Quiz ShowAsia1Which describes the population change of East Asia?China is the only country growingThe entire regions population is decliningThe entire regions population is growing rapidlyWealthy countries like South Korea and Japan have declining growth ratesPoor countries have declining growth ratesA.B.C.D.E.Which is true of East Asian and Southeast Asian citiesAll are under 2 million peopleMost have about 1 million peopleMost do not have modern buildingsMost are getting smallerSome are among the worlds largestA.B.C.D.E.What best describes the ethnic diversity of the AreaMost areas have little ethnic diversityEast Asia is more ethnically diverseBoth areas have lots of ethnic diversitySoutheast Asia is more ethnically diverseA.B.C.D.E.The Silk Road went from China toBy the Sea of ChinaMongoliaIndiaBy the Indian OceanBy the MediterraneanA.B.C.D.E.What happened to Hong Kong in 1997?It was returned to JapanIts economy folded in Chinas communist ruleIt was returned to the United KingdomPortugal returned ownership to ChinaIt became part of China as a special administrative regionA.B.C.D.E.What fraction of the population lives in this area of the world?1/3Means place without waterGobiHow did Marco Polo help Europeans learn about China?He wrote a book about ChinaTitle for the people who governed Japan until 1800sshogunsMajor river in Southeast Asia that begins with an IIrrawaddyWho tried to get Japan to end isolationMatthew C. PerryWhat is a megalopolis?One city after another, after anotherWood that is used to make furnituremahoganyWhich area is drier, East Asia or Southeast Asia?East AsiaDefine archipelagoChain of islandsClimate of northern JapanHumid continentalRiver that borders Laos and ThailandMekongKnown as the Yellow RiverHuang HeCountry that controls the Strait of MalaccaSingaporeWood from rainforests used to make boatsteakWhat is the Roof of the World?Plateau of TibetWhat do the Chinese writing symbols represent?Characters that stand for wordsName of oceans in this part of the worldIndian and PacificWhat river is Chinas Sorrow?Huang HeThis area has large deposits of what minerals?Iron ore and tinWhat country in the area has the lowest winter temperatures?MongoliaWhere the Three Gorges Dam is builtOn the Chiang JiangThe drier of the two deserts discussedTaklimakanWhat religion stress that all parts of nature have their own spirits?ShintoClimate found in Mongolia by the desertsteppeUsed in making rockets and light bulbstungstenLowland found in East AsiaNorth China PlainOr Manchurian PlainWhat two countries cover most of East Asia?China and MongoliaDefine dzudA dry summer followed by a harsh winterWhat is the Ring of Fire?Area where tectonic plate activity causes volcanoes and earthquakesWho claimed large areas of China as spheres of influence?European countries and JapanWho was Chinas communist leader?Mao ZedongMeans great generalshogunWhat group invaded China from Central Asia?MongolsWhat nation has the worlds 2nd largest economy?JapanMost Chinese are of what ethnic group?HanWhat vegetation term contributes to the problem of landslides?DeforestationWhat nation has the highest population density?SingaporeWhat is a disadvantage of the Three Gorges Dam?About a million people need to moveHuge tidal waves are caused by thesetsunamiWhat unique item is harvested in Japan and the Philippines?pearlsWho helped the shoguns to govern Japan?samuraiWhat dynasty began the Silk Road?HanChinese nationalist leaderChaing Kai-shekMajor religion in Malaysia and IndonesiaIslamTemples with up-turned roofspagodasFormer name for ThailandSiamChinas official languageMandarinJapanese form of poetryHaikuLocation (city) of the Forbidden CityBeijingDefine censusCount of peopleWhat dynasty started a census?MingMajor religion of Thailand, Laos and CambodiaBuddhismChinas population passed what mark in 2005?Over 1.3 billionWhy is a river called the Yellow River?Loess from the Gobi makes it yellow