Exam 3 Flashcards
(133 cards)
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How were the Himalayas created
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A collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Asian tectonic plate
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What is the highest mountain range in the world
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Himalayas
3
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What is the highest plateau in the world
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Tibetan plateau
4
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What deserts are in the western part of Central Asia
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Kara Kum and kyzyl kum
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What deserts are in the central and eastern part of Asia
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Takilmakan and gobi deserts
6
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Which sea is below sea level
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Caspian Sea
7
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Where is there desiccation
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Aral and Caspian Sea
8
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What does desiccation mean
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To evaporate and dry up
9
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Which sea has shrunk
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Aral
10
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How many people are in Central Asia
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110 million people
11
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Where do most people in Tibet live
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The southern part of the plateau along the Brahmaputra river
12
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What are most people on the Tibetan plateau
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Pastoral nomads
13
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What is transhumance
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A seasonal migration of livestock up and down in elevation
14
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Where do people in Tarim basin live
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Along the edge of the basin where the desert and mountains meet
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What is loess soil
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A fertile soil that is formed from loess which is wind blown silt
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What is an alluvial fan
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Fan shaped features that are deposited by river streams that flow out the mountain and into the basin
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Where is the population growing rapidly
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The agricultural mountain valleys
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Where are Han Chinese immigrating to
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Central Asia ( inner Tibet and the Inner Mongolia autonomous province )
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Where are ethnic Russians emigrating from
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USSR republics
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What percent lives in cities
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30
21
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Where do half of the Mongolians live
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In an urban area and ulaanbaatar
22
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What dominates in Tibet
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Monastic Buddhism
23
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What is monastic Buddhism
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Men devote their lives to being monks : they remain celibate and don’t have children
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What is polyandry
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Where one wife will marry multiple husbands
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Polyandry leads to
Slow population growth because one woman can only have so many children
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What do most people in Central Asia speak
Turkic languages or Mongolian
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Where are Turkic languages spoken
From the west all the way to the northwestern china
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What alphabet did Mongolian adopt
The Cyrillic alphabet
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What do over the half the people in Tibet speak
Tibetan, the rest speak Mandarin Chinese
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What is the largest language spoken in Afghanistan
Pastun and dari
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What religion domiantes Central Asia
Islam
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What group is Sunni
Nomadic Kazaks of Kazakhstan
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What does Sunni mean
They interpret the religion loosely
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What group is Shiite
Pashtuns of Afghanistan
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What is Shiite mean
They interpret the religion more strictly
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What group controlled Afghanistan before the 2003 invasion
Taliban
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Who tried to suppress and persecute Islam when they controlled several areas
Russian and Chinese communists
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What is the second dominant religion in Central Asia
Lamaist Buddhism
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Where does Lamaist Buddhism dominate
Mongolia and Tibet
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What is Lamaist Buddhism often referred to
Tibetan Buddhism
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What are monasticism and monks also called
Lamas
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Who is the spiritual leader of Lamaist Buddhism
Dalai Lama
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Who is the political leader of Tibet
Dalai Lama
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how big is japan
the size of california
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what is archipelago
chain of islands
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what are the islands of Japan
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu
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how many crustal plates intersect off the eastern coast of Japan
three
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what is a tsunami
large ocean waves that occur when an earthquake happens on the ocean floor
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what is a typhoon
tropical cyclones in the pacific ocean which are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean
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does japan experience typhoons
yes
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what percent of Japan is rugged hills and mountains
85 percent
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what percent of japan is flat lands or plains
15 percent
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what is the climate of japan
maritime influence
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what is the climate in the northern end of japan
climate like new england in the USA
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what is the climate in the southern end of japan
USA south
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what was the earthquake in march 2011 called
Tohoku
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what is the Korean peninsula separated from china by
rugged mountains and large rivers
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what is the climate of north korea
humid continental
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what is the weather like in north korea
winters are cold with abundant snow and summers are cool
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what is the climate in south korea
humid subtropical
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what is the weather like in south korea
winters are mild and summers are hot and humid like Georgia or south Carolina
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what is taiwan the size of
maryland
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what was taiwan known as
formosa
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what is the climate of taiwan
humid subtropical
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whos climate is taiwans similar too
southern florida
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what is the largest country in east asia
china
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what country in east asia is the most diverse
china
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what is china proper
a highly populated eastern half of the country
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what is most of the landscape of china
rugged mountains and hills
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what is a unique area of china
loess plateau
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what is loess
a windblown slit that comes from glacial times
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what is the climate in northern china
cold continental
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what is the climate going west toward Mongolia
dry desert and dry grasslands
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what climate dominates southern china
humid subtropical climates
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what is the climate of western china
highland, desert and steppe climates
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what are the wealthier countries in east asia
japan, south korea, and taiwan
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what countries are poorer in east asia
china and north korea
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what do wealthier countries invest in east asia
environmental protection
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why does east asia have environmental issues
large population, rapid industrialization, and unique physical geography
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what is the largest dam in the world
three gorges dam
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where is the three gorges dam located
yangtze river
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why was the three gorges dam constructed
to alleviate environmental problems, to generate electricity, and prevent flooding
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before the three gorges dam was built what happened
2 million people had to be relocated because of a flood
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what is an environmental issue occurring on the loess plateau
erosion
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where is the loess plateau located
west of the north china plain and the huang he river flows through it
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what country has the strictest forestry laws
japan
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what country has the largest urban air pollution problem in the world
china
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what is the most densely populated area in the world
east asia
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how many people in east asia
over 1.633 billion
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how many people are located in china
1.39 billion
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what country has the lowest total fertility rate
south korea and hong kong at 1.1
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how many people live in japan
127 million people
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where do most all Japanese people live
in the cities in the three basins
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where are all Japanese cities located
in the same lowlands
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where do most people live in japan
on the southern side of the largest island, honshu
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how many people does the tokyo area have
36.9 billion people
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what will happen to japans population in the future
if the current trend continues, then the population will decrease
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where do 59 percent of chinese live
in the cities
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what does anthropogenic mean
changed/modified by human beings
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where is the birthplace of the chinese people and culture
north china plain
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who is sichuan basin home to
over 100 million ( a third of the USA)
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what is the china society
a patriarchal society
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where do most koreans live
lowlands
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how many people are in north korea
26 million people
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how many people are in south korea
52 million people
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how many people live in taiwan
24 million people
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where did ancient chinese culture arise
north china plain
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what two cultural characteristics are common in east asia
ideographic writing system and the confucian legacy
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what is syllabury called
hangul
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what is confucianism
teachings of the philosopher of Confucius
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is confucianism a philosophy or religion
philosophy
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what did confucius stress
deference to legitimate authority, the need for authority to be responsible, a particular family system, the need for well rounded and broad humanistic education, and value of meritocracy
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what is the most widespread religion in east asia
mahayana buddhism
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mahayana buddhism is
a nonexclusive religion that allows people to practice it and other religions at the same time
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where is shinto practiced
in japan
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what is essential to shintos
sacred place and pilgrimage
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where is the most sacred place in shinto religion
mount fuji
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what religion is unique to china
taoism
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what is taoism
it stresses the importance of spiritual harmony with nature and the pursuit of a balanced life
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what is feng shui
a set of teachings that instruct people how to build buildings and arrange the contents of them
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where is chrisitanity present
east asia but it is a minority
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what is spoken in the koreas
korean
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what is spoken in japan
japanese
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what is the largest language chinese speak
mandarian
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what language will you find in the central asian part of china
tibetan, mongolian, and uygar
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what country has the largest economy
japan
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what are advantages to japans system
more stable, and easier to plan long term
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what are disadvantages to japans system
reduces flexibility, higher prices, and lower profits
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what is south korea known for
excellence in high tech manufacture
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when did china reclaim hong kong from great Britain
1997
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when did china reclaim macau from portugal
1999
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what does laissez faire mean
leave it alone
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who took control of china in 1949
mao zedong
