GEOG 141: East Asia

**In Hong Kong, 7.4 million people are packed into only 23 square miles**

What is the primary cause of air pollution in cities in East Asia?

**Japan has one of the longest life expectancies.**

Which of the following countries relies upon a heavily centralized state government to distribute food and goods?

**What is East Asia's largest desert?**

The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami event was responsible for 18,000 deaths in Japan in 2011

Which place is known as the roof of the world?

**Which of the followings are the two major contrasting climate zones in continental East Asia?**

**Which of the following policies caused China to have a gender imbalance of 34 million more men than women?**

Japan recieves snow due to the "lake effect" where cold air passes over warm water and precipitates as snow.

**Mongolia has the highest percentage of females with a higher education**

**The delta of the Yellow River empties into the Bohai Sea.**

What are some responses to population issues in China and Japan?

Where does the majority of China's population reside?

Which country is least densely populated?

**China still enforces the One-Child Policy.**

How do the Himalayan Mountains influence the dry climate of inland China and Mongolia?

In East Asia, which country has experienced the strongest urban growth in the past thirty years?