WG Asia

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What fraction of the world's population lives in E & SE Asia?: 1/3
Which country has the world's highest population?: China 1.2 billion
Which country has the world's 2nd most highest population?: India 1.1 billion
Nearly 1 billion people in India live along the coast and the ___________ River.: Ganges
Why do the inhabitants of China live in Eastern China?: Coast - easy shipping/trade
best climate: high mts. in west -lack of oxygen, desert in North - too dry for agri, best arable land is in lowland areas
How does China limit their population growth?: one child rule
How do families in Japan and Singapore slow their population growth?: voluntarily lower birthrates due to high living costs
The Portuguese colonists named the island of ________, "Formosa" meaning beautiful island.: Taiwan
What type of government does China have?: communitst
What is China's official name?: People's Republic of China
Why is Tibet a disputed territory?: 1.wants independence
2.can't worship as they choose - buddhism
3.unexplored minerals
What environmental issues do the following countries have in common: Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia?: deforestation
Which European nations established colonies in Asia during the age of imperalism?: Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands
Great Britain recently returned ____________ to China based on a treaty between the two countries.: Hong Kong
Which countries have been partitioned by human methods?: India/Pakistan
Vietnam & Korea
China
How was Vietnam & Korea partitioned?: divided at lines of parallels to divide communists from noncommunists sections
How was India & Pakistan partitioned by human methods?: separated by British into Muslim (Pakistan) & Hindu (India) areas
Why was the Great Wall of China built?: built by the Chinese to keep out Mongol invaders
What was the Silk Road?: overland trade route from Southwest Asia to China
When/Why did the US send troops to East & SE Asia?: WWII, Korean War, Vietnam Conflict
Burma's current military government has renamed the country ________.: Myanmar
What religions are widely practiced in Asia?: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity
Which religion is NOT widely practiced in Asia?: Judaism
What is a Buddhist place of worship called?: pagota (or wats)
What have Asian nations done to try to unify their populations?: adopt one official language
What is the caste system?: social structure developed in ancient India, divides society into major classes according to occupation
Asia has many densely OR sparsely populated areas?: densely
True/False Many Asian nations have a history of being isolated from the rest of the world.: True
What are the communist Asian nations?: China, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos
Who is treated with great respect in most Asian cultures?: elderly
Describe Asia's agriculture.: varied climate allows opportunities for a variety of agricultural products
Define archipelago.: a large group of islands
Asia has many OR few natural resources?: Many - wide variety
What is essential to Asia's agriculture and trade?: rivers, seas, oceans
(irrigation, trade etc)
List some archipelagos that benefit from their location regarding transportation and economic activity.: Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia
What is the highest mountain range in the world?: Himalayas
What country is between the Plateau of Tibet and the Himalayas?: Nepal
What is the importance of physical features in Asia?: Mts. - defense
Rivers - begin in mts
natural political boundaries
What natural hazards does Asia experience?: earthquakes, volcanoes, monsoons, typhoons
(occasionally tsumanis)
How is Japan prepared for earthquakes?: building codes - earthquake resistant
foundations of high rise buildings are on springs/ball bearings
homes built of wood and paper
What natural hazards has India recently been devistated by?: flooding, earthquakes, monsoons
What country is taking actions to lessen the effects of flooding from the Brahmaputra River?: Bangladesh
What is a typhoon?: tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean, heavy rain, winds
What is a monsoon?: wind that blows the same direction for months at a time at a definite season of year - Summer monsoons are wet, Winter monsoons are dry
What is a site in the desert where water can be found?: oasis
What is a large, potentially destructive sea wave usually caused by plate tectonic activity called?: tsumani
Why have large areas of Asia's forest been destroyed?: sell hardwoods, more living space needed, more farmland needed, natural forces - volcanoes
The clearing or destruction of forest on large scale basis is called __________.: deforestation
What is it called when electricity is produced by harnessing the power of running water?: hydroelectric power
Why has the 3 Gorges Dam brought worldwide attention?: displace millions, largest environmental project attempted, manual labor and old construction methods used, largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world, seen from space
How does Asia's economy vary?: subsistence/commercial farming, high tech industry, varied human and capital sources depending on country
Many Asian nations are increasing OR decreasing their participation in global markets?: increasing
Which Asian country is a global leader in high tech industry?: Japan
What is the capital of China that also serves as the center of government, manufacturing, and finance?: Beijing
What does ASEAN stand for?: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
What is the purpose of ASEAN?: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei & Vietnam have agreeded to cooperate economically
Japan has unlimited or limited resources?: limited
Why is Japan the second largest industrial giant in the world?: large population - strong work force, acquire and use imported resources, help recieved from US after WWII
What are the 4 Economic Tigers?: Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea because of their explosive economies
What is the major crop grown by subsistence farmers?: rice
What is it called when you can grow two crops in a year on the same land?: shift agriculture (double cropping)
What is subsistence farming?: people grow food on small farms for their own use, indicates a poor nation
The changing of a hillside or mountain slope into a step like sequence of fields is known as.....: agricultural terracing
Define fallow.: unused crop land
What is a paddie?: water covered field usually used for rice cultivation
What do most of India's population have occupations in?: agriculture
What river is holy to Hindu's?: Ganges
What river flows through Pakistan?: Indus
What mountains are in India?: WE GHATS
West and East Ghats
What country would you find the Zagros Mountains?: Iran
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?: Ural Mountains
Describe where the Tian Shan are located.: border between China and Russia
Describe where the Gobi desert is located.: Between China and Mongolia
What river goes through Bangladesh?: Brahmaputra River
Where is the Sea of Japan located?: To the west of Japan
Describe where the East and South China Seas are located.: East and South of China
Where is the Arabian Sea?: Southeast of Saudi Arabia or the Arabian Peninsula

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