East Asia

Question 1

most of the population lives in the _____

Answer 1

east

Question 2

plateau

Answer 2

an area with high elevation, but relatively flat

formed by erosion or lava

Question 3

what resource is considered of value for china?

Answer 3

water

Question 4

gobi desert

Answer 4

centered on the border of china and mongolia

asia’s largest desert

Question 5

mongolian steppe

Answer 5

generally semi-arid grasslands

center of mongol empire of the 13th century

Question 6

loess

Answer 6

silty sediment deposited by wind storms

means “loose”

used to make “yaodong”/cave-homes

Question 7

asia’s largest river

Answer 7

yangtze river

Question 8

what dam is on the yangtze river

Answer 8

three gorges dam; largest hydro-electric project in the world

Question 9

why is the yellow river called that?

Answer 9

yellow because of its muddy appearance as it transports loess downstream

Question 10

formoas

Answer 10

archipelago off the coast of china

home of the republic of china (taiwan)

Question 11

what area of asia is subject to monsoon winds

Answer 11

the southern peninsulae of asia

Question 12

the himalayas divide the _______________ from asia and cause __________

Answer 12

indian subcontinent; orographic lifting

Question 13

what form of water is deposited in the himalayas and the tibetian plateau?

Answer 13

glaciers

Question 14

what effect contributes to the gobi desert?

Answer 14

the rain shadow effect

Question 15

what is japan made of/the term for it?

Answer 15

islands/archipelago

Question 16

what is the largest ethnic group in the world?

Answer 16

Han Chinese

Question 17

what does PRC stand for?

Answer 17

people’s republic of china

Question 18

dynasty

Answer 18

refers to a sequence of rulers from the same family

Question 19

what 3 religions are the Han influenced by?

Answer 19

taoism
buddhism
confucianism

Question 20

confucianism

Answer 20

non-theistic itself, often paired with other religion/spirituality

influenced the meritocracy via the imperial examination process

Question 21

tao of taoism translates to the …

Answer 21

way

Question 22

chinese buddhism is becoming increasingly

Answer 22

monastic

Question 23

the silk road

Answer 23

network of trade routes from italy to china

Question 24

great wall of china

Answer 24

acted as a road, and as an importation station

Question 25

is the great wall of china visible to the naked eye from space?

Answer 25

nope

Question 26

mongol empire

Answer 26

2nd largest empire was approximately 50% larger at its zenith

Question 27

where did the mongol empire start?

Answer 27

to the east of lake baikal

Question 28

lake baikal

Answer 28

largest freshwater lake in the world, by volume and deepest lake

Question 29

manchuria

Answer 29

the region in northeast china, directly above the korean peninsula and west of japan

Question 30

what was a result of the opium wars

Answer 30

manchuria/the Qing dynasty ceded hong kong to british and macau to portugal

Question 31

extraterritoriality

Answer 31

some foreigners exempt from local law

Question 32

japan was _______ until 1854 with admiral matthew perry's visit

Answer 32

highly isolationist

Question 33

meiji restoration

Answer 33

"opening of japan" lead to highly centralized state and mass adoption of western practices

Question 34

what is the most sparsely populated sovereign state?

Answer 34

mongolia

Question 35

religion in japan is a mix of ...

Answer 35

shintoism and buddhism

Question 36

shinto means

Answer 36

way of the gods

Question 37

what event pits chinese against foreign-supported Qing dynasty?

Answer 37

boxer rebellion

Question 38

who led the movement of overthrowing the Qing dynasty?

Answer 38

Sun Yat-sen

Question 39

2 effects of the overthrowing of the Qing Dynasty

Answer 39

increased factionalism split into nationalist and communists

Question 40

the japanese militarism was influenced by

Answer 40

prussia and the general staff (group of officiers)

Question 41

japanese militarism view colonialism as a ________

Answer 41

source of power

Question 42

communists in asia defeat ______, driving them to ______

Answer 42

nationalists; taiwan

Question 43

who ran china post-WWII

Answer 43

Mao Zedong

Question 44

great leap forward

Answer 44

failed to attempt to reorganize chinese society, intense propaganda

Question 45

cultural revolution in china

Answer 45

remove capitalist and traditional influences, anti-intellectual and religion red guards - paramilitary social movement of young people gave Mao god status

Question 46

the korean war was divided at the ...

Answer 46

38th parallel

Question 47

north korea shares a border with _____

Answer 47

russia

Question 48

what is the name of the barrier between north and south korea?

Answer 48

korean demilitarized zone (DMZ)

Question 49

japan is under a nuclear umbrella by the US, meaning

Answer 49

any strike against japan is a strike against the US

Question 50

the 1990's and the 2000's are considered the _______ in japan

Answer 50

lost decades

Question 51

japanese economic miracle echoed in western-oriented asian countries of ... which are mostly fairly authoritarian democracies

Answer 51

south korea taiwan hong kong singapore

Question 52

foreign direct investment

Answer 52

foreign company A buys domestic company B or pieces of it usually related to manufacturing

Question 53

only very recently has china's economy grown larger than ...

Answer 53

japan's

Question 54

hong kong is known as ...

Answer 54

one country, two systems belongs to china but is autonomous

Question 55

macao (macau) is the second (of two) _________

Answer 55

special administrative regions of china

Question 56

north korea is officially known as

Answer 56

the democratic people's republic of korea (DPRK)

Question 57

china's "one china" policy requires

Answer 57

that china itself be recognized as the "sole legal government of china"

Question 58

many in the US fear that china is probing ______ defenses for a possible invasion

Answer 58

taiwan's

Question 59

xi jinping

Answer 59

current chinese president

Question 60

chinese dream

Answer 60

to "rejuvenate" the country; functionally an attempt to increase china's power and influence globally

Question 61

hong kong - mainland china conflict

Answer 61

increased "mainland" pressure on hong kong

Question 62

china's one-child policy

Answer 62

state sanctions for having more than one child, population as a burden