East Asia Review

Which of the following is NOT true about Japan?

• 4/5 of the Japanese live in urban areas.

• There is a very high population density there.

• They utilize high-speed bullet trains for public transportation.

• The Yellow River is there and provides loess for farmers.

The movement of Earth's tectonic plates in the Ring of Fire causes

• hurricanes.

• earthquakes.

• monsoons.

• cyclones.

The Three Gorges Dam is found in China along which river?

• Yellow

• Xi

• Yangtze

• Shinano

A negative of the Three Gorges Dam is

• the amount of pollution it produces.

• the crowds it creates due to the loss of land.

• that over a million people had to move for its creation.

• that it has caused a loss of China's natural resources.

Over 90% of the Chinese are ethnic

• Japanese.

• Han.

• Tibetan.

• Himalayan.

The world's largest urban area is

• Hong Kong.

• Beijing.

• Shanghai.

• Tokyo.

The Japanese have adapted to their high population density by

• building skyscrapers.

• utilizing public transportation.

• living in small homes that have multi-purpose rooms

• all of the above

Where in East Asia is terrace farming popular due to the mountainous terrain?

• China

• Mongolia

• India

• Japan

The 38th Parallel divides

• China and Mongolia.

• North and South Korea.

• North Korea and China.

• China and South Korea.

Cultural divergence is happening

• on the Korean Peninsula.

• on Japan's archipelagos.

• in mainland China.

• on the island of Taiwan.