1. EAST ASIA TEST REVIEW TRASHKETBALL

2. The many natural barriers of East Asia limited people’s and increased their MOVEMENT ISOLATION

3. The Huang He is also called because CHINA’S SORROW its frequent and terrible floods have caused much destruction.

4. The is part of the pacific rim where there are frequent earthquakes and volcanoes. RING OF FIRE

5. Urbanization is most directly responsible for the building of the THREE GORGES DAM.

6. East Asia and South Asia both depend on crop production. MONSOONS

7. The Three Gorges Dam controlled, provided, many people had to be relocated, were lost, and allowed larger to reach China’s interior. FLOODING HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER HISTORICAL SITES SHIPS

8. Southeastern China and Houston both have a HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

9. The Silk Road was used as a from to TRADE ROUTE EUROPE ASIA.

10. Physical Geography of a influences its REGION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

11. Does the Chinese government today encourage a LARGER family or a SMALLER family?

12. The Western Nations (US and Europe) are very concerned with North Korea because of its capability and its desire to the countries through force. NUCLEAR WEAPON REUNITE

13. Most of China’s 1.33 Billion people work in in urban areas. FACTORIES

14. The government of North Korea is while the government of South Korea is a COMMUNIST DEMOCRACY

15. Japan’s mineral base is so therefore it has to minerals for industry. LIMITED IMPORT

16. Because of China’s rapid industrialization it has had a serious problem with especially from industrial cities that result in a condition called AIR POLLUTION ACID RAIN.

17. In 1949, Mao Zedong created a “new” country and named it the “People’s Republic of China leaving the Nationalist party to flee to the island of. TAIWAN

18. The Grand Canal was built to Beijing to CONNECT SHANGHAI

19. The primary lack of space in Japan is a direct result of MOUNTAINS

20. What is significant about the “38 th Parallel? It separates North and South Korea

21. What countries make up the Korean Peninsula? NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

22. Special Economic Zones are areas where businesses could operate with little interference from the and encouraged investors to build in China. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FORGEIN

23. Why is land prices so high in Japan? Because Japan has a limited amount of land

24. What country in East Asia is an archipelago? Japan

25. Name the country that China still insists belongs to them! Taiwan

26. Buddhist monks want this area just north of Nepal to become a nation state separate from China. Tibet

27. The most densely populated area in China is the NORTH CHINA PLAIN.

28. In order for Japan to maintain its current standard of living, Japan must trade with other nations because it HAS FEW NATURAL RESOURCES.