Question 1

Japan has improved their economy by producing new technology such as ________, cameras, watches, and electronic games.

Accepted Answer

robots

Question 2

The Japanese government ________ many businesses which allowed them to build large factories and buy modern machinery.

Accepted Answer

subsidizes

Question 3

Large companies in Japan offer ________ that attract workers and keep them happy.

Accepted Answer

incentives

Question 4

Many working women in Japan face ________ because the traditions of the country dictate that women should be in charge of their households.

Accepted Answer

discrimintation

Question 5

North Korea has done little to ________, or add variety to, their economy.

Accepted Answer

diversify

Question 6

In 1996, North Korea suffered through such a severe ________ that they had to ask non-communist countries for food and aid.

Accepted Answer

famine

Question 7

The "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" are ________, or extreme, policies that Mao Zedong started in China.

Accepted Answer

radical

Question 8

Since the 1970s, China has gradually been allowing a limited form of ________ by allowing people to form their own businesses and keep some of their profits.

Accepted Answer

free enterprise

Question 9

A wide variety of ________ trees grow throughout Japan and Korea and lose their leaves each fall.

Accepted Answer

deciduous

Question 10

If China cannot produce enough oil, they will have to ________ it from other parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

import

Question 11

North Korea is considered a ________ because it has low industrial production and little modern technology.

Accepted Answer

developing country

Question 12

South Korea is considered a ________ because it has many industries and a well-developed economy.

Accepted Answer

developed country

Question 13

South Korea has become one of East Asia's richest economies by ________ many goods to other countries.

Accepted Answer

exporting

Question 14

Building dams and power plants to produce ________ is expensive.

Accepted Answer

hydroelectricity

Question 15

East Asians practice ________ in the lakes, rivers, and bays of the region.

Accepted Answer

aquaculture

Question 16

Because much of the land is hilly and mountainous, it is necessary to carve ________ into hillsides in order to farm in East Asia.

Accepted Answer

terraces

Question 17

In the warmer regions of East Asia, farmers practice ________ which allows them to harvest 2 or 3 different crops each year.

Accepted Answer

double-cropping

Question 18

When the communist government took over in China, private land was taken from the people and they were forced to live in ________.

Accepted Answer

communes

Question 19

Although the Han people of China speak the same language, they use several different ________ based on where they live.

Accepted Answer

dialects

Question 20

Historians believe that the ancient Koreans were descended from Mongolian ________ who traveled from place to place in search of water and food.

Accepted Answer

nomads

Question 21

The population of the Korean peninsula is mostly ________ with very few minority groups.

Accepted Answer

homogeneous

Question 22

Because Japan was isolated from the rest of the world for a long time, most of the people who live there belong to the same ________.

Accepted Answer

ethnic group

Question 23

Shortly after the ________ party took over China in 1949 they began to make huge changes in the country.

Accepted Answer

communist

Question 24

Much of China is covered with mountains, highlands, and  the __________ of Tibet.

Accepted Answer

plateau

Question 25

The Takla Makan is a large ________ in China.

Accepted Answer

desert

Question 26

________ land contains substances that plants need in order to grow well.

Accepted Answer

fertile

Question 27

The North China Plain is covered with fertile ________ that is deposited by the Huang He river.

Accepted Answer

loess

Question 28

Japan is a(n) _________, or group of islands.

Accepted Answer

archipelago

Question 29

North and South Korea are located on a ________ which sticks out into the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.

Accepted Answer

peninsula

Question 30

The lowland and coastal areas of East Asia have a high ________ compared to the rest of the region.

Accepted Answer

population density

Question 31

________, or seasonal winds that blow across Asia, have a large impact on the climates of East Asia.

Accepted Answer

monsoons

Question 32

East Asia gets hit with hurricane-like storms called ________ that form over the Pacific Ocean.

Accepted Answer

typhoons

6th East Asia

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