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S and E Asia Test
South and East Asia Geography Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A seasonal wind that blows across the region at certain times during the year | Monsoon |
| Falling water used to generate electricity | Hydroelectricity |
| A brownish yellow fertile soil | Loess |
| Gases that are poisonous or dangerous to people | Toxic fumes |
| An underground bed or layer of permeable rock, sediment, or soil that yields water | Aquifer |
| A city plus all the smaller towns and growth around it | Agglomeration |
| Average number of people living in a square mile | Population density |
| A violent storm that develops over the Pacific Ocean | Typhoon |
| A usually triangular alluvial, or soil deposit at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| A two-wheeled passenger cart that is pulled by another person | Rickshaw |
| The Rickshaw is related to which geographical area; Japan, India, or most of Asia? | India |
| Where would you find the bullet train being used more often; India, Beijing, or Japan? | Japan |
| Most of Asia has transportation that is largely undeveloped- T or F | Ture |
| Which place has mostly congested roads; India, Japan, or Beijing? | Beiging |
| Is the Huang He, Ganges, or Indus the most sacred river in India? | Ganges |
| What is the Huang He River is named for? | need the answer! |
| The Huang He River is named for the yellow silt it carries through China, true or false | True |
| What is between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; Japan, Korean Peninsula, or Vietnam | K Peninsula |
| In China, what is the longest river | Yangtze |
| Pick the two major rivers in Vietnam; Ganges, Indus, Mekong, Yangtze, Mekong, Red | Mekong and Red |
| Does the Gobi Desert, Himalayan Mountains, or the Ganges River keep India dry and warm in the winter (pick one)? | Himalayan Mountains |
| The largest amount of people in China live either; along the coast or along the Huang He River or in the North China Plain? | In the North China Plain |
| As part of an important festival of the Hindu religion, 20 million people bathe in the Ganges River at Varanasi in 2001; True of False? | True |
| More than 300 Million people along the banks of the Yangtze River- True or False | True |
| Around 3/4 of the people in India live in either; mountian valleys, cities, or villages | Villages |
| Either farming, telecommunications, technology, or transportation- which one does Japan specialize in? | Technology |
| The loss of fertile land, or, the loss of China’s past, or flooding on the Huang He is associated with China’s sorrow- which one is it? | Flooding on the Huang He |
| Why is China the worlds #1 food producer | because it has such a large population |
| Which direction do monsoons winds blow accross China? | North |
| The most crowded urban agglomeration throughout the world is? | Toyko, Japan |