Geoterms
Human Geography
Monsoons
Everest
China
100

The length of time it takes for a population to double

What is Doubling Time?
100

The number of countries in Monsoon Asia.

What is 23?

100

A seasonal wind.

What is a monsoon?

100

The mountain range in which Mount Everest can be found.

What are the Himalayas?

100

The policy put in place in China in 1979 that limited the number of children a family could have.

What is the One Child Policy?

200

A severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger.

What is Famine?

200

The most important economic activity in Monsoon Asia.

What is farming?

200

The dry area on the downwind side of a mountain.

What is a rain shadow?

200

How much Mount Everest is growing each year.

What is 1/2 inch?

300

The number of people or animals the environment of an area can support.

What is Carrying Capacity?

300

The most common religion in Monsoon Asia.

What is Hinduism?

300

The amount of rain some areas of monsoon Asia can get in a year.

What is 90 inches of rain?

300

The type of item climbers leave at the summit of Mount Everest.

What is a token?

300

The annual rate of population growth.

What is Rate of Natural Increase?

400

The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on any point of the surface of Earth.

What is Atmospheric Pressure?

400

The population of Monsoon Asia?

What is about 4 billion people?

400

One of the best crops to grow in a monsoon climate.

What is rice?

400

The harmful effects of cold, wind, or other extreme conditions.

What is exposure?

400

The person who united China into one country in 221 B.C.E.

Who is Emperor Qin?

500

The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain.

What is Orographic Effect?

500

Where most people in Monsoon Asia live.

What is rural areas?

500

A common form of transportation in India.

What is a rickshaw?

500

The process of adjusting to lower oxygen levels at high elevation.

What is Acclimatize?

500

The policy put in place by Mao Zedong that doubled China's population.

What is the Great Leap Forward?