Asia Test Review Flashcards
(24 cards)
Etiquette
Proper Manners
Elevation
Hight above see level
Tectonic Plates
Seven Major Tectonic Plates or always moving in different directions when two collide a mountain is formed when they shift together a earthquake happens
Topographic Map
rings to elevation the smaller the ring the higher the bigger the ring the lower also it is more specific
Physical Map
Uses colors to show elevation/more general regions/to see where people live, tourist to find a general area to go visit, meteorologists to start to see climate patterns
Population Density
Number of people per square mile/Japan 880 per square mile/crowded
Population Distribution
Where people live/in Japan the population is distributed along the coast
Dense
Crowded
Sparse
Spread out
Arable
Usable land/livable land/farmable land
Physiologic Population Density
More accurate calculating population density only using arable land
Human footprint
Humans negative environmental impact
Government
A system that sets up and enforces societies (community country school team etc.) laws and institutions
Democracy
Rule by the people-voice-vote
5th century Greece
Demo (people) kratos (rule)
Direct Democracy
All people get to debate and vote on every issue
+everyone has a voice
-not efficient/arguments/takes too long
- too many people
Representative Democracy
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
-sometimes representatives do not make a good on their promises
Constituent
A voter
Coup
Overthrow
Three ways to get into power
Born into (heir)
Coup (overthrow)
Elected in a democracy and diss is the government
What splits North and South Korea
DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
Defector
Someone who has abandoned their country in favor of another country
Korean War in timeline form
1910 Korea colonized by Japan
1945 Japan was kicked out by Korea ant end of ww2 north of Korea was in the Soviet control south was in the USA control
1947 Start of the Cold War
1950 North Korea invades South Korea and start the Korean War
1953 Armistice ceasefire signed and the Korean War never officially end
1991 end of Cold War
North Korean Dictator in order
Kim IL Sung
Kim Jong il
Kim Jong un
Japans 4 main islands
Honshu
Hokkaido
Shikoku
Kyushu