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Inner Mongolia is in which country?
China
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Why is Central Asia's environment relatively clean?
very few people live in this region = few environmental problems
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Which body of water has shrunk considerably?
Aral Sea
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Migration in Western China?
Han Chinese (from East moving to West)
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In which Central Asian country is life expectancy lowest?
Afganistan
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Most of the peope who have migrated out of Kazakhstan since the break-up of the Soviet Union are of what ethnicity; where are they going; why are they going there?
Russian people ; back to Russia ; Because of the language -> back to native country where life is better
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In what kind of physical feature are many languages often found in a small area?
Mountains
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In Central Asia just before the 1700s, what developments changed the balance of power and allowed the sedentary agricultural states to conquer the nomads (p. 306)?
Developement of gunpowder and weapons
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Where does the Dalai Lama live? Where does he want to live?
India wants to live in Tibet (Buddhist religion)
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Which Central Asian countries were never part of the U.S.S.R.?
Afghanistan , Mongolia
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The most densely settled part of Central Asia is which fertile valley?
Fergana Valley
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The Three Gorges Controversy
Yangtze River -> generate electricity, prevent flooding, move people from home = expensive
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Erosion on the Loess Plateau
Eroding into the Yellow River -> has a lot of sediment +keeps flooding ->rises(elevation) of the river
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Pollution exporting
Build factory in another country = less pollution in their country
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Which country in East Asia has the strongest forest preservation efforts?
Japan
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What agricultural product does Japan NOT import?
Rice
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Population density in Japan?
very densely populated -> suburbs, cities
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The Chinese writing system?
ideographic symbols ->not sound
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Shintoism is most prevalent in which country?
Japan
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Feng Shui
Chinese / Korean practice of constructing buildings (luck)
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Ethnicity of the Han?
majority of China -> Chinese
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Which regions did the Japanese Empire include?
SW Asian countries (N and S Korea, Coastal China, N China, SE Asia, islands in Pacific)
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Which country colonized Hong Kong?
(British) Britian
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Economic growth in North vs. South Korea
very isolated vs better economically
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Which country has a "one-child policy"?
China
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In which country is the world's largest river delta?
Bangladesh
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Which physical feature is needed for orographic rainfall to occur?
Indian Mountains -> air cools can't hold much water
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Monsoons
seasonal change in wind direction
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What environmental issue threatens the Maldives?
Global warming (rising sea levels)
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With which country is the caste system most associated?
India - hinduism
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Which religion dominates in Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Islam
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How were India's states organized?
by language
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In which part of India are Indo-European languages most likely to be spoken?
Northern part
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From which country did Bangladesh gain its independence in 1971?
Pakistan
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Both India and Pakistan claim which territory?
Kashmir
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Which country is the most isolated in South Asia?
Bhutan
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Recently, most of the states in which two countries were plunged into darkness when electricity from the Itaipu Dam was interrupted ?
Brazil + Paraguay
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Recently, Hurricane Ida killed hundreds of people and left thousands homeless in which two countries?
Nicagua + El Salvador
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Recently, Navy boats from which two countries fired at each other because each thought the other was trespassing?
North and South Korea
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Recently, President Obama visited which countries in Asia?
China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan
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Match the language family with the country where it is dominant (Fig. 10.14, 11.23, and 12.20).
A: Indo-European
B: Dravidian
C: Altaic
D: Sino-Tibetan
E: none of the above
- A: Afganistan, Tajikastan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka
- B: NONE
- C: all STANS , Mongolia, (not Pakistan)
- D: China, Bhutan
- E: Japan, N and S Korea
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