Physical Geography
What two countries make up the East Asian Mainland?
China and Mongolia.
What are the two main factors that determine climate in East Asia?
Latitude and Elevation.
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers from a single family.
Which group conquered the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in the 1200s?
The Mongols.
How did China combat its population problem?
By enacting a "One-Child Policy".
In what mountain range is Mount Everest located?
The Himalaya Mountains.
Which country in East Asia holds the largest share of the region's natural resources?
China
What barriers (natural and otherwise) protected China from foreign invaders?
Mountains, deserts, and the Great Wall.
Which religion had spread to Korea in the AD 300s?
Buddhism.
What was Japan's population problem and how did the combat it?
Japan's low birthrate led to a higher average population age, which meant less workers and productivity within the nation. Japan encouraged families to have more children by providing programs such as child care.
What is an archipelago?
A group or chain of islands.
Which East Asian country has the largest deposits of fossil fuels?
China.
During which Chinese Dynasty was papermaking invented?
The Han Dynasty (206 BC - 221 AD)
Which Chinese philosopher inspired Korea such that his teachings became the basis of their government?
Confucius.
What is calligraphy?
The art of turning written word into beautiful, expressive language.
What is the Ring of Fire?
An area encircling the Pacific Ocean where sections of the Earth's crust grind against each other causing earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is the climate like in Western and Northwestern China and why?
Dry and cold as a result of the towering mountains that block moist air flow from the Indian Ocean
What was the cause of Chinese anger that led to a revolution in 1911?
European spheres of influence within China.
What is a samurai?
A Japanese landowning warrior.
What were three major religious systems in East Asia?
Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism.
What are the five major bodies of water in East Asia?
The South China Sea, The East China Sea, The Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan (The East Sea), and the Pacific Ocean.
From where did the Yellow River and the Yellow Sea get their names?
The Huang He picks up a great amount of yellow-brain silt called loess and then flows into the Yellow Sea. Thus the Huang He is also called the Yellow River, and gives the name to the Yellow Sea.
In what year did Mao Zedong establish the People's Republic of China and what ideology did it adhere to?
1949 after years of civil war; Communism.
In what ways did US Naval Officer Matthew Perry's visit change Japan?
What are some of the major environmental problems in China and Japan and what are their causes?
Air pollution, water poisoning, water shortage, farmland depletion, acid rain, etc. These are caused by factories, coal-burning power plants, more cars and trucks, factory waste, sewage, and farm chemicals, etc.