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Asian Equations
100
What are the three subregions of Monsoon Asia?
South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia
100
East Asia’s first civilization took hold in this Chinese river valley.
Huang He
100
What is the time difference between India and Atlanta?
10 + hours
100
India’s population is how many times larger than the U.S.A.’s?
4X
100
drought + food shortage = ________________
famine
200
What is the third longest river in the world?
Yangtze or Chang Jiang
200
In 1947 India gained its independence from which colonial power?
Great Britain
200
By 2020 what country is predicted to have the largest workforce in the world?
India
200
Indian ancestors who worked as farmers and laborers would have occupied the lowest level in the country's _______ system.
caste
200
poor health care + high infant mortality + low life expectancy = __________________ country
developing
300
True or false: Bamboo trees have more uses than any other plants in Monsoon Asia’s tropical areas.
False (bamboo is a grass, not a tree!)
300
The 1950s saw France ceding its strong control in which Southeast Asian country?
Viet Nam
300
Which country is the largest consumer of energy in the world: U.S.A. or China?
U.S.A.
300
More than 75% of India’s population is of which faith?
Hindu
300
Chinese married couple + family + government program = _________________
one-child policy
400
Name any three months in which the people of Mumbai might be most likely to use an umbrella.
June through September (monsoon season)
400
Construction began on the Three Gorges Dam in what year?
1993
400
Because of its isolated location, many Chinese still refer to their country as "Zhong Guo", meaning:
"the Middle Kingdom"
400
True or false: more people in India speak English than the national language of Hindi.
False
400
Birth rate – the death rate = rate of _____________?
natural increase
500
What type of animal often grazes upon the highland meadows on the “Roof of the World”?
Yaks
500
In 1958 Mao Zedong created a program to help China become a modern industrial country. What was the name of this program?
the Great Leap Forward
500
Define SEZs and name one city found within this area.
Special Economic Zones are special areas in China whose economic laws are different from and not as strict as the rest of the country. Shanghai, Pudong, Shantou, Xiamen, Guangzhou,Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and Haikou are all in a SEZ.
500
Silicon Valley is to California as ________________ is to India.
Bangalore
500
Low wages + English speakers + trained workers = _____________ ______________?
comparative advantages
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