Asia Chpts 7 & 8

Front 1

Because of mountains, farmland in Japan is limited or unlimited?

Back 1

is limited

Front 2

Japan experiences many earthquakes because....

Back 2

it lies on the Ring of Fire

Front 3

Japan modeled its way of life on that of what country?

Back 3

China

Front 4

Japan imports raw materials and exports what?

Back 4

manufactured goods

Front 5

The Korean War erupted after what event?

Back 5

North Korea attacked South Korea

Front 6

The North Korean government ______ and ______ factories and farms.

Back 6

owns and runs

Front 7

Japan's form of government is what?

Back 7

constitutional monarchy

Front 8

The Korean Peninsula juts out from northern China between the Sea of Japan and the----- Sea.

Back 8

Yellow

Front 9

North Korea is separated from China by the________River

Back 9

Yalu River

Front 10

Japan has 2 major religions...what are they?

Back 10

Shinto and Buddhism

Front 11

How did the Korean War end?

Back 11

no victory and no peace treaty

Front 12

Which martial art originated in Korea?

Back 12

Tae Kwon Do

Front 13

Most of the people of Indonesia belong to what ethnic group?

Back 13

Malay

Front 14

Thailand's government is trying to preserve one of its valuable resources by limiting what?

Back 14

widespread cutting down of forests

Front 15

What is one of the world's smallest countries?

Back 15

Singapore

Front 16

The Philippines spent more than 300 years as colony of what country?

Back 16

Spain

Front 17

Papua New Guinea shares the island of New Guinea with

Back 17

Indonesia

Front 18

Vietnam was once ruled by what country?

Back 18

France

Front 19

Which country was once called Burma?

Back 19

Myanmar

Front 20

Most people in Indonesia are what religion?

Back 20

Muslim

Front 21

Indonesia experiences many earthquakes because it is located where..........

Back 21

2 tectonic plates meet

Front 22

capital city of North Korea

Back 22

Pyongyang

Front 23

huge sea waves caused by undersea earthquakes

Back 23

tsunamis

Front 24

capital city of Japan

Back 24

Tokyo

Front 25

huge urban area made up of several large cities

Back 25

megalopolis

Front 26

major religion in Japan

Back 26

Shinto

Front 27

the northern island of Japan

Back 27

Hokkaido

Front 28

body of water between Japan and Korea

Back 28

Sea of Japan

Front 29

military leaders

Back 29

shoguns

Front 30

Japanese form of wrestling

Back 30

sumo

Front 31

Japan's highest moutain and national symbol

Back 31

Mount Fuji

Front 32

powerful japanese warriors

Back 32

samurai

Front 33

Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya

Back 33

Japanese megalopolis

Front 34

area around Pacific Ocean where the earth's crust often shifts

Back 34

Ring of Fire

Front 35

Japanese city destroyed by an American atomic bomb during WWII

Back 35

Hiroshima

Front 36

the use of every available piece of land to grow crops

Back 36

intensive cultivation

Front 37

South Korea's capital

Back 37

Seoul

Front 38

Kingdom of early Korea

Back 38

Silla

Front 39

famous type of Japanese poetry

Back 39

Haiku

Front 40

highly spiced Korean vegetable dish

Back 40

Kimchi

Front 41

historical plays in Japanese theater

Back 41

Kabuki