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Chapter 14 East Asia
chapter 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the smallest country in this region? | Taiwan |
| What is the largest country in this region? | China |
| What area is sometimes called "the roof of the world"? | Plateau of Tibet |
| What country is impacted by more than 1,000 earthquakes each year? | Japan |
| Which area is one of China's most productive farming areas? | North China Plain |
| What is the third longest river in the world and longest river in Asia? | Chang Jiang or Yangtze |
| How did the Huang He (Yellow) River get its name? | the river picks up loess which makes it look yellow |
| How are resources distributed in this region? | unevenly |
| What natural resource does China have the largest deposits of in East Asia? | fossil fuels |
| Why has forestland declined in eastern China? | people cut down trees for heating, building, and farming |
| What two countries in this area are among the world's leading industrial nations? | Japan and Taiwan |
| Why does Japan limit logging in some areas? | Japanese consider many forest areas to be sacred |
| What prevented early foreigners from invading China? | natural barriers like seas, mountains, and deserts |
| Buddhism came to China from what country? | India |
| What is communism? | system in which government controls all economic goods and services |
| How did many Chinese react to the growth of Western influence in their country? | they were angry, and it fueled a revolution |
| Why did Japanese rulers isolate their country from foreigners in the early 1600s? | they feared European powers were planning a military conquest of the island |
| What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward? | to increase China's industrial output |
| What country became a global economic power by the 1990s? | Japan |
| What is China's "one child" policy? | government's policy that families can have no more than one child to slow population growth |
| What is Japan's population like? | aging |
| How does Japan encourage population growth? | encourages births by providing programs like child care |
| Within East Asian countries are people ethnically homogeneous or heterogenous? | homogeneous |
| What is the art of turning the written word into beautiful, expressive images? | calligraphy |
| Many goods manufactured in East Asia are shipped to what areas? | United States and Europe |
| What are the Kuril Islands? | an archipelago |
| Who is fighting over the Kuril Islands? | Russia and Japan |
| What is called "one of the most vertical places on earth"? | Hong Kong |
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