Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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A country with many industries and a well-developed economy
What is a developed country?
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A country with low industrial production and little modern technology
What is a developing country?
100
What country in Asia has the largest fishing industry?
Japan
100
What are the two landforms that make up over two thirds of China?
mountains and deserts
100
Name a country in East Asia where people lack human rights
North Korea
200
A tree that is ____________, or leaf-shedding, changes with the weather
What is deciduous?
200
a level area on a hillside
What is a terrace?
200
country that takes up most of the territory of East Asia
What is China?
200
Describe the population density in East Asia.
Spread unevenly - the population is more concentrated on the coastal region and plains and less concentrated in the mountains, deserts, and highlands.
200
Unlike the other countries of East Asia, China and Mongolia have wide plains and (what other physical feature)?
plateaus
300
Growing two or more crops on the same land in the same season or at the same time
What is double-cropping?
300
a raised area of level land bordered on one or more sides by steep slopes or cliffs
What is a plateau?
300
Growing two or more crops on the same land in the same season or at the same time
What is double-cropping?
300
Although both Japan and South Korea are developed countries, both nations have few
natural resources
300
The Huang River runs through a fertile region of East Asia called....
The North China Plain
400
able to support plant growth
What is fertile?
400
the average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer
What is population density?
400
A strong wind that blows across the region at certain times of year
What is a monsoon?
400
How would you describe much of the climate of East Asia?
Varied
400
What has a very strong influence on the climates of East Asia?
Monsoons
500
a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
500
A violent storm that develops over the Pacific
What is a typhoon?
500
Reason for the North China Plain is being one of the most fertile regions in China
What are loess deposits?
500
Why must the countries of East Asia farm all the available land?
To feed the areas large population
500
What two farming techniques do East Asian farmers use to make up for a shortage of farmland?
Terrace farming and double-cropping
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