Chapter 28
a relatively small district in China that is fully open to global commerce
Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
a collective farming community
Commune
What reservoir project in China involved the relocation of over a million people?
the Three Gorges Dam
Who founded the Chinese philosophy of Daoism?
Laozi
the raising of seafood on fish farms
Aquaculture
How did the occupation of Japan by the United States after World War II impact Japan?
Japan was helped to form a democracy and its economy was rebuilt.
In 2011, tectonic activity caused a ____________________ that damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
tsunami
the capital city of North Korea
P’yŎngyang
Which describes North Korea’s physical terrain compared with that of South Korea?
North Korea is more mountainous and has highlands and plateaus.
Which is the primary religious affiliation of people who live in North Korea?
Atheism
a ruling house or continuing family of rulers
dynasty
A desert that covers most of the Tarim Basin
Taklimakan
How did China respond to severe river flooding in the 1990s that caused the deaths of thousands of people?
It built trees on riverbanks and constructed a dam to control the flooding.
In 1989 students held protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and demanded...
democratic reforms.
a religion practiced by many Japanese
Shinto
The shogunate can be described as a ____________________.
feudal society controlled by a military ruler.
Aquaculture and fishing quotas have been put into place to offset which overall problem?
declining fish stocks
Relating to races or large groups of people classed according to common traits and customs
Ethnicity
The Korean Peninsula lies close to the landmass of Asia, so much of it has a ____________________ climate of cold winters and warm or hot summers.
continental
Government expansion of ____________________ has caused people in North Korea to relocate from rural to urban areas.
industry
a citizen who speaks out against government policies
dissident
The major river system in northern China, also called the Yellow River
Huang He
What mountains separate China from South Asia?
. the Himalaya
What are the basic tenets of Confucianism?
Discipline and proper moral conduct
a floating fish-processing factory
Supertrawler
What is one important way in which the Japanese government protects local industries from foreign competition?
by levying tariffs on manufactured goods that are imported from other countries
What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
It sets out strategies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
an overthrow of the government
coup
Which is the most important crop in both North Korea and South Korea?
rice
South Korea’s air pollution problem is largely caused by dust and pollutants that are carried by the winds from
China and Mongolia.
the world’s longest human-made waterway
Grand Canal
Most of the population in China...
lives on just one-sixth of the land.
The flooding of the ____________________ has killed hundreds of thousands of people over the years, earning it the nickname “China’s sorrow.”
Huang He
A period of rapid modernization in Japan, from 1868 to 1912
Meiji Restoration
Japan’s largest Lake
Lake Biwa
The Tokaido megalopolis today is representative of...
the continuing urbanization of Japan.
Japan turned to nuclear technology for its electricity needs because it wanted...
To decrease the dependence on foreign oil imports.
a separation of people or societies, with regard to beliefs, values, and customs, due to a division under different political systems
cultural divergence
While North Korea has a Communist government, South Korea’s government is a
democratic government
____________________ mimic natural objects that attract fish and allow vessels to catch large numbers of fish more easily.
Fish-aggregating devices
a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea
Ideogram
The majority of Taiwan’s population is...
ethnic Chinese
The average annual temperature in Tibet is cool because...
of its high elevation.
the indigenous people of Japan
Ainu
Evidence of Japan’s location in the Ring of Fire is its...
50 active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
Which statement best describes Japan’s approach to industrial pollution in the 1970s?
Japan began to adopt strict rules to protect air and water.
the capital city of South Korea
Seoul
The loss of destruction of forests, mainly from logging or farming
deforestation
Due to its heritage that goes back to China and Central Asia, the population of the Korean Peninsula can be described as ethnically
homogeneous
The North Korean government has provided farmers with ____________________ to restore soil nutrients to improve healthy tree growth.
Fertilizer