Geoterms
The length of time it takes for a population to double
The number of countries in Monsoon Asia.
What is 23?
A seasonal wind.
What is a monsoon?
The mountain range in which Mount Everest can be found.
What are the Himalayas?
The policy put in place in China in 1979 that limited the number of children a family could have.
What is the One Child Policy?
A severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger.
What is Famine?
The most important economic activity in Monsoon Asia.
What is farming?
The dry area on the downwind side of a mountain.
What is a rain shadow?
How much Mount Everest is growing each year.
What is 1/2 inch?
The number of people or animals the environment of an area can support.
What is Carrying Capacity?
The most common religion in Monsoon Asia.
What is Hinduism?
The amount of rain some areas of monsoon Asia can get in a year.
What is 90 inches of rain?
The type of item climbers leave at the summit of Mount Everest.
What is a token?
The annual rate of population growth.
What is Rate of Natural Increase?
The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on any point of the surface of Earth.
What is Atmospheric Pressure?
The population of Monsoon Asia?
What is about 4 billion people?
One of the best crops to grow in a monsoon climate.
What is rice?
The harmful effects of cold, wind, or other extreme conditions.
What is exposure?
The person who united China into one country in 221 B.C.E.
Who is Emperor Qin?
The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain.
What is Orographic Effect?
Where most people in Monsoon Asia live.
What is rural areas?
A common form of transportation in India.
What is a rickshaw?
The process of adjusting to lower oxygen levels at high elevation.
What is Acclimatize?
The policy put in place by Mao Zedong that doubled China's population.
What is the Great Leap Forward?