Physical Geography: East Asia

Multiple Choice

What makes the Sichuan basin such an important area for agriculture?

• Mild climate & long growing season

• Tropical climate & Arid soil

• Many rivers & Increased daylight hours

• Temperate climate & short growing season

Multiple Choice

Which islands are located along the Pacific Ring of Fire?

• Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia

• Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines

• Australia, New Zealand, Fiji

• Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Cuba

​These islands are also vulnerable to tsunamis generated by underwater earthquakes.

These tidal waves crash over the land and can cause great destruction and loss of life.

Multiple Choice

Tsunamis are caused by...

• orographic precipitation

• underwater earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

• cyclonic wind patterns

Open Ended

What makes tsunamis so dangerous?

10 Years Since the Sumatra Tsunami

https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/indianoceantsunami/

​Plateau of Tibet

Multiple Choice

How many rivers flow through the Tibetan Plateau?

• 5

• 7

• 2

• 1

Mountains in East China

Gobi Desert

Open Ended

What is happening to the herding (nomadic) populations in Mongolia? Why?

A Day in the Life of a Mongolian Shepherd

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ye0zUHFn0o

The

Grand Canal

– the

world’s longest

artificial

waterway

-connects Hangzhou in the south to Beijing in

the north

.

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ye0zUHFn0o

​Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant - Alex Gendler

Multiple Choice

What kind of power does the Three Gorges Dam produce?

• hydro nuclear power

• hydroponic power

• aqua thermal power

• hydroelectric power

Open Ended

What is happening to millions of people in the process of building the Three Gorges Dam? Why?