2. Which describes the population change of East Asia? China is the only country growing The entire region’s population is declining The entire region’s population is growing rapidly Wealthy countries like South Korea and Japan have declining growth rates Poor countries have declining growth rates

3. Which is true of East Asian and Southeast Asian cities All are under 2 million people Most have about 1 million people Most do not have modern buildings Most are getting smaller Some are among the world’s largest

4. What best describes the ethnic diversity of the Area Most areas have little ethnic diversity East Asia is more ethnically diverse Both areas have lots of ethnic diversity Southeast Asia is more ethnically diverse

5. The Silk Road went from China to By the Sea of China Mongolia India By the Indian Ocean By the Mediterranean

6. What happened to Hong Kong in 1997? It was returned to Japan It’s economy folded in China’s communist rule It was returned to the United Kingdom Portugal returned ownership to China It became part of China as a special administrative region

7. What fraction of the population lives in this area of the world?

8. Means “place without water”

9. How did Marco Polo help Europeans learn about China?

10. Title for the people who governed Japan until 1800s

11. Major river in Southeast Asia that begins with an I

12. Who tried to get Japan to end isolation

13. What is a megalopolis?

14. Wood that is used to make furniture

15. Which area is drier, East Asia or Southeast Asia?

16. Define archipelago

17. Climate of northern Japan

18. River that borders Laos and Thailand

19. Known as the Yellow River

20. Country that controls the Strait of Malacca

21. Wood from rainforests used to make boats

22. What is the Roof of the World?

23. What do the Chinese writing symbols represent?

24. Name of oceans in this part of the world

25. What river is “China’s Sorrow?”

26. This area has large deposits of what minerals?

27. What country in the area has the lowest winter temperatures?

28. Where the Three Gorges Dam is built

29. The drier of the two deserts discussed

30. What religion stress that all parts of nature have their own spirits?

31. Climate found in Mongolia by the desert

32. Used in making rockets and light bulbs

33. Lowland found in East Asia

34. What two countries cover most of East Asia?

35. Define dzud

36. What is the Ring of Fire?

37. Who claimed large areas of China as spheres of influence?

38. Who was China’s communist leader?

39. Means “great general”

40. What group invaded China from Central Asia?

41. What nation has the world’s 2 nd largest economy?

42. Most Chinese are of what ethnic group?

43. What vegetation term contributes to the problem of landslides?

44. What nation has the highest population density?

45. What is a disadvantage of the Three Gorges Dam?

46. Huge tidal waves are caused by these

47. What unique item is harvested in Japan and the Philippines?

48. Who helped the shoguns to govern Japan?

49. What dynasty began the Silk Road?

50. Chinese nationalist leader

51. Major religion in Malaysia and Indonesia

52. Temples with up-turned roofs

53. Former name for Thailand

54. China’s official language

55. Japanese form of poetry

56. Location (city) of the Forbidden City

57. Define census

58. What dynasty started a census?

59. Major religion of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

60. China’s population passed what mark in 2005?

61. Why is a river called the Yellow River?