East Asia Unit 4 Geography

Large country in East Asia, borders Pacific Ocean

• Japan

• Mongolia

• Russia

• China

Located between Russia and China, an area that receives less than 10 inches of rain in a year. Home of the Mongols.

• Gobi Desert

• Tibetan Plateau

• Himalayas

• Korean Peninsula

fA chain of islands, an archipelago off the east coast of Asia. Made up of 4 major islands and hundreds of smaller islands. In the Pacific Ocean.

• Indonesia

• Australia

• Sri Lanka

• Japan

Largest mountain range in the world, location of Mount Everest. Created by continental plates colliding. Located in Asia.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountians

• Himalayan Moutains

• Andes Mountains

Surrounded by water on three sides, this place is between the mainland of China and the archipelago of Japan. Today it is divided into two countries by north and south.

• Korean Peninsula

• Italian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

Largest ocean on Earth. East of Asia, west of North America.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

North of the subcontinent of India and the Himalayan Mountains, is located

• Plateau of Tibet

• Great Wall of China

• Yellow River

• Gobi Desert

Body of water that separates China from Japan

• East Sea (Sea of Japan)

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Caspain Sea

Two major rivers of China

• Yangtze

• Yellow

• Thames

• Ganges

Which river is the main river in China, responsible for the Chinese civilization?

• Yangtze

• Yellow (Huang He)

• Danube

• Rhine