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Asia 1-4 Flashcards

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Southeast Asia has many …

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Earthquakes and volcanoes

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Where is Southeast Asia located?

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East of Indian subcontinent and south of China

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What is the chief crop do Southeast Asia

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Rice

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Rice is a food crop and a …

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Cash crop

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What are the two areas of Southeast Asia?

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Mainland and island

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What is climate of the island if Southeast Asia?

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Tropical wet climate

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The islands are covered in

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Rain forests

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What is a danger facing rainforests?

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Logging

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What is logging?

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Cutting down trees

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What makes the islands of Southeast Asia mountainous?

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Peaks of underwater volcanoes

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How do nations of Southeast Asia generate electricity?

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Using their own supply of natural gas

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How many islands are in the Pacific Ocean?

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Thousands

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Most of melanesia’s islands are

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High islands

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Which island group has the most people?

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Melanesia

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Micronesia is made up of

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Low islands

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Why do few people live on Micronesia

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Soil is sandy, small little fresh water …growing crops is difficult

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Which is the largest island group

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Polynesia

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Which island group includes Hawaii

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Polynesia

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Polynesia consists of mostly

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High islands

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What is the pacific island’s most valuable resource

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Natural beauty

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What is a key source of income of the Pacific Islands?

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Tourism

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Why are so many animals and plants found in Australia and New Zealand not found anywhere else on Earth?

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Because the country is far from other large landmasses

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Steppe

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Vast, mostly level treeless plains covered in grass

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Geyser

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Hot spring that shoots a stream of water into the air

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Commercial farming

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Raising crops or livestock for sale on the local or world market

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Typhoon

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Storm over the Pacific Ocean that has winds over 74 mph

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Fiord

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Long narrow inlet of the sea bordered by cliffs created by glaciers

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High island

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Formed by mountainous tops,of ancient volcanoes

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Monsoon

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Wind changes direction with change of the season

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Atoll

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Small coral island in the shape of a ring

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Tectonic plate

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Slab of rock that moves slowly over a softer layer beneath the surface of the earth

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Alluvial

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Made of soil deposited by rivers

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Subsistence farming

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Farming that provides only enough food for a family or village

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Marsupial

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Animal that carries it’s young in a body pouch

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Coral

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Rocklike material made up of skeletons of tiny sea creatures

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Low island

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Formed from coral reefs or atolls

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Paddy

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Level field that is flooded to grow rice

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