Geography
Which river splits China into two distinct environmental regions?
Yangtze River.
Japan's population is commonly characterized for what?
Low birth rate and high life expectancy rates.
What are the two main religious beliefs in the Eastern Asia region?
Buddhism and Confucianism.
What is one of the most notable dynasties in China's political history?
The Qing Dynasty.
Eastern Asia is a core area of the global economy, leading is what major industries?
Manufacturing, Finance, High-tech Development.
What commonly known line bisect through Taiwan?
The Tropic of Cancer.
What Chinese policy called for forced abortions and other human rights abuses in regard to controlling population?
One-Child Policy.
How is the Eastern asian writing different from ours?
Its Ideographic. Has symbols not letters.
What wars caused Chine to open its foreign trade market?
The Opium Wars.
What does WTO stand for?
World trade Organization.
What landform borders a large number of countries in the eastern Asia region?
The Korean Peninsula.
Many main cities in China were built near what landform?
The Yangtze River.
What two languagesdo the vast majority of people in the Eastern Asia region speak?
Korean and Japanese.
How long was China around before Japan emerged as a state?
What political, economic, and spatial factors account for Shenzhen’s extraordinarily rapid rise as a major city?
Adjacent to Hong Kong, Shenzhen was one of China’s first Special Economic Zones. It has recently emerged as a major city in its own right.
Due to location of Japan what natural catastrophes is it vulnerable to?
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanic erruptions.
The urban structure of the population in Japan is characterized as?
Megalopolis.
In the Shinto Belief which mountain in Japan was considered sacred?
Mount Fuji.
Why is China on a global notice and constantly being watched?
Its rapidly expanding economic development.
How is Hong Kong's economies system characterized?
Laissez-faire.
What is the leading cause for China becoming the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases?
The burning of fossil fuels and pollution into the air.
Why does East Asia import most of their foods and natural resources?
Because of location and resource management.
What are a few examples of China going culturally global?
Disney Park, night clubs, fast-food franchises, karaoke bars.
These rugged, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea are administered by Japan but claimed by both China and Taiwan. China has increasingly emphasized its claims to these rocky islands, heightening tensions with Japan.
Senkaku and Diaoyu Islands.
Why do levels of social and economic development vary so extensively from the coastal region of China to its interior provinces?
The location makes then mor adapt to foreign trade and economic development.