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ss monsoon asia test
monsoon asia test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| which part of asia is considered a subcontinent | India |
| what natural disasters are associated with the ring of fire | earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis |
| which rivers have their source in the Himalayas | Indus, Ganges, Brahmaduta |
| what physical features are found in western china | Himalayas, plateau of tibet, Taklimaken desert |
| which part of monsoon asia is made of peninsula and islands | southeast asia |
| what are monsoons | seasonal winds that create rain patterns |
| what portion of the worlds population lives in monsoon Asia | more then half |
| which monsoon asia countries rank in the top five for largest population | china, India,Indonesia |
| china is #1 producer of which natural resource | coal |
| what is the most important crop grown in Monsoon Asia | rice |
| what are the most important economic activities found in monsoon Asia | agriculture and manufacturing |
| which physical feature explain why western china is not densely populated | the plateau of Tibet, mountain,and deserts |
| which country has all the following climates- arid, semiarid, highlands, ice cap, tropical wet, and humid subtropical | India |
| Mount Everest borders which two countries | china and Nepal |
| what is the most common vegetation found in the islands of southeast Asia? most common climate | vegetation- broad leaf evergreen forest climate-tropical wet |
| which country in monsoon Asia has the lowest population density | Mongolia |
| 1 billion | 1,000 million |
| what are the cost of the Three Gorges Dam | archaeological sites, cites, towns, habitats will be lost. If an earthquake were to hit a flood would be catastrophic |
| what is the benefits of the Three Gorges Dam | provides clean energy,provide flood control, shipping is cheaper and safter |
| the goals of China's one-child policy | to have china get to a zero population growth |
| the results of china's one-china policy | slowed population growth, reduced strain on food and water supplies, but people don't want to be told how many children to have. More boy than girls |
| what are the costs of china's special economic zones | gap between rich and poor/ crime raised |
| what are the benefits of China's special economic zones | more jobs |
| what do the special economic zones provide for foreign companies | greater freedom |
| what is the most well-know mountain range in monsoon Asia | Himalaya |
| what is know as the roof of the world | the plateau of Tibet |
| what is the major economic activity across most of monsoon asia | agriculture (also commercial fishing) |
| which countries have communist dictatorship? | china, Vietnam, North Korea |
| which countries have a democracies | japan, India, Philippines |
| where do most people in monsoon Asia live | along rivers and mountain valleys or near seacoast |
| what are Japan's two main religions | Shinto and Buddhism |
| what does Shinto teach | respect for nature and love of simple thing, cleanliness, and manners |
| what does Buddhism teach | the respect for nature and inner peace |
| what does a country's rate of nature increase indicate | how fast its population is growing each year |
| what are Japan's economic challenges | trade restrictions- disagreement's with trading partners. preserving the environment |
| multinational corporation | a business that has operations all over the world |
| what do Japanese farmers practice | intensive cultivation- where they grow crops on every available piece of land |
| economic interdependence | where countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade, and investment |
| free trade | the flow of goods and service across national borders, with little or no government control |
| globalization | where goods, money,and information flow freely across national borders |
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