Review: East Asia and Southeast Asia
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What mountain ranges are located in China? Pg647 Pamirs and Himalayas
What percentage of the land area does China makes up of East Asia? Pg645 80%
What is an archipelago and which East Asian county is an example? Chain of islands, ex. Japan
What is the Ring of Fire and how does it affect countries? Pg646 Pacific, Philippines, and
Eurasian plates meet and produce volcanoes and earthquakes. Causes Tsunamis ex. Japan
What are the 3 main rivers in China? Yellow, Yangtze, Xi
Which is the longest? Pg649 Yangtze
Which is the most important? Pg649 Xi
Describe the rivers in Japan and Korea? Pg649 Small, Swift, and has spectacular waterfalls
What is Feng Shui and how is it used? Harmony between landforms and buildings
What natural resources does China have? Iron Ore, gold, tungsten, and tin
What natural resources does Taiwan have? Coal, but it is exhausted
How much of China is used for farming? 10%
How much of Mongolia is used for farming? 1%
What does China farm? Rice
What fraction of land is used for farming for Taiwan? 1/4th
What valuable resource does Taiwan have? Oak, Hemlock, and Cedar
What are the climate regions in East Asia Tropical Rainforest, Highlands, Humid subtropical,
humid continental, desert and Steppe
What can grow in the humid subtropical? Deciduous, broad-leaf evergreens, bamboo
What are the weather conditions like in the humid continental zone? Warm Summers and cold
snowy winters
What is unique about East Asia’s desert in the winter and summer? Summer average 73 degrees
and 0 degrees average winter
Which 2 climates can be found in the mid-latitude range? Humid subtropical, humid continental
What shapes East Asia’s climates? Pg651 Physical land barriers, latitude, and monsoons
What type of vegetation can be found in the tropical rainforest climate? Palms, hardwoods, and
tropical fruit trees
What type of vegetation can be found in the highlands climate? Small alpine meadows of grass,
flowers, and trees that dot the lower valleys
What climate zone receives abundant rainfall in East Asia? Tropical rainforest
What crop do China’s ancient people consider one of the five necessary foods for long life?
Soybean
Bamboo, Mulberry Trees, and Tea Bushes are all native and economically important to East Asia
(T/F)
What is the weather and wind direction during the summer monsoons in East Asia? SENW,
heat and humidity (rain)
What is the weather and wind direction during the winter monsoons? NWSE, cold arctic
30. What is the Japan Current and how is it different than the Kuril current? JC is a warm water
current and it adds moisture to the winter monsoons as it warms the land and KC brings cold
water
31. What people group does 92% of China’s 1.3 billion people belong to? Pg662 Han-Mandarin
32. Which country in East Asia has the least population? Pg663 Mongolia
33. In recent decades China has had an ongoing successful population control program (T/F)
34. Which country is considered to have the earliest civilizations to emerge and for the region’s
cultural hearth? Pg668 China
35. What is a tsunami? Large tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake
36. What is Loess and what river gets its color from it? Topsoil blown by wind and Yellow River
37. What are a Shogun Military leader, Samurai Pro-warrior, and Dynasty Ruling family?
38. What is the Malay Archipelago is a group of 20,000 islands and what is it often called East
Indies?
39. What is unique about Thailand’s location on the peninsulas? It is on both Indochina and the
Malay peninsulas
40. What eruption in 1991 is considered to be the powerful of the 20th century? Mt. Pinatubo
41. Which country in SE Asia is the region’s leading producer in fossil fuel and what group is it a
member of? Indonesia and OPEC
42. Which climate dominates SE Asia? Tropical Rainforest
43. Which climate is the second most prominent? Tropical Savanna
44. Bangkok, Thailand, and Jakarta, Indonesia are examples of what type of city? Primate City
45. What is a primate city? An urban area that is the economic center and a port city, as well as, the
capital.
46. Which country has the regions largest number of ethnic and cultural groups? Indonesia over 300
with 250 distinct languages
47. What is it called when you make beautiful designs and patterns on cloth? Batik
*Good Luck*