Vocabulary
Climate Zones
Physical Features
Resources
NAME THAT COUNTRY
100
canyon like feature created by rivers
What is a Gorge?
100
Indonesia and Malaysia have this warm and rain soaked climate zone
What is Tropical Wet?
100
known as the Roof of the World, Buddhist monks like it here
What is Plateau of Tibet?
100
this country has the largest oil deposits in the region
What is China?
100
Hokkaido, Honshu, Tokyo
What is Japan?
200
yellow-brown soil that is fine carried by rivers
What is loess?
200
the climate zone of the plateau of tibet, himalayas, and kunlun shan?
What is highland?
200
the longest river in Asia, it is home to the 3 gorges dam
What is Yangtze or Chang Jiang?
200
Both the Yellow River and Yangtze create this type of clean energy source
What is hydroelectric power?
200
3 gorges dam, 1.3 billion, communist government
What is China?
300
Mongolians fear this: a harsh winter followed by a dry summer
What is a dzud?
300
Most of China, Japan, and North Korea have this Massachusetts climate zone
What is humid continental?
300
This river flows out of the Himalayas down through the Cambodian delta and helps to produce a lot of rice
What is the Mekong?
300
this resource found underwater is harvested in and around Japan
What is pearls?
300
peninsula, electronics, humid subtropical
What is South Korea?
400
when heavy rains cause hillsides to collapse
What is landslide?
400
the climate zone of Mongolia and Northern China is this
What is steppe?
400
Most of East Asia's population live on these two fertile lowland areas:
What is Manchurian and North China plains?
400
Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia have alot of this resource, useful because of its durability and strength
What is Teak?
400
peninsula & island, rainforests, 14,000 flowers
What is Malaysia?
500
special metal found in the Phillipines that is used to make lightbulbs
What is Tungsten (or Wolfram)
500
Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia all have this climate zone
What is humid subtropical?
500
this area of the world produces the most natural disasters
What is Ring of Fire?
500
Most people in SE Asia rely on this for food
What is rice?
500
smallest country, highest ship traffic, strait of malacca
What is Singapore?