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72 Cards in this Set
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What is the largest continent on earth?
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The largest continent on earth is Asia.
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What is the highest place on earth?
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The highest place on earth is Mount Everest.
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What is the lowest place on earth?
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The lowest place on earth is the shore of the Dead Sea.
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What are the two most populous countries in the world?
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The two most populous countries in the world are India and China.
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What is the large desert located in China?
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The large desert located in China is the Gobi Desert.
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What is the highest mountain in Japan?
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The highest mountain in Japan is Mount Fuji.
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What is the basic unit of Japanese currency?
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The basic unit of Japan currency is yen.
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What are the two largest cities in China?
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The two largest cities in China are Beijing and Shanghai.
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What is the island which lies of the southern tip of India?
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The island which lies of the southern tip of India is Sri Lanka.
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What is the largest sea?
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The largest sea is the South China Sea.
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What is the warmest ocean?
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The warmest ocean is the Indian Ocean.
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What is the largest peninsula?
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The largest peninsula is the Arabian Peninsula.
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What is the world's deepest (fresh water) lake?
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The world's deepest (fresh water) lake is Lake Baikal.
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What is the world's greatest archipelago?
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The world's greatest archipelago is Indonesia.
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What is the world's largest inland sea?
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The world's largest inland sea is the Caspian Sea.
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What is the world's longest wall?
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The world's longest wall is the Great Wall of China.
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Define monsoon.
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A monsoon is a wind which originates from the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia. From April to October it blows from the southwest and brings heavy rains. The rest of the year it blows from the northwest and is dry.
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Define tundra.
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The Tundra is a large, cold, and treeless plain in the arctic region
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Define alluvial plain.
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Alluvial plain is land which is formed from sediment (gravel, sand, silt) that is left by flooded waters as it recedes after a flood.
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Define plateau.
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A plateau is an area of flat, raised land that is higher than the surrounding area.
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Define valley.
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A valley is an area of lowland which lies between ranges of hills or mountains.
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Define archipelago.
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An archipelago is a group of islands.
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Define delta.
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A delta is a build-up of soil deposited at the mouth of the river.
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What are the three great fertile river valleys of Asia which were the homes of three important ancient civilisations.
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Tigris-Euphrates valley.
Indus Valley. Yangtze Valley. |
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As Asia is connected to the same landmass as Europe, these two continents together are sometimes called what?
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Eurasia.
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Asia has more mountains than any of the other continents. What are the benefits and problems of this?
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Benefits - mountain springs are the source of many Asian rivers whose waters are used for irrigation of crops and transport.
Disadvantages. Mountains cause obvious transportation challenges. They also isolate and separate people from each other. |
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How many islands make up Japan?
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Japan is made up of four large islands and thousands of small islands.
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Give the names of the four major islands of Japan?
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The four major islands of Japan are:-
Hokkaido Kyushu Honshu Shikoku |
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What one word best describes the landform of Japan and what makes it that way?
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The landform of Japan is mountainous and it is this way because of volcanoes.
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What is the capital city of Japan called?
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Tokyo.
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How many volcanoes are located on the Japanese islands?
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About 150 of which 60 are active.
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What is the average number of earthquakes per year in Japan?
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About 1,500.
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By what name is the area in northeastern China often known?
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Manchuria.
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By what name is the area in northwestern China often known?
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Mongolia.
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How did the Yellow River earn the name of "China's sorrow"?
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Its disastrous floods have claimed so many lives over the centuries.
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Why is India called a "subcontinent"?
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India is called a subcontinent as it is a large peninsula which is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayan Mountains.
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List the three geographic regions that India can be divided into?
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Deccan Plateau.
the Himalayan Mountain System. the Northern Plains. |
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List three important river systems that water the Northern plains of India.
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Indus River.
Ganges River Brahamaputra River |
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Define dynasty?
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A dynasty is a ruling family where the power keeps passing from one family member to another.
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What is to kowtow?
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Kowtow is kneeling and touching one's forehead to the ground; done as a token of submission and humility to a superior.
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What is Opium
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Opium is a narcotic derivative of the poppy plant from India. It can be used medicinally but is also an addictive and damaging drug.
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The Chang dynsaty was the first of around ten major dynsaties in China's history. How long did this family rule?
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About 500 years from 1525BC to 1000BC.
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For what artistic skills were the artisans of the Chang dynsaty known?
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Bronze work
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What metals make up bronze?
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A mixture of copper (88%) and tin (12%). Sometimes other metals such as lead can be added..
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The second major dynasty (they replaced the Chang) had the longest rule in China. Who were they and how long did they rule for?
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The Chou dynasty - 800 years from 1085BC to 221BC
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During the Chang dynasty China experienced her “Classical Age”. What makes something ‘classic’ and what does it offer to later generations?
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A classic is something that is considered to be the best of its kind. It marks a high point in development. For later generations it sets the standard against which others measure it.
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After the Chou dynasty collapsed the Ch'in family took control. What two lasting monuments did this dynsasty leave?
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The nation's name of China and the Great Wall of China.
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What was the Silk Road?
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The road which linked China and Europe for the purpose of trading silk.
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Beginning around 500AD with the Sui, T’ang and Sung dynasties China reached her Golden Age. What determines a culture’s Golden Age
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After a civilization’s Classical Age, a Golden Age will follow. Whereas a Classical Age sets the standard and is a model for later generations, the Golden Age is a period of building on the Classical Age. Great cultural achievements mark a Golden Age
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What group of people was the most honoured by the time China entered her Golden Age?
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The scholars
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What made a person a scholar in China during this Golden Age
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A scholar was one who thoroughly knew the Confucian classics.
Anyone could be a scholar. It did not depend upon family wealth. Studying, taking and passing many levels of exams were the steps to becoming a scholar. |
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What types of jobs were these scholars likely to have?
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Only scholars could hold government positions which were the most honourable occupation in China. The higher level of exam passed the higher the position you could hold.
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China had two major periods of trading. During these times what items did other countries want from China?
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Spices, pottery, silk, porcelain, precious gems, primitive cannons and rockets.
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What items, during its trading periods, did China want from the outside world?
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Horses, scemted woods and precious gems.
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During these trading periods an outside religion entered China. What was it and what were the other two religions in China at that time.
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Buddhism entered from India. Confucianism and Taoism remained strong.
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What were some great Chinese inventions?
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Block printing, paper, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass.
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What dynasy ruled from the late 1300s to 1600s?
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The Ming dynasty.
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What dynasy ruled from 1644 until 1911?
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The Manchu dynasty.
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What was the Ming and Manchu's dynasty attitude to trade with the outside world?
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They did all that they could do to hamper trade with the outside world. The Chinese considered themselves superior to others and had no use for any of the western goods.
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For the little trade that was allowed, which nation controlled most of this trading?
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Great Britain
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What one product did the British finally find that the Chiese wanted?
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Opium.
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What were the Opium wars?
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Two wars between China and Britain. The British were smuggling Opium into China and the Chinese government wanted to stop this. There were wars which ended with British gaining rights to trade with and enter into China. Traders took immediate advantage as, later, so did missionaries.
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What was the Boxer Rebellion?
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The Boxers were members of a secret Chinese society that hated foreigners, especially missionaries. They had a special hatred for the Chinese that had converted. Many christians were killed by the Boxers. The Boxers attacked Europeans and eventually European governments intervened to put the rebellion down and demand reparations.
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What was one of the results of the Boxer rebellion?
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The Manchu dynasty grew weaker and weaker. The rebellion and the ensuing problems with European nations caused the downfall of this last dynasty and a new form of government took over.
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Who came to power in China in 1949 after a civil war?
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The communists led by Mao Tse Tung.
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What is the nickname of Japan?
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Land of the Rising Sun
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From 1200 to 1800 Japan was a feudal aristrocratic society. What were the titles of people in this society?
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Mikado - The Emperor
Shogun - The Feudal Lord Daimos - local landlords Samurai - warriors |
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What was Japan's ambition which led to their part in World War 2
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They desired to build a large Empire and to displace white rule from Asia.
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What American naval base did Japan attack which led to their war with USA
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Pearl Harbor (located in Hawaii)
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What Japanese cities were targets of the two atomic bombs that ended the war?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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After WW2 what happened to the nation of Korea?
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It was divided into two countries. Russia was given control over North Korea and The USA control over South Korea.
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What happened in 1950 which caused the Korean War?
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North Korean communists invaded the South and tried to take control
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