Maritime East Asia - Physical Overview Flashcards
What countries are in this area?
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
What is Japan?
Japan is an Archipelago of tons of islands. There are many tsunamis and earthquakes.
What is Taiwan?
A subtropical country.
What is the Philippines?
A very volcanic-ally active archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
The Philippines has a tropical climate with many ___.
Coral reefs.
Although they can be destructive, volcanoes can also provide humans with ___.
Rich agricultural soil.
In Japan many people live near ___.
Active volcanoes.
A tsunami is ___.
Displaced water.
Because it spreads over many degrees of latitude, Japan has several ___.
Climates.
Taiwan is a large ___ near the coast of China.
Continental Island.
In 1991 an important airport in the Philippines was destroyed by _____.
Volcanic activity.
