese have?

Answer 17

Atheist

Question 18

Where do most people in Japan live and what percentage are these people?

Answer 18

Along the Tokaido Corridor; 78#%

Question 19

Where did 99% of Japanese originate from?

Answer 19

Korean Peninsula

Question 20

Ancient Japan?

Answer 20

400 AD

Question 21

Fuedal Japan?

Answer 21

1100s

Question 22

What did Japan do in WWI?

Answer 22

Helped the Allies

Question 23

What did Japan do in WWII

Answer 23

Went against the Allies and attacked Pearl Harbor

Question 24

Define Homogenous

Answer 24

Having a population of one ethnic background

Question 25

Explain NK and SK population

Answer 25

SK population is larger and increasing. NK population is smaller and decreasing.

Question 26

Which countries invaded the Korean Peninsula?

Answer 26

Mongolians, Chinese, Europeans, Japanese

Question 27

When was the Korean War?

Answer 27

1950-1953

Question 28

Where is the parallel located that separates NK and SK?

Answer 28

38th parallel; known as the DMZ (demilitarized zone)

Question 29

Who is NK's leader?

Answer 29

Kim Jong-un

Question 30

What type of ideology does NK have?

Answer 30

Political Ideology

Question 31

Who backed up SK?

Answer 31

The U.S.

Question 32

Who helped NK?

Answer 32

China

Question 33

What is the Korean Peninsula composed of?

Answer 33

NK and SK

Question 34

Define tsunami

Answer 34

A huge wave that gets higher and higher as it approaches the coast

Question 35

Loess

Answer 35

Yellowish-brown topsoil

Question 36

Define Archipelago

Answer 36

Island chain in japan

Question 37

Monsoon

Answer 37

Prevailing winds

Question 38

Typhoon

Answer 38

Violent storms

Question 39

Dynasty

Answer 39

Ruling family

Question 40

Ideogram

Answer 40

Pictures or symbols for ideas

Question 41

Clan

Answer 41

Family groups

Question 42

Shogun

Answer 42

Military ruler

Question 43

Samurai

Answer 43

Professionals warriors

Question 44

Acculturation

Answer 44

The absorption of popular culture from another country

Question 45

Cultural divergence

Answer 45

Growing apart of their cultures

Question 46

Commune

Answer 46

Large farming community

Question 47

Cooperative

Answer 47

Farms jointly operated by households

Question 48

Merchant marine

Answer 48

Fleets used for commercial transport vital to export trade

Question 49

Apec

Answer 49

Ensures trade among member countries is efficient and fair

Question 50

Trade surplus

Answer 50

Value of exports exceeds the value of imports

Question 51

Trade deficit

Answer 51

The value of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports

Question 52

Dissident

Answer 52

Citizens who speak out against government policies

Question 53

Economic sanction

Answer 53

Trade restrictions

Question 54

Wto

Answer 54

International body that oversees trade agreements and settles trade disputes among countries

Question 55

Chloroflurocarbons

Answer 55

Gaseous substances found in liquid coolants

Question 56

Aquaculture

Answer 56

Cultivation of fish and other seafood

Question 57

What is the open door policy?3

Answer 57

Late 19th century europeans and the u.s. Agreed to trade with china peacefully

Question 58

What are the two countries growing as manufacturing centers?

Answer 58

China and taiwan

Question 59

When did japan attack pearl harbor?

Answer 59

December 17, 1941

Question 60

What is highly valued in east asian countries?

Answer 60

Education

Question 61

Which is education stronger in? North korea or south korea?

Answer 61

South korea

Question 62

Where are chinese farmers moving to?

Answer 62

The cities

Question 63

What type of economy does china have and how is it affecting the country?

Answer 63

Command economy; comminist government is keeping china from fully industrializing

Question 64

Which three east asian countries are most industrialized?

Answer 64

Japan, taiwan, south korea

Question 65

What is the general economic trend in countries in east Asia?

Answer 65

Industrial economy

Question 66

What has caused the depletion of natural resources?

Answer 66

Industrialization and the demand for goods

Question 67

What fossil fuels are being burned?

Answer 67

Oil and coal

Question 68

Where does china get its electricity from?

Answer 68

The three gorges dam along the chang jiang

Question 69

What type of power is heavily used?

Answer 69

Nuclear power

Question 70

What future challenges is east asia facing?

Answer 70

1. Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis | 2. Floods

Question 71

Components of origin

Answer 71

Author, date, location

Question 72

Components of purpose

Answer 72

Why?, audience, hiding something?, convincing anyone?

Question 73

Components of value

Answer 73

Hows it useful?, purpose?, secondary/primary?

Question 74

Components of limitation

Answer 74

Hinders?, only part?, secondary/primary?

Question 75

The seasonal winds that bring seasonal wind patterns to east asia are ___.

Answer 75

Monsoons

Question 76

___ are storms that form in tbe pacific ocean and blow across coastal east asia.

Answer 76

Typhoons

Question 77

What is the world's longest artificial waterway?

Answer 77

The grand canal

Question 78

In which east asian country does agriculture make up the largest share of gdp?

Answer 78

North korea

Question 79

What brings harsh, cold winters to Hokkaidō's east coast?

Answer 79

Kuril current

Question 80

What kind of climate prevails in the interior of east asia?

Answer 80

Tropical dry

Question 81

How does Japan rank today among the world's economies?

Answer 81

It is the second-largest

Question 82

What was the situation between north and south korea following the korean war?

Answer 82

Fighting ended with a truce

Question 83

What is most land in mongolia used for?

Answer 83

Livestock grazing

Question 84

Most of east asias power comes from

Answer 84

Hydroelectricity

Question 85

Most air pollution in china's major cities has been caused by ___.

Answer 85

Outdated technology