Physical Geo Of East Asia

Question 0

What are the percentages land area?

Answer 0

80% China
13% Mongolia
7% Japan, north and South Korea, and Taiwan

Question 1

How big is East Asia in square miles?

Answer 1

4.5 million square miles

Question 2

What are the four islands in Japan

Answer 2

Honshu (biggest and central)
Hokkaido (north)
Kyushu and Shikoku (south)

Question 3

How was Japan created?

Answer 3

Volcanic activity

Question 4

What is the ring of fire?

Answer 4

It is the place where the pacific, Philippine, and Eurasian tectonic plates meet
Causes earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions

Question 5

Korean Peninsula

Answer 5

North and South Korea

Question 6

The islands of Japan are called…

Answer 6

Archipelago

Question 7

What is the highest mountain range?

Answer 7

The Himalayas- between China and India

Mt Everest

Question 8

Gobi desert

Answer 8

Desert found in northern China and southern Mongolia

Question 9

Plateau of Tibet

Answer 9

Plateau xizong

About 1500 ft above sea level in SW China

Question 10

What are the three main rivers in China?

Answer 10

Huang He: "Yellow river" or "China's sorrow" Contains loess (yellowish sand) floods often 
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River): longest river in Asia, Three Gorges Dam 
Xi: "West River" drains into delta, used for farming

Question 11

Rivers in China vs Japan and Korea

Answer 11

China: long

Japan and Korea: short and swift

Question 12

What natural resources does each country have?

Answer 12

China- petroleum reserves, coal, tin, gold, tungsten, #1 in rice
North and South Korea- iron, copper, gold
Other than China, farmland is scarce
All depend on fishing

Question 13

Monsoons

Answer 13

Prevailing winds that blow in a steady direction for six months and then change direction
Summer: southeast to northwest (bring intense downpours, heat and humidity)
Winter: northwest to southeast (bring cold arctic air, snow, moisture)

Question 14

Which climate is predominant in east Asia?

Answer 14

Steppe

Question 15

Japan current

Answer 15

Warm water that flows northward along the coasts of Japan and adds moisture to winter monsoons as it warms the land

Question 16

Typhoon vs hurricane

Answer 16

Hurricanes occurs in the Atlantic and Caribbean

Typhoons occur in the pacific towards coastal east Asia

Question 17

What is the worlds largest artificial waterway?

Answer 17

The grand canal