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Grudgeball Review NORTH AND EAST ASIA WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA? BEIJING THE KOREAS ARE A ________ OF CHINA. PENINSULA THE BODY OF WATER SEPARATES JAPAN FROM THE KOREAS. SEA OF JAPAN THIS PHYSICAL FEATURE COVERS PART OF MONGOLIA AND CHINA. THE GOBI DESERT THIS PHYSICAL FEATURE MAKES UP PART OF THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER OF CHINA. THE HIMALAYAS THIS PHYSICAL FEATURE IS THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEVATED OF ITS KIND. THE PLATEAU OF TIBET OR TIBETAN PLATEAU CHINA RELIES HEAVILY ON THIS FOSSIL FUEL FOR ENERGY. COAL NAME THREE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CHINA FACES. AIR POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION, BIODIVERSITY/HABITAT LOSS, DESERTIFICATION. NAME 3 EFFECTS OF ONE OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. AIR – MAKES AIR UNSAFE TO BREATHE, CAUSES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS EACH YEAR, CAUSES AIR POLLUTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES WATER – WATER IS UNDRINKABLE, KILLS PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE, CAUSES CANCER DESERTIFICATION – LOSS OF FARMLAND, LOSS OF HOMES, CAUSES PEOPLE TO RELOCATE (INCREASES URBANIZATION) BIODIVERSITY – INCREASES POACHING IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR IVORY/SKINS/BONES, ENDANGERS ANIMAL POPULATIONS ALREADY THREATENED, DISPLACES ANIMALS/DESTROYS NATURAL HABITATS NAME THE FORMER POPULATION CONTROL METHOD CHINA HAD. THE ONE-CHILD POLICY WHAT KIND OF LEADER DOES NORTH KOREA HAVE? A DICTATOR THIS COUNTRY HAS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR EARTHQUAKES. JAPAN THIS IS THE FORM OF GREEN ENERGY THAT CHINA IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN. HYDROELECTRICITY HOW IS HYDROELECTRICITY NORMALLY CREATED? THE BUILDING AND USE OF DAMS (CHINA – THREE GORGES DAM) THIS PHILOSOPHY ENCOURAGES THE WORSHIP OF NATURE SPIRITS OR KAMI. SHINTO THIS PHILOSOPHER MIGHT HAVE SAID, “A RULER MUST TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE.” CONFUCIUS THIS PHILOSOPHY ENCOURAGES ITS FOLLOWERS TO LOOK TO NATURE AND TO FOLLOW A NATURAL “PATH” OR “WAY”. DAOISM WHERE DO MOST PEOPLE IN CHINA LIVE GEOGRAPHICALLY AND WHY? NAME 3 REASONS. IN THE EASTERN HALF. - BETTER CLIMATE - MORE ARABLE LAND CLOSER TO SEA LEVEL - ACCESS TO THE COAST AND FRESH WATER FROM MAJOR RIVERS - ACCESS TO MORE RESOURCES WHAT IS SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY DOES TO ITS PEOPLE? CONTROLS ITS ACCESS TO INFORMATION (LIMITED FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS, CENSORED INTERNET/NEWS) WHAT IS LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP LIVING IN CHINA? THE HAN THIS CHINESE PROVINCE WISHES TO GAIN ITS POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA. TIBET BOTH JAPAN AND KOREA HAVE LIMITED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF… MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPES CHINA’S GOVERNMENT MAKES MANY ECONOMIC DECISIONS THEREFORE THEY HAVE A… COMMAND ECONOMY A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS IS CALLED A(N)… UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA HAVE AN INTERDEPENDENT TRADE RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OF… SCARCITY WHAT ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT NORTH KOREA? -NUCLEAR PROGRAM -COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP -POVERTY LEVEL -SECRECY -INFORMATION CONTROL -RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL -HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHAT IS PER CAPITA GDP? GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION WHAT IS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT? THE SUM OF A COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC OUTPUT IN ONE YEAR. CHINA’S MAIN INDUSTRY IS… MANUFACTURING WHAT IS ONE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AFFECTING JAPAN AND THE KOREAS? OVERFISHING, POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION, FLOODING