Geography
These are four of the East Asian Countries that we studied during this unit.
What are Japan, China, North Korea, and South Korea?
This type of government restricts people's personal liberties such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of press.
What is a communist government?
Millions of Chinese citizens die early because of this environmental factor.
What is air pollution?
The exchange of goods and the spread of ideas such as Buddhism across China and the Middle East is due, in large part, to this trade route.
What is the Silk Road?
Despite their lack of these, Japan has maintained a strong economy.
What are raw materials or natural resources?
This river, the second longest river in China, is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" due to the regular flooding that causes much death and property loss.
What is the Yellow River? (Also known as Huang He River)
This military leader and eventual ruler of China defeated the nationalists, led "The Great Leap Forward", and introduced communism to China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
China has some of the world's worst air pollution due to these three major factors.
What are coal-burning factories, power plants, and vehicle exhaust?
Shintoists believe that these spirits inhabit all things and should be honored by all.
What are Kami?
In this economic system, one of the most important components is private ownership of property, and limited government in interference in the workplace.
What is capitalism?
East Asian rivers are largely utilized as a water source and a source of ___________.
What is transportation?
Japan has this type system of government where citizens participate in government by electing representatives to create laws for the country.
What is a democracy or democratic system?
These type of natural occurrences happen around Bejing adding to the air pollution problem.
What are sandstorms?
Later adopted by these warriors, Confucianism emphasizes obedience and social harmony.
Who are Japanese warriors?
In a command economy such as North Korea, the government owns the factors of production and gets rid of these to components of a bustling economy.
What are choice and competition?
This landform stretching across southern Mongolia and northern China, is the largest of its kind in Asia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This country has an unlimited communist government and command economy, whereas it's southern neighbor on the same peninsula enjoys a democracy.
What is North Korea?
Poor air quality can be the cause of disease in this body system which contains the lungs.
What is the respiratory system?
This is one major key component of Confucianism.
What is honoring your ancestors?
In a command economy, this entity plans and makes the decisions for what will be produced and how it is produced.
Who is the government?
This landform, surrounded by the Sea of Japan and the Yellow sea, was the home to one large country before the country split into two countries in 1945.
What is the Korean Peninsula?
After WWII, this country helped Japan rebuild their economy as well as create a democratic governing system.
Who is the United States of America?
The Chinese government has done this in attempts to control pollution.
What is ordered industrial plants in and around Beijing to close for short periods?
These are the 5 major relationships in Confucianism.
What are ruler and subject; father and son; husband and wife; older and younger brothers; and two friends?
Countries with higher GDPs tend to have this.
What is a higher literacy rate?