Unit 5 East Asia

True or False: 36.9% of the world's population lives in other Asia.

• True

• False

What are the two most common climates in East Asia?

• Dry and cold

• Tropical and Dry

• Moderate & Cold and High Altitude

• Polar and cold

_people live in the areas with high altitude climates while _ people live in the areas with moderate and cold climates.

True or false: Chinese communities have only benefited from rivers.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

For thousands of years Chinese communities have both benefited from and been harmed by rivers. For example the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River helps and harms nearby communities.

Most people in East Asia live near

• Mountains and lakes

• Coasts and rivers

• Deserts

• Volcanos

We learned that a lot of people in East Asia live near coasts and rivers which makes the land arable. What does arable mean?

• Land that makes the ground very cold

• Land that is desert like

• Land that is infertile

• Land that is good for growing and farming

True or False: The fewer people that do live in high altitude climates have come up with ways to adapt and thrive to living in these areas.

• True

• False

What is a megacity?

• A city with more than 1 million people living there

• A city with more than 10 million people living there

• A city with more than 100 million people

• A very big city

Which country in East Asia has the most cities with more than one million people living in them?

• China

• Japan

• Mongolia

• South Korea

If you immigrate to East Asia that means you...

• Move to East Asia from another country

• Move from East Asia to a country out of East Asia