Who led a revolution that brought a Communist government to power in China in 1949?
Mao Zedong
100
How much of Japan's land is arable?
1/8
100
How much of Calcutta's population lives in poverty?
1/3
100
the number of old and young people who don't work compared with the working age population
Dependency Ratio
100
Why is the climate of Pune always dry?
It sits in a rain shadow in the wester gat mountains.
200
Name 3 benefits from the Three Gorges Dam.
1. Clean Energy from a renewable resource
2. Flood Control
3. Shipping
200
Name the highest volcanic mountain in Japan.
Mount Fuji
200
What are the two main religions in India?
Hinduism and Islam
200
To hire someone outside of a country to do work that was once done inside a country.
Outsource
200
What is India's official language?
Hindi
300
What does SEZ stand for?
Special Economic Zones
300
Name three problems caused by high population density?
1. Land Use
2. Garbage
3. Health
300
What attracts Indians to IT jobs?
Good pay and good working conditions
300
the forces that divide people and countries
Centrifugal Forces
300
Why are so many Indians illiterate?
Poverty and the Caste system
400
What was the Great Leap Forward?
The Great Leap Forward was a plan to help China become a modern industrial country by increasing steel and food production.
400
Why have the Japanese turned to filling in marshes and wetlands to create new lands for building?
because that saves farmland for being used for building
400
Why is English widely spoken in India?
When the English colonized India they didn't want to learn 100s of languages so they wanted the Indians to learn English
400
A mountain created when a block of Earth's crust tilts upward as a result of tectonic movement
Fault Block Mountain
400
Why is China sometimes referred as a giant slope?
This slope stretches from the mountains of Central Asia in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
500
What are some benefits of slower population growth in China?
1. More time for women to have careers.
2. Healthier mothers and babies.
3. It reduce strain of food and water supplies
4. Reduced unemployment
5. More money for families
500
What are the four main Japanese Islands?
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
500
How is speaking English an advantage in attracting jobs from the U.S. companies.
Indian people who speak English can serve IT services more efectively
500
A group of countries that work together to promote trade with one another
Trade Bloc
500
Why do Chinese families prefer to have sons?
Because Sons will carry on the family name. Sons are expected to care for their aging parents.