Geography Final- Chapter 11 East Asia
What are 3 negatives to building the 3 Gorges River?
1. Jeopardized several endangered species, 2. flooded a major scenic attraction. 3. Displaced more than 1 million people.
How many islands does Japan have?
4
What percentage of Chinese cities are urban?
42%
What is Loess?
A fine, windblown material that was deposited on the plateau during the ice age.
What is the Confucian Legacy?
A philosophical code of directing individuals' lives; honoring ancestors and parents.
What is a primate city?
A place with a huge population and political capital of the area.
What is a diaspora, and where did it occur?
A scattering of a particular group of people over a vast geographical area; Korea.
What is Hiragana?
A writing system in which each symbol represents a distinct syllable, or combination of a consonant and a vowel sound.
What is Marxism?
An atheistic philosophy.
Why was the 3 Gorges Dam built?
Because of massive flooding.
Why is the Huang He called the Yellow River?
Because of the amount of sediment that settles in- clay, silt, and sand in the water.
Why do most people reside in the lowlands of southern and Central China?
Because of the rich fertile soil and extensive agriculture.
Why is there erosion on the Loess Plateau, and what is the result of it?
Because of wind and water eroding it; therefore brining wind storms into Beijing.
What is the definition of the "ideographic" way of Chinese writing?
Character representing an idea.
Where is Taoism practiced? (2)
China and Korea.
What is major religion of ROK?
Christianity (Presbyterian).
What is China's One Child policy?
Created in 1978, families were expected to only have one child. If not followed, they could suffer financial penalties if they did not comply.
What are two of China's biggest environmental problems?
Deforestation and pollution.
Where does the Huang He's sediment load come from?
Eroding soils of the Loess Plateau.
What is Taoism?
Feng Shui- forces of good and evil within a society.
What writing system did the Japanese develop after noticing that Kanji did not work?
Hiragana
What is the Chinese writing system?
Ideographic.
Where is Confucianism prevalent?
In East Asia.
Where is Shinto practiced?
In Japan
What minor religion is practiced China?
Islam
What is pollution exporting in China?
Japanese companies relocating their dirty factories to other parts of China and Southeast Asia, so that the poorer countries can just deal with their pollution.
What is the original Japanese writing system?
Kanji
What has China recently been a big importer of?
Lumber, pulp, and paper.
What is Taiwan's official language?
Mandarin
What is the dominant language in China?
Mandarin.
What is East Asia's physical geography like? (Terrain)
Mountainous
Do all Han speak the same language?
No.
Where do most of East Asia's people groups live?
On the coast.
What is Shinto?
Practice of worshiping the spirits in everything.
What is nirvana?
Reaching a quest to escape an endless cycle of rebirths and reaching union with the cosmos.
What does ROK stand for?
Republic of China
Where are most of Japan's settlements of people located?
Same lowlands that support the agriculture.
What is juche?
Self-reliance; Marxist views of communism.
What is known as the "Panda Province"?
Sichuan
What is the place of spicy food's origin?
Sichuan
What is the primate city of Japan?
Soel.
What is the most densely populated state in East Asia?
Taiwan.
What is the Tibetan Plateau and why is it called what it is?
The "water tower" of Asia because all of the major rivers flow from there.
What is Mahayana Buddhism also called?
The Great Vehicle
What is the major group of Chinese called?
The Han Chinese.
What river creates the most flooding in Northern China?
The Huang He (or Yellow River).
What place in China is the most anthropogenic landscapes?
The North China Plain
What river was the 3 Gorges Dam built in order to contain?
The Yangtze River
What creates the toxic air pollution?
The burning of high-sulfur coal.
Why did China's One Child policy have problems?
There were way more boys being born than girls due to sex-selective abortions. Now the policy has been lifted so that most couples are able to have two children.
What is Japan's philosophy when it comes to language?
They are homogenuous- which means they do not welcome outsiders.
What is characteristic of Sinitic languages?
They are tonal.
Who are the Han?
Those people who have been historically incorporated into the Chinese cultural and political systems and who languages are expressed in the Chinese writing system.
What two reasons did they build the 3 Gorges River for?
To prevent flooding and to generate electricity.
What are Japan's 3 most largely populated metropolitan areas?
Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
Where you escape materialism and jealousy. Once reached, you get a state of enlightenment to teach others the way.
What is the "tea province"?
Yunnan
