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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| East Asia is located in roughly the same latitudinal zone as which of the following world regions? | North America |
| What is loess? | a fine, glacially generated silt that is deposited by the wind |
| How does China generate most of its electricity? | burning coal |
| Which island group is claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines? | Spratly |
| Who are the Ainu? | an ethnic minority in Japan |
| What is the name of the belief system that deals with designing buildings and placing of objects on the landscape in accordance with the spiritual powers that course through the local topography? | Feng Shui |
| What has been the consequence of China's "one-child" policy? | The number of baby boys far outweighs the number of baby girls. The average total fertility rate has declined to 1.8. some families have abandoned healthy baby girls at birth. gender selective abortion has emerged |
| The Shinto religion is most closely associated with Japan | True |
| The Three Gorges Dam is being constructed on which river in China? | The Yangtze |
| Sikhism is a blend of what two religions? | Hinduism and Islam |
| What animal is considered sacred among Hindus? | Cows |
| The Green Revolution in South Asia | relied in part on newly developed varieties of crops |
| What climatic factor dominates South Asia, often causing summer floods? | monsoons |
| How were the Himalayas formed? | by the collision of peninsular India with the Asian landmass |
| What are bustees | sprawling squatter settlements in South Asia |
| What is the most isolated country in South Asia? | Bhutan |
| What are the sources of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka? | religious and linguistic differences |
| Why are floods so devastating in Bangladesh? | because of the high population density in this region, Powerful cyclones form over the Bay of Bengal. Natural population growth adds many new people to the region each year, Deforestation in Bangladesh increases runoff in the area |
| In which year did the British withdraw from India | 1947 |
| Modern-day Indonesia was once a colony of which European country? | Netherlands |
| What formed the volcanic arc of Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands? | the divergence of the Indo-Australian Plate from the Eurasian Plate |
| What activity has placed the greatest pressure on the forests of Southeast Asia? | international commercial logging |
| East TImor is the newest country in Southeast Asia | True |
| What animal name has been used to describe the robust economies of Southeast Asia? | tiger |
| What country in Southeast asia is a city state | singapore |
| What country of Southeast Asian is the world's most populous Muslim country? | Indonesia |
| Which Southeast Asian country is primarily Roman Catholic? | The Philippines |
| Which of the following natural hazards is/are prevalent in the Philippines? | flooding, typhoons, mudslides, volcanoes |
| Vietnam | adopted many aspects of confucianism |
| What was the purpose of the White Australia Policy? | to promote immigration of (white) North Americans and Europeans to Australia |
| The Hawaiian Islands formed by | an active hot spot beneath the moving Pacific Plate. |
| In which country are Maoris the indigenous people? | New Zealand |
| What did the United States use the Marshall Islands for between 1946 and 1958? | a nuclear testing site |
| What type of animals are most closely associated with Australia? | marsupials |
| Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji? | to fill labor shortages in the sugar cane fields |
| What is the outback | Australia's huge dry interior |
| in the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia as a __ | prison colony |
| in which country are Aborigines the indigenous people? | Australia |
| What was the purpose of the Native Title Bill, which became law in Australia in 1993? | to give Australia's aboriginal population greater control over sacred lands |
| What formed the volcanic arc of Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands? | the convergence of the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate |
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