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41 Cards in this Set
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world's largest population at 1.3 billion
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China
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Only ______ and ______ cover more land area than China
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Russia and Canada
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carries 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic
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South China Sea
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ports on China's southern coast; once European colonies, now part of China
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Hong Kong and Macau
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4 large islands and thousands of smaller ones
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Archipelago of Japan
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largest island; most of Japan's major cities
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Honshu
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Circle of volcanoes bordering the Pacific Ocean
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Ring of Fire
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has more than 1000 small earthquakes each year
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Japan
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huge tidal waves caused by undersea earthquakes
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Tsunami
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The region's only extensive lowland areas are:
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• Manchurian Plain
• North China Plain |
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high mountains in western China
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Pairs
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world's highest mountains; separate China from South Asia
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Himalayas
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ormant volcano on Japan's Honshu island; important spiritual symbol to Japan's people
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Mt. Fuji
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located in southwest China; highest plateau in region
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Plateau of Tibet
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China's three major rivers begin in the _______ __ _____ and flow ________ to the Pacific Ocean
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plateau of Tibet; eastward
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northern China's major river system
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Yellow River
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located in central China; longest river in China
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Yangtze River
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southern China's most important river
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Xi River
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in China; longest artificial waterway in the world; over a thousand miles long
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Grand Canal
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the Chinese harmonize their buildings with surrounding landforms
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Feng Shui
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Only __% of China's land is suitable for farming
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10%
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southern China where two harvests a year are possible
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"Rice Bowl"
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biggest deep-sea fishing industries
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Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China
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East Asia's most important food crops
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Rice and soybeans
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seasonal reversal of winds; changes direction every 6 months
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Monsoons
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Summer monsoons are from _____ to _______ and blow from __ to __
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April to October; SE to NW
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Winter monsoons are from ________ to _____ and blow from NW to SE
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November to March; NW to SE
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in central China; act as a dividing line between North and South
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Qin Ling Mountains
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South of Qin Ling Mountains
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Warm, humid
Rice is the chief crop |
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North of Qin Ling Mountains
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block summer monsoons
cooler, drier air wheat is chief crop |
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warm water current; adds moisture to winter monsoon in Japan
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Japan Current (Kuroshio)
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violent storms, like hurricanes, that form in Pacific Ocean
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Typhoons
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southeast quarter of East Asia - Taiwan, Koreas, Japan, and some parts of China
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Humid Subtropical
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Humid Subtropical
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Humid Continental
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treelike grass (herbal medicine and food)
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Bamboo
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rare mammal of East Asia
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Panda
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Mongolia and Northern China
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Desert
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____ and __________ cold and windy desert
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Gobi; Taklimakan
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East of desert and most of Mongolia
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Steppe
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Plateau of Tibet
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Highlands
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Hainan - island off China's coast
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Tropical Rainforest
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