Unit 14 East Asia

Who led the Khmer Rouge?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• Pol Pot

• Kim Il-Sung

Which of the following is NOT one of the the three major rivers in China?

• Yellow River

• Yangtze River

• Pearl River

• Ganges

Which of the following is not an "Economic Tigers" of the Pacific Rim?

• South Korea

• North Korea

• Hong Kong

• Tawain 

the idea that the goal of communism was to spread to capitalist states and that the only way to stop it was to "contain" it within its present borders.

• Democracy theory

• Communism theory

• Containment theory

• Domino theory

Who built the Three Gorges Dam?

• Hong Kong

• Korea

• Japanese 

• Chinese

Why do you people continue to live near the coast in Japan even with the risk of tsunamis?

• Much of the interior of the main islands is mountainous and not easily inhabitable by large populations.

• The beachfront property is more valuable 

• Since most people work in the fishing industry they need to live on the coast. 

• Japan is an island so they only have coastlines

a farming method where farmers clear land by cutting down vegetation, and then burning the debris to create ash which acts as a natural fertilizer for the soil, allowing them to plant crops in the newly cleared areas

• Slash and burn

• deforestation

• desalination

• irrigation

​​​What is this?

• Monsoon flooding

• Rice terrace

• a mountain 

• lake

What type of map is this?

• Physical

• Political

• Thematice

What type of map is this?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic