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Flashcards by paul.schneider, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Where area has of East Asia has the densest population? | Eastern and southern Japan, western Korea and Taiwan |
| Where does 70% of the Japanese population live in the country? | On the coastline between Tokyo and Osaka |
| What was the impact of China's one-child-policy up to 2001? | Only slowed the huge growth of the population |
| What is the capital of Mongolia? | Ulan Bator |
| How much of China's population is Han? | 92% |
| Japan is predominately what ethnic mix? | Asian continental and Pacific island |
| What do the North and South Koreans have in common? | They have common ethnicity and history |
| Until the mid-1900s, Chinese cities were important because they were what? | Markets and administrative centers |
| What was the title of the 1993 World Bank report on East Asian economic development? | "East Asian Miracle |
| In 1867, where was the capital city of Japan moved to? | Edo, later called Tokyo |
| What are the names of Japan's four main islands? | Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu |
| What was created between North and South Korea in 1953 after the armistice? | Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) |
| Under what dynasty did Admiral Chen-Ho expand Chinese naval power and to where? | Ming Dynasty, beyond India to the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, eastern Africa and Madagascar |
| What type of agriculture allowed families to decide which crops to grow in 1980s China? | Household Responsibility System |
| Who are China's top three trade partners in the early 2000s? | United States, Japan and Taiwan |
| What is jidoka? | Automation with human intelligence, combining high quality, short delivery times, and low-cost production |
| What is kaizen? | Continuous growth |
| Who famously calculated the population rate change after strictly implementing the One Child Policy? | Song Jian |
| Who has the largest metropolitan economy in the world? | Taiwan |
| Gender equality was most held in which country? | China |
| What groups notably still deal with the harshest discrimination in Japan? | Burakumin (social outcasts), Ainu (ethnic minorities) Koreans (foreign ethnic minorities) |
| What are the major rivers on the Asian continent? | Irrawaday and Salween Rivers - Myanmar Mekong River - China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand Red River - Vietnam |
| What and where is the "Wallace Line"? | Alfred Russell Wallace, a botanist, created this line between Sulawesi and Borneo. It created a division of the region's biogeography |
| Where was the Khmer Empire's center starting in the 800s? | The Mon and Khmer people were in the center in the north of Cambodia |
| What was the agreement between the United Kingdom and Holland? | The United Kingdom took Malaya and the Dutch took the East Indies |
| What human rights issues occurred by the Khmer Rouge? | They ordered the killing of 1.7 million people between 1975 - 1979, and many were put on trial in 2001 |
| What is the major global city-region in Southeast Asia? | Singapore |
| What is the only country in Southeast Asia was not a colony? | Thailand |
| How has Ho Chi Minh been able to develop a marketplace economy? | Exports of rice now third in world One of largest coffee production Change crops to rubber, peppers, cotton and hybrid corn |
| What are the main islands of Indonesia? How are those countries divided? | Kalimantan Sumatra Irian Java Sulawesi Java |
| What is the newest country in Southeast Asia and who formerly colonized it? | East Timor was colonized by Portugal |
| What is the majority religion in East Timor? | 90% of the country is Catholic |
| When did Thailand propose a free trade agreement in Southeast Asia? | 1991, as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| What is the largest body of water besides the oceans? | South China Sea |
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