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E and SE Asia
World Geography Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what type of climate does Japan have? | Temperate |
| What is Japans most populated island? | Harrow |
| How much of Japan's land is arable? | 1/8 |
| Japan has the highest what in the world? | Population density |
| How are buildings built in Japan? | Up |
| Japan is really what? | Underwater mountain peaks |
| How was Japan formed? | Tectonic plate collision |
| How do farmers farm in Japan? | By making terraces or draining marshes |
| Where does most of Japan's population live? | On narrow coastal plains |
| What kinds of natural disasters occur in Japan? | Earthquakes and volcanoes |
| Describe Japan's climate? | long winters and cool summers |
| When is Typhoon season in Japan? | Late summer- early winter |
| What positive effect does the Oyashio Current have on Japan? | A high fish harvest |
| Most people in Japan live in what type of building? | Apartments |
| What are some environmental problems of Japan? | Pollution and waste |
| What percent of Japanese are of common heritage? | 99% |
| The Japanese make outcasts of which groups? | Alinu and Burkumin |
| What is Japan's Main 3 religions? | Shinto, Bhudism, and Confucianism |
| Japan has been influenced by where? | The west |
| Who was the first Communist leader of China? | Mao Zedong |
| Mao believed in power in what? | Numbers |
| Who created the one couple one child policy? | Deng |
| Why did China receive criticism? | Human rights |
| How many ethnicities are in China? | 56 |
| How many characters must one know? | 2,000- 3,000 |
| What is the main language of China? | Mandarin |
| What is China's official state of religion? | Atheism |
| What religion deals with good behavior? | Confucianism |
| What religion deals with happiness? | Daoism |
| What one religion was accepted during hard times? | Falun Gong |
| Deng replaced Mao in what year? | 1979 |
| What were the four improvements Deng wanted to focus on? | agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defence |
| When did Sun Yat Sen become president? | 1911 |
| When did Sun die? | 1920's |
| Who started the red guards and cultural revolution? | Mao |
| Who turned the nation into a fighting force? | Chiang |
| When did Chiang become the national president? | 1928 |
| What is not valued in China? | Technology |
| Where did Chiang flee to? | Ja Ang Xi |
| When was Communism born? | 1945 |
| What is the main crop in China? | Rice |
| China lacks what? | Military technology |
| Who forced themselves to China and upset trade? | The U.S. and Europe |
| When did China experience spheres of influence from Europe? | 1900's |
| What group wanted to give the nation power? | Nationalists |
| What did China's people want in 1989? | Democracy |
| What is China's Government? | Communist |
| What Chinese region was the core and cultural hearth? | North East |
| Why is the Huang He the yellow river? | loess |
| What Chinese region has mountains and a warm and wet climate? | The South East |
| What Chinese region is rugged and has little growth? | North west |
| What Chinese region contains Tibet? | South West |
| Where is China's elevation the lowest? | South East |
| When did the emperor abdicate? | 1911 |
| What party wanted a government based on democracy and capitalism? | Nationalists |
| What party wanted to give land to landless pheasants and more power to workers? | Communists |
| Who won the civil war? | Mao |
| What two regions use intensive farming? | Northeast and southeast |
| What is Taiwan's main landform? | Mountains |
| Why was Taiwan Invaded? | To vote against Lee |
| What city is the leader in world trade? | hong Kong |
| What city had free enterprise for 99 years? | Hong KOng |
| When did Mongolia gain its independence? | 1921 |
| Who followed Russia's example? | Mongolia |
| What type of economy does Mongolia have? | Free market |
| What is Mongolia's main economic activity? | Nomadic herding |
| Which Korea has a low population, is rural, has a continental climate, has Mountains, uses hydroelectricity, is communist, isolated, and has a low standard of living? | North Korea |
| Which Korea has a high population, subtropical climate, arable land, nuclear power, and is not communist? | South Korea |
| No single group ever what? | United the nation |
| China viewed outsiders as what? | Barbarians |
| What country lacked unity? | Myanmar |
| What are the religions in order of Myanmar, Philippines, and Indonesia? | Buddhism, Christian, and Indonesia |
| What is the only country not colonized by Europeans? | Tailand |
| Cultural heterogeneity is found in what country? | Indonesia |
| What country has an important location? | Singapore |
| What country has ethnic diversity and poor communication? | Paupa New Guinea |
| What country was ruled by Spain? | Cambodia |