which describes the population change of east asia? china is the only country growing the entire...
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Quiz ShowAsia
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Which describes the population change of East Asia?
China is the only country growing
The entire region’s population is declining
The entire region’s population is growing rapidly
Wealthy countries like South Korea and Japan have declining growth rates
Poor countries have declining growth rates
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Which is true of East Asian and Southeast Asian cities
All are under 2 million people
Most have about 1 million people
Most do not have modern buildings
Most are getting smaller
Some are among the world’s largest
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What best describes the ethnic diversity of the Area
Most areas have little ethnic diversity
East Asia is more ethnically diverse
Both areas have lots of ethnic diversity
Southeast Asia is more ethnically diverse
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The Silk Road went from China to
By the Sea of China
Mongolia
India
By the Indian Ocean
By the Mediterranean
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What happened to Hong Kong in 1997?
It was returned to Japan
It’s economy folded in China’s communist rule
It was returned to the United Kingdom
Portugal returned ownership to China
It became part of China as a special administrative region
What fraction of the population lives in this area of the world?
1/3
Means “place without water”
Gobi
How did Marco Polo help Europeans
learn about China?
He wrote a book about China
Title for the people who governed Japan until 1800s
shoguns
Major river in Southeast Asia that begins with an I
Irrawaddy
Who tried to get Japan to end isolation
Matthew C. Perry
What is a megalopolis?
One city after another, after another
Wood that is used to make furniture
mahogany
Which area is drier, East Asia or Southeast Asia?
East Asia
Define archipelago
Chain of islands
Climate of northern Japan
Humid continental
River that borders Laos and Thailand
Mekong
Known as the Yellow River
Huang He
Country that controls the Strait of Malacca
Singapore
Wood from rainforests used to make boats
teak
What is the Roof of the World?
Plateau of Tibet
What do the Chinese writing symbols represent?
Characters that stand for words
Name of oceans in this part of the world
Indian and Pacific
What river is “China’s Sorrow?”
Huang He
This area has large deposits of what minerals?
Iron ore and tin
What country in the area has the lowest winter temperatures?
Mongolia
Where the Three Gorges Dam is built
On the Chiang Jiang
The drier of the two deserts discussed
Taklimakan
What religion stress that all parts of nature have their own spirits?
Shinto
Climate found in Mongolia by the desert
steppe
Used in making rockets and light bulbs
tungsten
Lowland found in East Asia
North China PlainOr
Manchurian Plain
What two countries cover most of East Asia?
China and Mongolia
Define dzud
A dry summer followed by a harsh
winter
What is the Ring of Fire?
Area where tectonic plate activity causes volcanoes
and earthquakes
Who claimed large areas of China as spheres of influence?
European countries and Japan
Who was China’s communist leader?
Mao Zedong
Means “great general”
shogun
What group invaded China from Central Asia?
Mongols
What nation has the world’s 2nd largest economy?
Japan
Most Chinese are of what ethnic group?
Han
What vegetation term contributes to the problem of landslides?
Deforestation
What nation has the highest population density?
Singapore
What is a disadvantage of the Three Gorges Dam?
About a million people need to move
Huge tidal waves are caused by these
tsunami
What unique item is harvested in Japan and the Philippines?
pearls
Who helped the shoguns to govern Japan?
samurai
What dynasty began the Silk Road?
Han
Chinese nationalist leader
Chaing Kai-shek
Major religion in Malaysia and Indonesia
Islam
Temples with up-turned roofs
pagodas
Former name for Thailand
Siam
China’s official language
Mandarin
Japanese form of poetry
Haiku
Location (city) of the Forbidden City
Beijing
Define census
Count of people
What dynasty started a census?
Ming
Major religion of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
Buddhism
China’s population passed what mark in 2005?
Over 1.3 billion
Why is a river called the Yellow River?
Loess from the Gobi makes it yellow