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Unit 10: East Asia Study Guide

1. The Japan Current is an ocean current that…?

2. Which part of East Asia is characterized by a humid subtropical climate?

3. Which East Asian country is an archipelago?

4. Which of the waterway is made yellow by the loess it carries?

5. East Asia’s only extensive lowland areas are…?

6. Which East Asian country is severely affected by its location on the Ring of Fire?

7. From the 1890s to the 1940s, Japan built an empire that included....?

8. In which modern-day country did East Asia’s culture hearth originate?

9. The Chinese Communist government encourages which religion?

10. In early Japan, professional warriors that supported a shogun were called…?

11. Today, North Korea and South Korea have experienced ____________________
because of their different political and economic systems.
a. a. a cultural convergence c. acculturation
b. b. syncretism d. a cultural divergence

12. Farmers around the world use terracing techniques when much of the land where they
live is…?

13. One of the main fears about the safety of nuclear power facilities in Japan is…?

14. Despite an international treaty to limit it, Japan continues extensive…?

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15. The only East Asian country that is landlocked is…?

16. Which East Asian people belong to the ethnic group known as the Han?

17. The Japanese art of paper folding is called…?

18. The Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River is the…?

19. The Japanese people are…?

a. a. made up of many ethnic groups. c. a multi-ethnic population.
b. b. a homogeneous population. d. made up of five main ethnic groups.

20. Which religion stresses reverence for nature and is specific to Japan?

21. From the 1100s to the 1800s, Japan was ruled by powerful noble men called…?

22. Tibet is now a part of China, but once it was a(n)...?