Chapter 14 - East Asia

What is the main reason that Japan limits logging in some areas of the country?

Which country in East Asia has a dispute with Russia over the Kuril Islands?

Which river flows through Seoul, the capital of South Korea?

What kept most foreign invaders from China's lands?

area of a country where a single foreign power has executive trading rights

Which Chinese thinker based his teachings on the idea that people are morally good and loyal to their families?

Which East Asian country has the largest deposits of fossil fuel?

What was the main reason the rulers of Japan decided to isolate their country in the 1600s?

East Asian culture places a high value on education

Which of the following was the last dynasty in China?

Ceramics and pottery have long been an important part of East Asian art

military leader in early Japan

What is calligraphy?

To meet the worker shortage, China encourages families to have three or more children

From which country was Buddhism introduced into China?

Which East Asian nation became a global economic power by the 1990s?

Why is Hong Kong called "one of the most vertical places on Earth"?

What is the subregion of mainland East Asia that is often called "the roof of the world"?

The Kunlun Shan range is higher than the Himalaya.

True/False: China is the largest country in the region of East Asia.

The variety of climates in East Asia are created by the large size and elevation

4,000 mile long caravan trade route

Popular type of music in East Asia

landowning warriors in early Japan

In which system does the government control all economic goods and services?

Japan has a higher gross national product than China

What was the main purpose of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?

The United States and Europe import many manufactured goods from East Asia.

line of rulers from a single family

A huge cluster of cities, like Greater Tokyo

China's population underwent a sharp decline in the mid-1990s.

What is the largest city in China?

a group or chain of islands

Japan has a higher level of urbanization than China

How did the Huang He (Yellow River) get its name?

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world

Which Chinese thinker based his teachings on the idea that people should live in harmony with nature?

Which river is the longest in China and the third longest in the world?

The North China Plain is an important farming area

True/False: Japan was created by earthquakes.