Monsoons & Climate
Seasonal winds that bring heavy rain
→ What are monsoons?
India’s population nearly reached this number in 1994
→ What is 1 billion?
A shared system of beliefs, language, and traditions
→ What is culture?
Most developed mainland SE Asia country
→ What is Thailand?
Leaving due to famine factor
→ What is a push factor?
Ocean west of the USA
→ What is the Pacific Ocean?
Region most affected by monsoons
→ What is South and Southeast Asia?
Two cities that are dense global hubs
→ What are Tokyo and New York City?
Two traits of ethnic groups
→ What are language and religion?
Country likely to have subsistence farming
→ What is China?
Moving for freedom factor
→ What is a pull factor?
The largest continent
→ What is Asia?
Part of India with the most rainfall
→ What is Eastern India?
Why Asia has high population density
→ What is fertile land and water access?
Language is to communication as culture is to this
→ What is identity?
Reason South Asia has many factories
→ What is cheap labor?
Warning systems show this type of interaction
→ What is adapting to the environment?
The largest island in the world that is not a continent
→ What is Greenland?
Why Asia is prone to monsoons
→ What is land heating faster than water?
Evidence South Korea is more developed than North Korea when viewing from sky at nightime
→ What are brighter night lights?
A factor that makes regions distinct
→ What is religion or language?
Taiwan’s economic success is based on this
→ What is manufacturing and technology?
Natural disasters cause this type of migration factor
→ What is a push factor?
The longest river in the United States
→ What is the Missouri River?
Rainfall amount most of India receives
→ What is about 70 inches?
Population change in India (1951–1994) Doubled, tripled, quadrupled?
→ What is it tripled?
Why NYC is more diverse than Tokyo
→ What is more immigration?
Definition of subsistence farming
→ What is farming for personal use?
Opportunity to own land is this
→ What is a pull factor?
The capital of Canada
→ What is Ottawa?