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Unit 9 Study Game. Mrs. Richard. What mountains are important to China as the source of 2 great rivers? . Answer: Kunlun Mountains . What earthquake 1923 earthquake killed 1400, 000 people in Tokyo? . Answer: Great Kanto.
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Unit 9 Study Game Mrs. Richard
What mountains are important to China as the source of 2 great rivers? Answer: Kunlun Mountains
What earthquake 1923 earthquake killed 1400, 000 people in Tokyo? Answer: Great Kanto
What Southern River in China, joins 3 other rivers to form an estuary? Answer: Xi Jiang River
What river has deadly floods but irrigates crops the provide food? Answer: Huang He River
In the 1950’s what was banned in Japan which caused birth defects? Answer: Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCB’s)
What was built to control long-term problems of flooding on the Chang Jiang River? Answer: The 3 Gorges Dam
What important landmark of China was built during the Qin Dynasty? Answer: The Great Wall of China
What group believes in “Respect for the past, ancestors , parents, government, emperor and education” Answer: Confucianism
What uprising occurred because of the “spheres of influence” in China? Answer: Boxer Rebellion
Japan, S. Korea and Taiwan are prosperous countries the form this ____. Answer: Jakota Triangle
What religion stresses “the importance of preserving and restoring harmony in the individual and in the universe”? Answer: Taoism
Who went to China in the 13th Century & wrote a book about his adventures? Answer: Marco Polo
What formed the nation of Korea beginning in the ate 300’s until the 600’s? Answer: The3 Kingdoms
Who were the generals of the emperor’s army? Their rule lasted for 700 years. Answer: Shogun
The what religion came to China from India & believes in rebirth? Answer: Buddhism
This organization gave information about the needs of children around the world…. Answer: UNICEF
Who was the leader of the communists in China from 1949-1976? Answer: Mao Zedong
What is the longest river in Asia? Answer: Chang Jiang
What occurred in the mid-1990’s with many East Asian banks and companies going bankrupt which created an economic decline? Answer: Recession
S. Korea, Taiwan, & Japan are economically are…. Answer: Economic Tigers
Both Hainan and the southern tip of Taiwan have a __________ climate. Answer: Tropical Wet
What has about 1.3 billion people and 30 to 40 cities with more than a million people? Answer: China
What country invented gunpowder, paper, porcelain, silk, compass and is mainly rural and self sufficient in agriculture? Answer: China
This country became one of the world’s powerful economies after being defeated in WWII. Answer: Japan
The what country has small living space, high population densities where people mostly live in cities. Answer: Japan
What political group held much power in China for about 50 years (and still controls the country)? Answer: The Communist Party
What country was once called Formosa? Answer: Taiwan
What country has the world’s largest shipbuilding industry? Answer: S. Korea
What country had Samurai’s and Shoguns, and expanded hits empire in the early 20th century? Answer: Japan
AShinkansen is a ___________ in Japan. Answer: Bullet Train
What country has ruled and been ruled by China? Answer: Mongolia
China was carved up by France, Russia, Germany & Britain with the _______________. Answer: Spheres of influence