Intro to Monsoon Asia Flashcards
What are monsoons?
wind patterns that bring rain or dryness from the ocean (are important for agriculture)
Bamboo;
grows quickly and has many uses and is renewable because if cut down it will continue to grow from stump. They can grow over 100 feet high and have stems that are 12 inches across.
What country has never been invaded/colonized?
Thailand (it was neutral territory between French and British)
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
In which mountain range can this mountain be found?
The Himalayas
How high does Mt. Everest grow per year? What causes it to grow?
½ an each year. The two plates beneath it collide.
Why is India sometimes called a “subcontinent”?
Himalayas and ocean divide India from Asia.
What is the third longest river in the world and into what body of water does it empty?
Yangtze and it empties into the Pacific Ocean.
What force of nature created the islands of Japan?
Volcanoes
Describe Monsoon Asia climate?
70 +inches rain during the months of June until September, very little rain or none from the months of December through April.
the climate found on the Korean Peninsula.
Humid Continental climate; hot steamy summers and very cold winters
Climate in SE Asia is…
The climate in Southeast Asia is hot all year round
one type of vegetation in high mountain icecap?
None or very little! It’s too cold and icy to grow anything
one type of vegetation in Central India?
Evergreen trees.
one type of vegetation in Korea and Japan?
Pine trees.
