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Over 50 active volcanoes

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Japan

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Area of earthquakes and volcanoes

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Ring of fire

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Seawave caused by an earthquake

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Tsunami

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Violent storm (hurricane)

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Typhoon

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Country that dominates the geography of East Asia

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People’s Republic of China

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Over how many million square miles

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3.5

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Japan is a; or a

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Archipelago; chain of islands

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What are most of Japan’s archipelagoes forms from

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Volcanoes

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Largest Japanese island

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Honshu

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Republic of China official name

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Taiwan

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Portuguese colony

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Macao

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Former British colony turned over to China in 1997

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Hong Kong

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Only large lowland area where majority of the population lives

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East China

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In western China what act as barriers

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The Himalayas in Tian Shan

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What is the highest plateau

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Plateau of Xixang (Tibet)

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There is a large area of

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Grazing land

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What is the yellow River’s name

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Huang He River

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Why is the yellow River yellow

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Because of loess a yellowish-brown topsoil

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What is another name for the yellow River

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China’s sorrow

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Why is it called China’s sorrow

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Floods killed thousands

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What is Asia’s longest river

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Yangtze River

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The area around the Yangtze River is

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China’s rice bowl

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What is the world’s longest artificial waterway

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The grand Canal

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Is the longest structure ever built

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Great wall of China

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China has the most minerals because
It has the most land area
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What are China's resources (minerals)
Coal, petroleum, Tin, tungsten, bauxite
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What are Korea's resources
Iron ore, gold, and copper
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What is the leading industrial country of East Asia where mineral resources are scarce
Japan
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What percent of land is used for farming in China
11%
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What percent of land is forest in China
12%
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Food for silkworms
Mulberry tree
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Farmers make good use of every inch of land because farmland is scarce where
Japan
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What industry is important to all countries but especially to China and Japan
Fishing
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25% of the worlds population
East Asia
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China's population is approximately
1.3 billion
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There are many groups but 94% are
Han
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Much of the area is
Barren and mountainous
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Most people live in
River valleys and on coastal Plains
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Live on one sixth of land (East side)
China
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What percent of the population lives in these cities
53%
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How many cities; how many people
171; over 1 million people
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15 million
Shanghai
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11 million
Beijing
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3/4% of the population lives in cities or on the island of Honshu
Japan
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Honshu is
Coastal Corridor
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Tokaido means
Megalopolis or a supercity
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Largest urban center in the Corredor area is around
Tokyo – Yokohama(27 mill)
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Two thirds of the population live in the cities
Koreas
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Two thirds of people live in
South Korea
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16 million people
Seoul
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Three fourths of people live in the cities
Taiwan
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25% of people live in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
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Culture hearth center
China
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ruling house
Dynasty
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First dynasty
Shang dynasty
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Approval of deities
Mandate of heaven
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Establish the Chinese empire
Qin dynasty
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Made the Empire larger
Tang Dynasty
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Small tribal communities
Clans
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Family – feudal society
Yamato
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Military ruler
Shogun
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Professional soldiers
Samurai
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Both societies had limited western contact until
The 1900s
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Japanese society was destroyed but since has become an economic power
During world war two
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China's nationalist revolution
1911
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From Dr. son yat-sen to Chiang Kai-shek
Defeated by communist forces under Mao Tse-tung
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People's Republic of China
1949
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Who fled to Taiwan or the Republic of China
Nationalists
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Chinese is
Tonal
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There are many dialects but what is most widely spoken
Manderin
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Writing was based on
Ideograms – pictorial
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Japan has how many different writing systems which makes it difficult to learn
Three
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Teachings of Buddha
Buddhism
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Traditional Japanese religion
Shinto
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The loss of feet of China's best known teacher
Confucianism
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(Korea) belief in leader who can communicate with spirits
Shamanism
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High literacy rates
Education
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Up-to-date medical facilities
Health
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Life expectancy for women
70 years old
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Life expectancy for men
65 years old
80
Method of preparing field
Terracing
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Most agricultural nation
China
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What percent of the population works in agriculture
40%
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Members share work and products
Communes
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Most farms are family businesses
Japan
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Grows all the what it needs
Rice and vegetables
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Are world leaders
Japan, China, and South Korea
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Cooperatives members work together
Japan
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South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore – new economic powers
Four tigers
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Most industrial nation of East Asia since World War II
Japan
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Japan Economic miracle depends on trade – especially what
Raw materials
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Japan's largest trading partner
United States
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Using outdated equipment
China
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Smaller businesses larger workforce cheap labor
Taiwan
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Mongolia most industries are
Livestock, farms, and forests
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Strong United States ties
South Korea
96
Major means of transportation
Rivers
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Much of East Asian trade depends on the
Merchant Marine – ships used in trade
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Japan – high-speed trains
Bullet trains
99
Locally animal drawn carts – other countries
Buses
100
Everywhere
Bicycles
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Modern
Japan
102
Other countries are
Improving
103
Has cause pollution
Industrialization
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Acid rain, toxic waste, and
CSC's
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Heavy industry
Lung disease
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Driftnets, whaling
Japan
107
Disasters associated with the ring of fire
Earthquakes and volcanoes
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Japan has some of the world strictest
Pollution laws

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