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Subsistence farming - raising just enough crops to support one’s family. 2. COMMERCIAL FARMING - the large scale production of crops for sale. 3. PADDY - a level field that is flooded to grow rice, especially in Asia. 4. What kind of landform makes up mainland Southeast Asia?
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Subsistence farming-raising • just enough crops to support • one’s family.
2. COMMERCIAL FARMING-the large scale production of crops for sale.
3.PADDY-a level field that is flooded to grow rice, especially in Asia.
4. What kind of landform makes up mainland Southeast Asia? Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand.
Pacific Ocean • 5. What influences the climate of east Asia? • Monsoons.
6. Mineral resources of Japan and South Korea? Few mineral resources.
7. Farming and the population of East Asia? • Fertile soil .
8. Largest oil producing region of the world? • Southwest Asia .
9. Growing crops in Central Asia? Irrigate the farmland .
10. Danger facing the rainforests of Southeast Asia? Logging .
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CRARY MIDDLE SCHOOL MR. CRAKE Wallabi Islands, Australia • HIGH ISLAND-an island formed • From the mountainous top of an • Ancient volcano.
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it 2. LOW ISLAND-an island formed Fromcoral reefs or atolls.
According to the 2006 census 524 people officially live on Atafu Island in the Pacific Ocean. 3.ATOLL-a small coral island in the shape Of a ring.
This animation shows the dynamic process of coral atoll formation. In favorable conditions, the reef will expand, and the interior island will subside. Eventually the island completely subsides beneath the water, leaving a ring of growing coral with an open lagoon in its center. The process of atoll formation may take as long as 30,000,000 years to occur. 4. CORAL-a rock like material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures, most plentiful in warm ocean water.