Vocabulary
Natural Resources
Climate and Vegetation
Land and Water
Name That Country
100
"Able to support plant growth"
What is fertile?
100
Coal, iron, 14% of land can be cultivated
What is North Korea?
100
Why are summers a bit cooler, and winters a bit warmer in Japan and South Korea?
What is because they are completely surrounded by water?
100
The highest peak in the Himalayas.
What is Mount Everest?
100
Almost half of this country's population is crowded into 3% of its land.
What is Japan?
200
The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer.
What is population density?
200
_______________ is a developing country, and _____________ is a developed country.
What is North Korea, and South Korea.
200
What does deciduous mean?
What is falling off or shedding, as in leaves, seasonally or at a certain stage of development?
200
The landforms that make up over 2/3 of China.
What are mountains and deserts?
200
This country has a population of more than 1 billion.
What is China?
300
A raised area of level land bordered on one or more sides by steep slopes or cliffs.
What is a plateau?
300
China is building THIS to help generate electricity.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
300
Why is the Huang River also called the "Yellow River?"
What is because Huang means "yellow" in Chinese and/or the loess (silt) makes it a yellowish color?
300
True or False: A group of islands is called an isthmus?
What is false (archipelago) ?
300
Wheat and rice are the main crops in this country.
What is China?
400
A strong wind that blows across the region at certain times of the year.
What is a monsoon?
400
What does aquaculture mean?
What is fish farming?
400
Whirling typhoon winds blow at a speed of ______ mph or more.
What is is 74?
400
This part of East Asia has the highest population densities.
What are the plains and coastal areas?
400
This country's main natural resource is aquaculture.
What is Taiwan?
500
A level area on a hillside.
What is a terrace?
500
What two countries don't share resources because they are hostile to each other?
What are North and South Korea?
500
Bamboo is suited to the climate of East Asia because....?
It can stand seasonal differences in temperature and rainfall.
500
In China, most of the population in found in the ______________ half of the country.
What is eastern?
500
This country extends south into the Yellow Sea.
What is South Korea?
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