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89 Cards in this Set
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Most of the population of Asia lives in the ___ |
East |
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What is Asia's largest desert |
Gobi Desert |
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Where is the center of the Mongol Empire of the 13th century? |
Mongolian Steppe |
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the Mongolian Steppe is what climate |
semi-arid grasslands |
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What is silty sediment deposited by wind storms |
Loess Plateua |
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Asia's largest river??? |
Yangtze River |
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name of the largest hydro-electric project in the world |
Three Gorges Dam |
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Why is the Yellow (Huang He) River yellow?? |
its muddy appearance. it transports loess downstream |
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What is the home of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Formosa |
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Japan is a ___ |
archipelago |
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largest ethnic group in the world |
Han Chinese |
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What does Dynasty refer to in Han Chinese |
a sequence of rulers from the same family tho |
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Han Chinese is influenced by what 3 things |
Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism |
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Confucianism is ____theistic |
NON |
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In Taoism, tao translates to |
the way
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taoism is ___theistic
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NON |
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fundamental text of taoism??? who wrote it??? |
Tao Te Ching written by Lao Tzu |
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What is the name of the network of trade routes from Italy to China??? |
The Silk Road honestly who doesn't know that |
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What acted as a road as an important station in china??? |
Great Wall of China okay we get it ur famous |
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Is the Great Wall of China visible from space??? |
Nah son |
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Largest land empire in history tho??? |
Mongol Empire |
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The Mongol Empire started to the east of ___ |
Lake Baikal |
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Largest freshwater lake in the world, by volume??? |
Lake Baikal cool!! |
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Deepest lake??? |
Lake Baikal that's impressive |
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a region northeast of China??? |
Manchuria. dumb name tbqh no h8 |
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Manchuria is directly above the ____ and west of Japan |
Korean Peninsula baby! |
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What country was highly isolationist until 1854, with Admiral Matthew Perry's visit |
JAPAN chiiiiild
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Admiral Matthew Perry's visit to Japan created what 3 things |
Meiji Restoration Opening of Japan Mass adoption of western practices |
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Religion of Japan is a mix of __ & ___ |
Shintoism and Buddhism ya |
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Japanese militarism is influenced by |
Prussia |
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Japanese militarism views colonialism as ??? |
a source of power! agreed!!! |
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China's 1911 Revolution split citizens into __ & __ |
Nationalists and Communists yikes drama |
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Which group beat the other in China (i love u china), and where were they driven to??? |
Communists defeat Nationalists, driving them to taiwan |
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Where is Korea divided? |
38th parallel |
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what is japan under during the cold war |
nuclear umbrella stayin dry henny! |
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What are the 90s and 00s in Japan? |
The Lost Decades!!! embarrassing for them |
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what are the asian economic tigers? |
South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore |
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most of the asian economic tigers are __ democracies |
authoritarian |
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recently, __'s economy grew larger than __'s |
China Japan that's nice but did i care? no. |
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what country is labelled "one country, two systems" ??????? |
it's hong kong my precious child. but really a country??? seems fake. city. |
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what is the 2nd of two Special Administrative Regions in China??? |
Macao wow |
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what country was rented by the Portuguese until 1887??? |
Macao wow. see, a rhyme??? |
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What is Officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea??? |
North Korea piece of trash garbage |
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what region lies on the ring of fire |
southeast asia. boring |
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what defines the ring of fire pls? |
heavy volcanic and earthquake activity DANGER DANGER |
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southeast asia is primarily __ and __ religions
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islamic and buddhist. cute |
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Southeast Asia mainland region is known as ??? |
indochina bo bina fe fi fo fina CHINA |
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what countries of southeast asia are the richest? |
Singapore and Brunei |
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3rd richest country in se asia??? |
malaysia |
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what is the term used to describe the influence of india beyond the indian subcontinent??? |
Greater India |
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most widely practiced religion in Southeast Asia today??? |
ISLAM nice! |
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most populous islamic country??? |
indonesia |
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1/4 of the world's shipping passes through the ??? |
Strait of Malacca! |
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The Dutch East India Company made up what is today ___??? |
Indonesia
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what's the name for french colonial holdings in southeast asia??? |
French Indochina! |
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the population of se asia is most dense on ??? |
JAVA (not script)
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What did the sumatra-adaman earthquakes trigger??? |
a devastating serious of tsunamis :/// aw
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volcanoes often form near __ or __ plates |
converging diverging |
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what exploded in 1883 |
Krokatoa (also your mom!) |
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Describe the proxy war |
North Vietnam received substantial land from both the Soviet Union and China. good |
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When did Vietnam join the World Trade Organization??? |
2007. Noah shaking for u |
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GDP per capita of Singapore?!?! |
$49k okay brag much |
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world's 4th largest country by population??? |
Indonesia fe fi fo fina NESIA |
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What SE Asian country be highly ethnically diverse tho? |
It's indonesia baby |
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which se asian country has the second highest biodiversity in the world??? |
indonesia NICE good for u buddy. proud to call u a true pal |
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which se asian country has extensive petroleum and natural gas fields??? |
Brunei? more like Bru hi!!! buddy!!!
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what is the 2nd largest continent by area and population??? |
africa |
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where in africa is there strong islamic influence??? |
Horn of Africa |
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what dominated north africa??? |
islamic expansion |
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what does the horn of africa extend into??? |
the ARABIAN SEA my tiny precious mother |
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by what is the horn africa separated from the nubian plate??? dummy |
East African Rift
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Africa's splitting contributes to the formation of ???? |
African Great Lakes! nice, water is good (i heard, unconfirmed) |
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Name 2 African Gr8 Lakes my tiny precious katie |
lake VICTORIA, also Lake Tanganyika |
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What's the largest lake by area in africa??? |
lake VICTORIA biiiiig big nice lake. roomy
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name of the transition zone to the sudanian savannah??? |
Sahel, (dumb name if u ask me but what do i know?) |
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what's near the equator in africa??? |
Tropical Rainforest! How fun! |
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what are the 2 largest african language families?? tough one ik |
Afro-Asiatic family & Niger-Congo family. (what if our last name was niger-congo)
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what's a common bantu language? |
Swahili. (sounds fake but ok) |
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during what years do most african countries achieve independencia? |
1950s and 60s |
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during decolonization of africa, most countries shift from democracy to....? just answer idiot |
singly party governments / dictators (not POtators) |
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Zimbabwe used to be called...? |
Rhodesia. nice name idk why they changed it TBH |
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rebel leader of rhodesia??? |
Robert Mugabe piece of trash |
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what is sub-saharan africa's largest country by population and GDP??? |
NIGERIA! winner winner chicken dinner |
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which country in ss africa has large oil reserves in the Gulf of Guinea which contribute to economic development??? |
Nigeria wow kill it Nigeria
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rates of urbanization in africa are high or low??? take ur best guess! who are we kidding u know the answer |
HIGH 420 |
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how many people live Lagos??? |
like 17 mil, cool |
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what region has the highest urbanization rates in the world??? |
it's sub saharan africa baby! proud of u |
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how many people live in mega cities |
more than 5 mil. low standard if u ask me but W/E |
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Congo used to be a colony of what country? |
Belgium (u might not know but they make waffles, deLICIOUS ugh) |
