“River of Sorrows Floods Again” “Thousands Missing After Huang He Overflows” “Over 10 million reported Homeless after 1931 Flooding” These newspaper headlines describe the effects of geography on the people of:

• China

• Japan

• India

• Vietnam

River of sorrows floods again

• Vietnam

• India

• Japan

• China

Thousand Missing After Huang He Overflows

• China

• Japan

• India

• Vietnam

Over 10 million reported Homeless after 1931 flooding

• China

• Japan

• India

• Vitenam

The river valleys of the Huang He and Indus were centers of early civilization because they

• Had rich deposits of iron ore and coal

• Were isolated from other cultural influences

• Contained rich soils from annual floods

• Were easy to defend from invasion

What environmental issue are the people of India facing?

• Pollution of the Ganges

• Limited medical facilities

• Unequal distribution of natural resources

• Irrigation has limited the agricultural productivity

Which economic concept is defined as that which people give up when they choose to spend their resources on something else?

• Opportunity Cost

• Productivity

• The profit motive

• Specialization

In a command economy, major economic decisions are made by

• a. wholesalers of agricultural goods

• consumers of foodstuff

• manufacturers of industrial goods

• officials of the government

In the period since World War II, Japan has dealt with its shortage of natural resources mainly by following a policy of

• Becoming agriculturally oriented nation

• Enforcing a program of austerity for its civilian population

• Attempting to take over nearby resource-rich nations

• Developing many industrial products for export

In present- day China, the major goal of the government is to

• Increase the freedom of the Chinese press

• Reduce its control over the economy

• Increase Chinese control over Southeast Asia

• Decrease Chinese trade with the United States