Transcript Which describes the population change of East Asia?

Which describes the population
change of East Asia?
The entire region’s population is growing rapidly
Wealthy countries like South Korea and Japan have declining growth
rates
The entire region’s population is declining
China is the only country growing
Poor countries have declining growth rates
Which is true of East Asian and
Southeast Asian cities
Some are among the world’s largest
Most are getting smaller
Most do not have modern buildings
Most have about 1 million people
All are under 2 million people
What best describes the ethnic
diversity of the Area
Most areas have little ethnic diversity
Both areas have lots of ethnic diversity
East Asia is more ethnically diverse
Southeast Asia is more ethnically diverse
The Silk Road went from China to
India
By the Indian Ocean
By the Mediterranean
Mongolia
By the Sea of China
What happened to Hong Kong
in 1997?
Portugal returned ownership to China
It became part of China as a special administrative region
It was returned to the United Kingdom
It’s economy folded in China’s communist rule
It was returned to Japan
What fraction of the population lives
in this area of the world?
Means “place without water”
How did Marco Polo help Europeans
learn about China?
Title for the people who governed
Japan until 1800s
Major river in Southeast Asia that
begins with an I
Who tried to get Japan to end isolation
What is a megalopolis?
Wood that is used to make furniture
Which area is drier, East Asia
or Southeast Asia?
Define archipelago
Climate of northern Japan
River that borders Laos and Thailand
Known as the Yellow River
Country that controls the
Strait of Malacca
Wood from rainforests
used to make boats
What is the Roof of the World?
What do the Chinese writing
symbols represent?
Name of oceans in this part of the world
What river is “China’s Sorrow?”
This area has large deposits
of what minerals?
What country in the area has the
lowest winter temperatures?
Where the Three Gorges Dam is built
The drier of the two deserts discussed
What religion stress that all parts of
nature have their own spirits?
Climate found in Mongolia
by the desert
Used in making rockets and light bulbs
Lowland found in East Asia
What two countries cover
most of East Asia?
Define dzud
What is the Ring of Fire?
Who claimed large areas of China as
spheres of influence?
Who was China’s communist leader?
Means “great general”
What group invaded China
from Central Asia?
What nation has the world’s
2nd largest economy?
Most Chinese are of
what ethnic group?
What vegetation term contributes to
the problem of landslides?
What nation has the highest
population density?
What is a disadvantage of the
Three Gorges Dam?
Huge tidal waves are caused by these
What unique item is harvested in
Japan and the Philippines?
Who helped the shoguns to
govern Japan?
What dynasty began the Silk Road?
Chinese nationalist leader
Major religion in Malaysia and
Indonesia
Temples with up-turned roofs
Former name for Thailand
China’s official language
Japanese form of poetry
Location (city) of the Forbidden City
Define census
What dynasty started a census?
Major religion of Thailand,
Laos and Cambodia
China’s population passed
what mark in 2005?
Why is a river called the Yellow River?