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Monsoon Asia Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the term monsoon mean? | seasonal wind with rainfall |
| What is the population of India and China combined? | one third |
| What is the worlds tallest mountain range? | Himalayas |
| Where do most people in Monsoon Asia live? | on or near the coastline |
| What was the Three Gorges Dam supposed to help provide? | clean energy, flood control, and safe ways to transport things by water |
| What was one of the main goals of the one child policy? | zero population growth |
| True or False- Japan has the longest life expectancy in the world | True |
| Why do most people live on or near the coast? | It makes life easier; it is easier to trade |
| What has helped increase the economy in China? | Special Economic Zones |
| What do special economic zones offer companies that set up operations in China? | greater freedom |
| What has impacted where people in Japan choose to live? | mountains |
| What is the definition of arable land? | land that is suitable for farming |
| Know how to read a climagraph | |
| What is the most common way to move products? | with cargo containers and cargo ships |
| What is the definition of free trade? | There are not tariffs |
| A company that has operations across multiple countries | multinational corporation |
| Which two countries are major producers of leather? | the United States and Venezuela |
| What has globalization resulted in? | an increase in international trade |
| How does population density impact transportation? | Many people have a long commute. Subway trains are always crowded |
| Which country is a major producer of synthetic rubber? | Taiwan |
| Which physical feature is common in Japan? | Mountains |
| How is physiologic population density calculated? | Divide population by arable land area |
| What is a tariff? | a tax placed on imported goods |
| What type of farming is common in Japan? | Terrace farming |
| When the economies of countries are dependent on each other | economic interdependence |
| Globalization can lead to an increase in what? | international trade |
| How is arithmetic population density calculated? | Divide population of a country by total land area |
| famine | severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger |
| population distribution | where people live in a country, either in cities or spread out across the countryside |
| doubling time | the length of time it takes for a population to double |
| rate of natural increase | annual rate of population growth; percentage calculated by subtracting death rate from birth rate |
| longest river in East Asia | Yangtze |
| mountain range in Northern India/Nepal? | Himalaya |
| what is a climagraph? | measures temperature and precipitation |
| globalization | the development of a global, or worldwide, society in which people, money, information, and goods flow fairly freely across national borders |
| atmospheric pressure | the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on any point of the surface of the Earth. |
| monsoon | a seasonal wind. Summer monsoon winds in South Asia usually bring rain to that region. |
| rain shadow | a dry area on the downwind side of a mountain |
| economic interdependence | a condition in which countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade, and investment. |
| multinational corporation | a large company that has operations in more than one country |
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hmward