Rivers
The Land of Asia
Climate
Interaction
Mixed Bag
100
These rivers begin high in the Himalaya Mts.
What is the Indus and the Ganges
100
The movement of the Indian Subcontinent caused it to collide with Asia forming which set of mountains?
What is the Himalaya Mts.
100
In East Asia these blow across the region during certain times of the year.
What is monsoons.
100
In SW Asia what regular climate occurance causes changes in the education calendar for children?
What is monsoons
100
This was once attached to the east coast of Africa but now is a part of Asia.
What is the Indian Subcontinent
200
The fourth longest river the Huang He runs through this fertile region of Asia
What is the North China Plain
200
How does physical geography affect people of South and Southeast Asia?
What is many people who liver there live along the fertile valleys of mighty rivers. They grow food or live near the sea and practice aquaculture.
200
This region is known as an area of climate extremes.
What is Southwest and Central Asia
200
SE Asian home construction has been adapted to withstand what type of natural disaster?
What is a typhoon
200
Fertile land for farming
What is arable land
300
The North China Plain is covered with brownish yellow soil from a river nicknamed the Yellow River. This brownish yellow soil makes this very fertile ground. What river overflows its banks to provide this brownish yellow soil?
What is the Huang He
300
Solar Energy, Land, and ______________ are three of the most important natural resources of Asia.
What is minerals
300
Monsoons in parts of Asia during the winter bring this.
What is dust storms
300
What is an example of how people have had to adapt to the region so that they can farm in SW Asia?
What is terrace farming
300
Tea, cotton, and rubber
What is some of Asia's cash crops.
400
China has been called the "Dry World" because of its many deserts. Knowing this, explain the population distribution of China.
What is people live where there is water since it is necessary for farming and survival. People tend to settle near coasts, oasis, and rivers.The Mediterranean Coast and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates are heavily populated.
400
What is the relationship between petroleum producing countries and the standard of living in those countries?
What is countries that produce petroleum have more wealth and a much higher standard of living than those countries that do not produce petroleum.
400
What is a benefit of monsoons?
What is they bring water for the people and for farming.
400
Transportation barriers and lack of funds keep some nations from accessing their natural resources. What sort of standard of living would these countries have compared to a country that is able to access their resources?
What is these countries that can't access their natural resources would have a lower standard of living than the other countries.
400
Many countries in Asia are working hard to improve their quality of life, or, _______________
What is standard of living
500
Explain life for people along the Huang He river. Keep in mind this river is often given the title of "China's Sorrow"
What is the river runs through one of the most fertile regions of China, the wide North China Plain, the people who live here are able to farm the land. In addition to growing food for their own families, farmers here are probably able to sell farm produce to other areas in China. However, this is also a dangerous place to live because of severe flooding.
500
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand form what chunk of Asia's land?
What is mainland Southeast Asia. The rest of southeast Asia is composed of islands.
500
What are severe storms that occur near/over the water with high winds and heavy rain in Southeast Asia called?
What is typhoons
500
How has the development of aquaculture helped increase food production in East Asian nations?
What is by using aquaculture people are able to produce more food in a controlled manner, thus not running out of an important food source. By creating situations for more fish to breed and harvesting the new fish once they have grown, people are able to have a constant food source.
500
Explain the difference in population densities of the lowlands and coastal areas, and the deserts, highlands, and mts. of East Asia.
What is few people can live in the desert, highlands, and mts. Most people crowd into lowlands and coastal regions where it is easier to live and grow food. The population densities in these regions are higher than the rest of Asia.
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