quiz of GEO105 exam 4

A.- Major drawbacks with the ___________ ___________ used in the ____________ ____________. (word word, word word) They require greater amounts of fertilizer and water; The seeds are often expensive; Some varieties of crops are susceptible to diseases; Sometimes they taste differently or unpleasantly.

B.- Japan, Taiwan and South Korea can be considered the countries of East Asia

C.- South Korea's is aimed at improving relations between it and North Korea.

D.- The - began in the 90â??s when Korea started to export music, movies, TV shows and food types in addition to electronic goods and cars.

E.- Origins of civilizations is in the northern China plain

F.- Most rigid Marxist country in this region:

G.- Pakistan became two separate countries: ________________ & _______________________

H.- _________________________: has been uplifted and tilted so it sloped downward from west to east, it has fertile volcanic soils; it is wet along its eastern and western coasts and drier in its interior; it contains such cities as Madras, Bangalore, Bhopal

I.- There are currently (# word) people living in India.

J.- India had the first created in 1952.

K.- In the _______ religion, the ledger that accounts for a personâ??s good and bad deeds is called _______.

L.- The original partition between India and Pakistan was based primarily on

M.- In , India and Pakistan became independent from the UK.

N.- English is the of India

O.- The economic history of India since British intervention in 1600 is a classic illustration of

P.- wind circulation patterns of South Asia are caused by changing air pressure cells over the land in northern India and Tibet

Q.- In in the Indian City of Bhopal, an American chemical plant that manufactured fertilizers for the Green Revolution exploded a mass of dead gasses that killed about 3500 people and injured a total of 200,000.

R.- The largest ______ and â??life bloodâ?? of Pakistan is the _____ River

S.- In southern India between Bangalore, ________ and Hyderabad, there is a _________ ________ _____________ ____________ corridor called the Indian Silicon Plateau.

T.- Sri Lanka has two different that differ in language and religions and has thus led to a long civil war

U.- India's states were created on the basis on

V.- is a region of great dispute because its leaders are Hindus and the majority of its population is comprised on Muslims. Additionally, the area is contested with Pakistan.

W.- has the largest number of speakers in India.

X.- orms the basis of Indiaâ??s caste system.

Y.- : area of mountains and plateaus with the latter averaging between 10,000 and 15,000 feet in elevation; it has historically been the enter of the Buddhist religion

Z.- The Northeast (Manchuria), sometimes called the Chinese Middle West, houses the most important __________ _________ and _____________ _______ districts in China

[.- The in China was a time between 1966 and 1976 that the Chinese government got rid of intellectuals, and closed universities. Additionally, people considered to be enemies of the state were exiled to rural areas to be â??re-educatedâ?? according to

\.- The Yellow River (Huang He) is referred to as the ___________ ___ ________ because of its vulnerability to ______, _______, and ___________

].- - a new and simplified system for writing Chinese adopted by the Chinese government.

^.- According to the WHO, China has the world's most serious problem.

_.- FOUR MODERNIZATIONS OF CHINA INCLUDE: Modernizing agriculture, modernizing ________________, further development in _______________, increasing ________________ strength.

`.- wars were fought in China.

a.- (Spell answer) of the world's popluation lives in China.

b.- The was an epic battle between 1934 and 1936 where the Nationalist Chinese forces battled and chased the Communist forces over a distance of 6000 miles.

c.- includes the New Territories, the Kowloon Peninsula, the city of Victoria and was given back to China in 1997.

d.- The three Gorges Dam is being built on the River.

e.- China's most populated city is ______________.

f.- are found in China. Characteristics include: Low taxes, Simplified bureaucracy for foreign investment, cheap labor, easing of exports and imports

g.- greatest ____________ and __________ diversity occurs in China

h.- New Capital of Japan:

i.- Old Capital of Japan:

j.- Likely natural hazards in Japan: _______________, ________________, _________________, _______________

k.- tendency for large groups of Japanese companies to become intertwined by owner each otherâ??s stocks and preferentially buying products and services from each other

l.- Japanese _____________ and _________ supply characteriscts were: (word, word) average farm is small in size, Most Japanese farmers are only part-time farmer. food is very expensive in Japan, Japanese eat much more fish in their diet than the average American.

m.- Out of the East Asian countries, Japan has the highest ________________

n.- ________________ _______________ accelerated the modernization and opening of Japan beginning in the __________. (word word, #s)

o.- _________ of the southern half of Japan is similar to that of the southeastern U.S.

p.- year rule: a major earthquake takes place somewhere in Japan approximately every ____ years.

q.- The metropolitan region of ________________ is the _________ in the world in terms of its population. (word-word, word)

r.- Japanâ??s largest population is located on the island of .

s.- ___________and ____________ had the atomic bombs dropped on them in 1945. (word, word)

t.- _______ is a key date in Japanese history because this was the year commodore Mathew Perry's fleet of ships arrived in the harbor of Edo (Tokyo today) thereby forcing Japan to ___________ and __________ with the outside world. (#, word, word)

u.- The __ ________________ governed Japan for __ years after WWII. (Enter answer as word word, #)

v.- are the most victimized people in Japan - because their ancestors worked in the "polluting" industries such as undertakers, executioners and butchers.

w.- Japan is vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanic activity because it lies in a zone where (# word word answer) collide.