Asia Test 2023

Question 1

What does etiquette mean?

Answer 1

Having good/bad manners and
the customary code of polite behavior in society

Question 2

What is elevation?

Answer 2

The height above sea level

Question 3

How many main tectonic plates are there?

Answer 3

Seven

Question 4

What happens when tectonic plates move?

Answer 4

When two plates come together = mountains are formed
When two plates shift next to each other = earthquake occurs

Question 5

What is a topographic map and the benefits of it?

Answer 5

A topographic map uses rings to show elevation. The higher the elevation, the smaller the rings. This could help hikers, pilots, rescue teams, military, architectural engineers get through narrow values or study routes.

Question 6

What is a physical map and the benefits of it?

Answer 6

Physical maps use color to show elevation.
More general / regions. To see where people live, tourists to find a general area to go visit, meteorologists to start to see climate patterns

Question 7

What does arable land mean?

Answer 7

The land that is livable.

Question 8

How do you find population density?

Answer 8

The number of people per square mile/km. The entire population is divided by how many sq. mile/km there is

Question 9

What is population distribution?

Answer 9

Where the people live.
In Japan, the population is distributed along the coast
*In MI, the population (a large part) is in SE Michigan

Question 10

What is densely and sparsely populated?

Answer 10

Dense=crowded
Sparse=spread out

Question 11

What is physiologic population density?

Answer 11

The number of people per square mile/km on arable land.

Question 12

What is human footprint?

Answer 12

The negative impact that large numbers of people make.
ex.) Deforestation, air and water pollution etc.

Question 13

What is government?

Answer 13

a system that sets up and enforces a society’s (community, country, school, team etc) laws and institutions

Question 14

What is direct democracy and the pros and cons of it?

Answer 14

all people get to debate and vote on every issue
+Everyone has a voice
-Not efficient / arguments / long time (too many cooks in the kitchen)
-Too many people → varied opinions

Question 15

What is representative democracy and the pros and cons of it?

Answer 15

people vote for someone who represents their ideas/beliefs and they make decisions based on that
+more efficient
+you are choosing someone who will fight for what you believe in (in theory)
-sometimes representatives do not make good on their promises

Question 16

What are the three ways a dictator can get into power?

Answer 16

Born into it, Voted in, Overthrow previous dictator.

Question 17

What is a dictator?

Answer 17

A person who rules everything and has complete control over a society.

Question 18

What are some examples of characteristics of a dictator?

Answer 18

False promises
False hope
Manipulative
Charismatic/charming
Take all the wealth and resources
Protected/surrounded by military
Overthrew previous ruler (coup)
Kill/hurt/jail anyone who disagrees
Paranoid
Self-serving, narcissistic
Psychopath
Power-hungry

Question 19

What is a constituent?

Answer 19

A voter.

Question 20

What is a coup?

Answer 20

When someone or a group of people overthrow and kill a previous dictator, and go into power

Question 21

What is the DMZ and its purpose?

Answer 21

The demilitarized zone is a 150 mile border guarded by military between South and North Korea there to preserve the peace between both sides and avoid military confrontations.

Question 22

Timeline

Answer 22

1910- Korea colonized by Japan
1945- Japan kicked out of Korea at the end of WWII
Korea split - North = Soviet control / South = USA control
1947- Start of the Cold War
1950- North Korea invades South Korea = start of Korean War
1953- Armistice (ceasefire) signed and the Korean War never officially ends
1991- End of the Cold War

Question 23

What are the four main islands of japan?

Answer 23

Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu

Question 24

What happens when you recalculate the pop. density of japan to physiologic?

Answer 24

The number increases

Question 25

How do earthquakes happen?

Answer 25

when tectonic plates up and down while hitting each other

Question 26

How are mountains formed?

Answer 26

When plated collide into each other and go up.

Question 27

How is arable land found, and why is the other land not arable?

Answer 27

Climate and landforms

Question 28

What is one example of an adaptation due to overpopulation for health?

Answer 28

people have made 44 different categories of specific recycling to reduce the amount of trash

Question 29

What is one example of an adaptation due to overpopulation for housing?

Answer 29

Multi-purpose rooms, fold out beds, and small appliances.

Question 30

What is one example of an adaptation due to overpopulation for land use?

Answer 30

Tall skinny buildings, and build underground

Question 31

What is one example of an adaptation due to overpopulation for transportation?

Answer 31

bullet trains, and tall parking garages underground too.

Question 32

Why do more populated places have a larger human footprint?

Answer 32

Because the more people who do the things the bigger the impact it makes.

Question 33

What is life like in a dictatorship?

Answer 33

The people are starving and are required to go places and do things. They have no freedom and no say in anything.

Question 34

Why is escaping North Korea so hard?

Answer 34

It is only connected to two countries, China and South Korea. If a North Korean defector is found in China, they are obligated to send he/she back. Also SK is bordered by the DMZ which is guarded by military and very hard to get through.

Question 35

What percent of japan is arable?

Answer 35

11%

Question 36

What is a person who escapes a dictatorship called?

Answer 36

A defector

Question 37

What is something you should not do with your chopsticks and why?

Answer 37

Stab your food because it symbolizes death.

Question 38

What is a map that shows where people live and don't live?

Answer 38

A population distribution map.

Question 39

What is the height below sea level called?

Answer 39

Depth

Question 40

Which line of latitude does the DMZ roughly follow along?

Answer 40

The 38* parallel.

Question 41

Why does japan get a lot of earthquakes?

Answer 41

Because it is on the edge of plates

Question 42

What is japan's normal and Physiologic population density?

Answer 42

Normal: 880 per square Physiologic: 7,953

Question 43

What type of government does south Korea have?

Answer 43

Representative democracy

Question 44

What are all the Nk's dictators names?

Answer 44

Kim il Sung Kim Jong il Kim Jong un

Question 45

What is the name of the blue building on the Dmz?

Answer 45

Joint Security Area

Question 46

What is the name of the first leader of south Korea after the division of north and south Korea?

Answer 46

Syngman Rhee

Question 47

How long is the dmz?

Answer 47

150 miles