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India
China
Natural Disasters
North Korea and South Korea
Population
100
What is the major religion of India?
Hinduism
100
Name two rules associated with the One Child Policy.
One child, twins are ok, fines if you have more than one.
100
What causes earthquakes?
Tectonic plates grinding against one another under the earths' surface.
100
Which country is a democracy? North Korea or South Korea?
South Korea
100
What is "Urban"
a city area....high population
200
What animal do the Hindu consider sacred?
Cows
200
Who is the Dali Llama?
Tibetan Buddhist Leader
200
What causes a volcano to erupt?
Pressure is built up from the hot magma under the earths' surface...then releases; causing an eruption.
200
What type of government is North Korea?
Dictatorship
200
What is Population Density?
Measures how crowded a place is. How many people live per square mile in an area.
300
This guy helped end the Caste System in India AND helped India gain Independence from Britian using only peaceful protests; no violence.
Ghandi
300
Explain what it means to want to "Free Tibet"
Release the Tibeten area from Chinese control back to the Tibetian Buddhists. Allow the Dalai Lama to return.
300
What is a Tsunami
a huge wave caused by an underwater earthquake, that hits shore and destroys everything.
300
What type of economic system can a person choose their own jobs and keep the money they earn?
Capitalist (South Korea, USA)
300
Though all available farmland is used to feed Asia's huge population...it is not enough. What do many Asian countries (like Japan) have to do to feed its people?
Import food from other countries.
400
The Lowest group in the caste system (people created fom darkness) is called....
Untouchables
400
Why are there more boys than girls in China ?
boys are preferred.
400
The name for 2 seasonal winds bringing hot/dry air to an area, then switching to RAINY, cool winds that often flood an area.
MONSOON
400
What type of economic system does the government decide your job, and also the products will be made.
Communism (North Korea, China)
400
Which country has the most people in the world?
CHINA! (1/5 of all the people in the world live in China)
500
Is the Caste System fair or unfair? Explain why.
People are assigned to a caste (group) at birth. They cannot move out of that caste. It is belived to be consequence for how you lived previous life (reincarnation).
500
Explain a positive and a negative consequence for China's One Child Policy. ( what is a good thing and a bad thing about this law)
Good: population has decreased, more food and jobs for people... Bad: Couples may give away or abort babies after their first (especially girls), SO there are many more boys then girls now. Heafty fines are given to those that have more than one child.
500
Explain why Asia is plagued by natural disasters.
Asia lies along the Ring of Fire...where most of the worlds earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis happen. Also the wind patterns cause major flooding during the wet monsoon season.
500
Contrast life in North Korea Vs South Korea using at least 2 examples.
answers will vary: North Korea: dictatorship, no freedoms, starvation, no technology, communism... South Korea: democracy, free, good economy, leaders in technolgy (just behind Japan), capitalism...
500
Why are many of our items made in China/Asia?
Many people work for low wages in Asia (like less than one dollar per hour), so it costs less to produce their goods.