Landforms & Resources
What are the major mountain ranges mentioned in East Asia?
Kunlun and Qinling Shandi
What climate zone is found along the northern border of Mongolia and China?
Sub-arctic
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a "Dynasty?"
Who is "Genghis Kahn?"
A professional soldier in Japan was called a...
Samurai
Which plateau is located in East Asia?
Plateau of Tibet
What is one positive effect of the Three Gorges Dam?
Helps control flooding, generate power, Make it easier for ships to get into China.
Chinese militants attacked and killed Europeans.
What is the "Boxer Rebellion?"
The core of the Mongolian economy has historically been and still is ...
Raising livestock
A chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim
What is the "Ring of Fire?"
What are the main rivers referenced in the content?
Huang He, Chang Jiang, and Xi Jiang
What significant urban challenge does Tokyo face due to its geography?
Tokyo has over 25 million people but has nowhere else for them to go.
Began Communist rule in East Asia.
Who is "Mao Zedong?"
How was Korea divided after WWII?
At the 38th Parallel. The Communists controlled North Korea and South Korea became a democracy.
Japan has about _____ earthquakes per year.
"1000"
What types of resources are identified in East Asia?
Silver in east China, energy reserves in China and Japan, forests, and water resources
What method is used in Japan for solid waste disposal?
Landfills
Restoring harmony to individual and universe.
What is "Taoism?"
In Ancient Japan, what was a "Shogun?"
A military general.
1995: UNICEF reports that over ________ children in East Asia are working in factories of begging in the streets.
500,000
Which countries are included in the East Asia region as mentioned?
China, Mongolia, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan
List the 3 positive & 3 negative effects of the "Three Gorges Dam."
Positive:
1. Help control flooding
2. generate power
3. Make it easier for ships to get into China
Negative:
1. People must move, historic sites lost
2. The cost is higher than originally expected
3. Damaging to the environment
List all 4 of the incredibly important inventions that came from China.
Paper, printing, gun powder, the compass.
Killed 140,000 people in 1923 in Tokyo Japan.
What is "The Great Kanto Earthquake?"
Which 3 countries are in the Jakota Triangle?
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.