Let's Get Physical
Human Nature
NBC 5 Weather Report
Regional at Best
Miscellaneous
Final Jeopardy Questions for Each Class
100
Is the Three Gorges Dam an example of modification or adaptation?
Modification
100
Many people are employed in agriculture in East and Southeast Asia.
What is the main crop grown during summer monsoon season?
Rice
100
During what season do monsoons bring heavy rains to South and East Asia?
Summer
100
high population, the world's highest mountain chain, various government types, Hindu and Islam
South Asia
100
If TESLA moves production of its product from Country A to Country B, what is the effect on people in Country A?
job loss (permanent job loss)
100
What religions originated/started in SW Asia?
Judaism, Christianity & Islam
200
Which natural disaster is a threat to much of Southeast Asia because of seismic activity occurring in the Indian Ocean?
Tsunamis
200
In India and Nepal, the most spoken language is....
Hindi
200
Is agriculture done the eastern or western side of Korea?
Western
200
Buddhism is the predominate religion of .....
a) North America
b) South Asia
c) SW Asia
d) East/SE Asia
d) East and Southeast Asia
200
McDonalds in Asia and Chinatown in San Francisco are both examples of....
Cultural Diffusion
200
What is the Silk Road named after?
Silk Worm
300
Which factors most account for the creation of a tropical climate throughout much of the Indian subcontinent?
A. Location in the mid latitudes
B. Highland conditions of the Himalayas
C. Size in area of the subcontinent landmass
D. Proximity to the Indian Ocean and the equator
D. Proximity to the Indian Ocean and the equator
300
Name the government type for each country:
1) North Korea _______
2) United States ______
1) Dictatorship/Totalitarian
2) Democracy/Republic
300
What landform impacts the climate of Japan the most?
Mountains
300
What two world religions started/originated in South Asia?
Buddhism and Hinduism
300
Which population is growing faster?
India
300
an area in China that is subject to different and more favorable economic regulations and laws compared to the rest of the country.
SEZ (special economic zone)
400
What type of landform is Japan?
Archipelago
400
How has Japan interreacted with the rest of the world for much of its history?
Isolated
400
What crop is exclusive to East Asia that is the only food source for Pandas?
Bamboo
400
In East Asia, a trade agreement JAKOTA exists between which three countries?
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
400
What country controls most of the region of Kashmir?
India (Hindus)
400
Period of time in Japanese history that led to the modernization of Japan.
Meiji Restoration
500
Allows for transportation of goods across China north and south.
Grand Canal
500
Which cultural tradition still characterizes (describes) Indian society today despite being outlawed in 1947?
Caste distinctions/system
500
What causes Western China to be dry?
No rain due to Himalayas or Rain Shadow Effect
500
Taiwan is economically successful despite its lack of natural resources because of its focus on both:
Choose 1 from each list:
Agriculture, manufacturing or oil reserves
AND
AI, human labor or mechanical labor
Manufacturing and human labor
500
Type of economic system of China?
Communist
500
Languages like Mandarin use symoblic pictures insteade of letters. What are they called?
ideograms
600
Landform separates China and Mongolia
Gobi Desert
600
What Chinese Dynasty is responsible for starting construction on the Great Wall?
Qin
600
What fossil fuel does China continue to use that has led to increased pollution and acid rain?
Coal
600
What is the predominant ethnicity in China and Taiwan?
Han
600
Period of Chinese history that saw the Communist government industrialize the country starting in 1950.
Great Leap Forward
600
The silk worm in China relies on what vegetation to survive?
mulberry