Lesson Three and Four World Geography

8 degrees north

At what approximate degree of latitude is Cape Comorin on the southern tip of the Indian Peninsula?

37 degrees north

At what approximate degree of latitude is the northernmost point of the country of India?

personality

The samurai sword was said to have a __________ of its own.

Lama

Buddhist religious leader

Raj

Hindi word for empire

northern, eastern, and southern

In what area of South Asia is the population density the greatest?

Chipko

India's tree hugger movement that protects forest through reforestation and by supporting limited timber production

Tsunami

Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake

False

Life in North Korea is very similar to life in South Korea.

Yellow Sea

What body of water is located between Korea and China?

South China Sea

What body of water is surrounded by the Asian mainland and Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo?

Gobi Desert

What desert extends 1,000 miles through southeast Mongolia and north China?

Great Indian Desert

What desert is located in India?

planting trees to halt soil erosion

What is the Chinese government doing to prevent desertification?

Sichuan Basin

What is the basin in central China that is south of the Qin Ling Mountains?

East China Sea

What is the body of water that is bounded by Japan, China, and Taiwan?

New Delhi

What is the capital of India?

Himalayas

What is the mountain range south of the Plateau of Tibet that extends 1,500 miles through six countries?

North China Plain

What is the plain upon which China's capital, Beijing, is located?

Plateau of Tibet

What is the plateau in the southwestern part of China that comprises approximately one fourth of the whole country?

Deccan Plateau

What is the plateau located in the center of India?

subsistence farming

What is the predominant land use in India?

Yellow River

What is the river that begins in the plateau of Tibet and runs across the farmlands of northeastern China?

Yangzi River

What is the river that flows from the plateau of Tibet across central and southern China to the East China Sea?

Mount Everest

What is the tallest peak in the Himalayas?

Taklimakan Desert

What is the vast desert in northwestern China that helped isolate the country from West Asia?

The Himalayas

What physical features distinguish South Asia's northern borders?

Ganges Plain

What plain is located just south of the Himalayas?

Kathmandu, Thimphu, Dhaka

Which three capital cities have the highest elevations in South Asia?

Megalopolis

a "super city" that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.

Sadhu

a Hindu hermit or holy man

Cottage Industry

a business that employs worker in their homes

Culture Hearth

a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

Dissident

a citizen who speaks out against government policies

Commune

a collective farming community whose members share work and products

Merchant Marine

a country's fleet of ships that engage in commerce or trade

Stupa

a dome shaped structure that serves as a Buddhist shrine

Dzong

a fortified monastery of Bhutan, South Asia

Archipelago

a group or chain of islands

Ideogram

a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea

Dynasty

a ruling house or continuing family of rulers, especially in China

Pagoda

a style of architecture most often found in traditional East Asian buildings, marked by gracefully curved tile roofs in the tower style

Guru

a teacher or spiritual guide

Asia Pacific Economic Group (APEC)

a trade group, whose members are Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan, that ensures that trade among the member countries is efficient and fair

Typhoon

a violent tropical storm that forms in the Pacific Ocean, usually in late summer

Cooperative

a voluntary organization whose members work together and share expenses and profits

Japan Current

a warm water ocean current that adds moisture to the winter monsoons

Acupuncture

an ancient practice that involves inserting fine needles into the body at specific points in order to cure disease and ease pain

aborigine

an area's original inhabitants

World Trade Organization (WTO)

an international body that oversees trade agreements and settle trade disputes among countries

Shamanism

belief in a leader who can communicate with spirits

Chlorofluorocarbons

chemical substance, found mainly in liquid coolants, that damages the earths protective ozone layer

Trade Surplus

earning more money from export sales than spending for imports

Cash Crops

farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family

Loess

fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind

Alluvial plain

floodplain, such as the Indo-Gangetic Plain in South Asia, on which flooding rivers have deposited rich soil

Haiku

form of Japanese poetry originally consisting of 17 syllables and three lines, often about nature

poaching

illegal hunting of protected animals

monsoon

in Asia, seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold, dry air from inland in the winter

Monsoon

in Asia, seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold, dry air from inland in winter

Nirvana

in Buddhism, ultimate state of peace and insight toward which people strive

Reincarnation

in Hindu belief, being reborn repeatedly in different forms, until one has overcome earthly desires

Karma

in Hindu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives

Dharma

in Hinduism, a person's moral duty, based on class distinctions, which guides his or her life

Jute

in Hinduism, a sacred word or phrase repeated in prayers and chants

Mantra

in Hinduism, a sacred word or phrase repeated in prayers and chants

Dalits

in India, the "oppressed" people assigned to the lowest social class

Samurai

in medieval Japan, a class of professional soldiers who lived by a strict code of personal honor and loyalty to a noble

Jati

in traditional Hindu society, a social group that defines a family's occupation and social standing

subcontinent

large land mass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it, such as India

Shogun

military ruler in medieval Japan

Homogeneous

of the same or similar kind or nature

Biomass

plant and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel

Desertification

process in which arable land is turned into desert

Green Revolution

program, begun in the 1860s, to produce higher yielding, more productive strains of wheat, rice, and other foods

Mica

silicate mineral that readily splits into thin, shiny sheets

Trade deficit

spending more money on imports than earning from exports

cyclone

storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure

sustainable development

technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area

Calligraphy

the art of beautiful handwriting

Aquaculture

the cultivation of seafood

nuclear proliferation

the spreading development of nuclear arms

ecotourism

tourism based on concern for the environment

Economic Sanctions

trade restrictions

Clan

tribal community or large group of people related to one another