Vocabulary
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Misc.
100
Plant materials and animal dung used as fuels are called
What is biomass
100
Which South Asian country was never a colony?
What is Nepal
100
How does Japan rank today among the world’s economies?
What is it is the second-largest
100
What country in Southeast Asia is both a mainland and an island country?
What is Malaysia
100
A(n) __________ is a large, distinct landmass that is joined to a continent.
What is a subcontinent
200
A _________ is a temple built in the style of Indian architecture.
What is a wat
200
What territory is subject to dispute between India and Pakistan?
What is Kashmir
200
In which East Asian country does agriculture make up the largest share of GDP?
What is North Korea
200
The military rules the country of __________.
What is Myanmar (Burma)
200
Although it has had an emperor for hundreds of years, Japan was ruled by military leaders called __________ from the late 1100s until the late 1800s.
What is shoguns
300
_________ species are those that are native to a particular place.
What is Endemic
300
Why are dams especially important in South Asia?
What is controlling flooding and storing irrigation water for the dry season
300
Most of East Asia’s power comes from _________.
What is burning fossil fuels
300
What crop grows on more than half of Southeast Asia's farmland?
What is rice
300
Japan has a __________ because its exports exceed its imports.
What is trade surplus
400
Using resources at a rate that provides for future generations is __________.
What is sustainable development
400
Where are the highest concentrations of population in India?
What is Gangetic Plain and monsoon-watered coasts of southern India
400
The last Chinese dynasty ended in 1911. What may have contributed to its fall?
What is a revolution led by Sun Yat-sen pressed for nationalism
400
Reforms allowed __________ to emerge fairly quickly from the economic crisis of 1997.
What is Thailand
400
What economic reforms did India undertake after the 1960s?
What is it opened the country to foreign investment
500
The separation of places by distance or political conflict can cause them to become different through __________.
What is cultural divergence
500
Why is there a band of humid subtropical climate across Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the northeastern part of India?
What is the Himalaya mountain ranges block the coldest winds blowing from Central Asia
500
What brings harsh, cold winters to Hokkaidō’s east coast?
What is the Kuril Current
500
What happened to the island countries of Southeast Asia after the defeat of the Japanese in World War II?
What is the islands returned briefly to European rule and then became independent
500
The army may have to be used to stop illegal logging operations in ___________.
What is Indonesia
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