Vocabulary
What is A giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor?
Tsunami
What is the name of the highest peak in the Himalaya Mountains?
Mt. Everest
What did the ancient Chinese build to protect themselves from invaders from the west?
Great Wall of China
What has an increase of cars and truck in east Asia lead to a negative increase of?
Air Pollution
Japan’s economy remains one of the world’s strongest, what is their ranking?
3rd
Who was A powerful, land-owning warrior in Japan?
Samurai
What helped form Taiwan?
Volcanoes
List 1 thing the that was traded on the Silk Road.
Silk, spices, porcelain, tea
Which east Asian country had a policy in 1979 that wouldn’t allow people to have more than one child?
What are harvested in the sea of Japan that come in many different colors?
Pearls
What is a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time?
Dynasty
What year was Japan’s largest recorded earthquake?
2011
How many hundreds of years did the Zhou dynasty rule?
800 years
Which South Korean holiday is similar to Thanksgiving Day?
Harvest Moon Festival
List 2 forms of art in east Asia.
Haiku, anime, comic books, K-pop, Ceramics, pottery, weaving, carving, Calligraphy
What is a large group of islands called?
Archipelago
What is the climate of North Eastern China?
Seasonal
What did farmers during the Zhou dynasty begin using to help them farm?
Plow
What percentage of South Koreans live in the capital city of Seoul?
83%
Which of China’s dynasty's was the first to leave written records?
Shang
What is A fine-grained, fertile soil deposited by the wind?
Loess
Why is the Huang He River called "China's Sorrow"?
Many people have drowned there
What great thinker said people should be morally good and loyal to their families?
Confucius
The Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama combine to make a what?
Megalopolis, Greater Tokyo
When the Korean War ended a buffer zone was established to separate the two countries. What was that zone called?
Demilitarized zone