EAST ASIA TEST REVIEW TRASHKETBALL

The many natural barriers of East Asia limited people’s and increased their MOVEMENT ISOLATION

The Huang He is also called because

CHINA’S SORROWits frequent and terrible floods have caused much destruction.

The is part of the pacific rim where there are frequent earthquakes and volcanoes.

RING OF FIRE

Urbanization is most directly responsible for the building of the THREE GORGES DAM.

East Asia and South Asia both depend on crop production.MONSOONS

The Three Gorges Dam controlled, provided , many people had to be relocated, were lost, and allowed larger to reach China’s interior.

FLOODINGHYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER

HISTORICAL SITESSHIPS

Southeastern China and Houston both have aHUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

The Silk Road was used as a from to

TRADE ROUTE EUROPEASIA.

Physical Geography of a influences itsREGIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Does the Chinese government today encourage a LARGER family or a SMALLER family?

The Western Nations (US and Europe) are very concerned with North Korea because of its capability and its desire to the countries through force.

NUCLEAR WEAPONREUNITE

Most of China’s 1.33 Billion people work in in urban areas.

FACTORIES

The government of North Korea is while the government of South Korea is a

COMMUNISTDEMOCRACY

Japan’s mineral base is so therefore it has to minerals for industry.

LIMITEDIMPORT

Because of China’s rapid industrialization it has had a serious problem with especially from industrial cities that result in a condition called

AIR POLLUTION

ACID RAIN.

In 1949, Mao Zedong created a “new” country and named it the “People’s Republic of China leaving the Nationalist party to flee to the island of .TAIWAN

The Grand Canal was built to Beijing to CONNECTSHANGHAI

The primary lack of space in Japan is a direct result ofMOUNTAINS

What is significant about the “38th Parallel? It separates North and South Korea

What countries make up the Korean Peninsula?

NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

Special Economic Zones are areas where businesses could operate with little interference from the and encouraged investors to build in China.

FOREIGN

GOVERNMENT FORGEIN

Why is land prices so high in Japan?

Because Japan has a limited amount of land

What country in East Asia is an archipelago?

Japan

Name the country that China still insists belongs to them!

Taiwan

Buddhist monks want this area just north of Nepal to become a nation state separate from China.

Tibet

The most densely populated area in China is theNORTH CHINA PLAIN.

In order for Japan to maintain its current standard of living, Japan must trade with other nations because itHAS FEW NATURAL RESOURCES.