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Chap 9 world geograp
geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Powdery wind-blown soil pulverized by glaciers is called | loess |
| The country of the people of Han, which became communist in 1949 is | China |
| Mao Zedong's proclamation creating the communist People's Republic of China was announced in | 1949 |
| China's current population is closest to | 1.3 billion |
| One of the world's most heavily populated agricultural areas is known as the | North China Plain |
| The two major cities on the North China Plain are | Beijing and Tainjin |
| Which region contains Tibet | Xizang |
| The emerging economic region of China is | the Pacific Rim |
| An SEZ that your text identifies as a potential rival to Hong Kong is | Pudong |
| The Meji Restoration | marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and military transformation |
| Japan's natural landscapes | are mountainous and hilly with flat land at a premium |
| Japan's population | is expected to decline in the next century |
| Japan's largest and main island, containing its capital and almost all its core area is called | Honshu |
| Japan's leading region of urbanization and industry (and agriculture as well) is the | Kanto Plain |
| The largest conurbation in Japan is | Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki |
| The ____ is Japan's Mediterranean | the Seto Inland Sea |
| Japan assigns more than ___ of it's farmland to food crops | 90% |
| The outcome of the Korean War in the 50's was | a military stalemate resulting int he continued division of the country |
| Taiwan was at one time a colony of | Japan |
| The People's Republic of China also claims the island of | Taiwan |