East Asia Review

1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
5000 miles
2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
It was built to keep out Mongolian invaders and it runs from the Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert
3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
Mountains, deserts, and arctic zones
4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
500,000 square miles
5) List two plains in Northern China.
Manchurian Plain and the North China Plain
6) Name three rivers in China.
Huang He, Chang Jiang, and Xi Jiang rivers
7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
It starts at the Kunlun Mountains and ends at the Yellow Sea
8) How long is the Chang Jiang?
3,900 miles
9) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
Xi Jiang
10) What are the natural resources of China?
Petroleum, coal, natural gas, iron ore, tungsten, manganese, molybdenum, magnesite, lead, zinc, and copper
11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
Taiwan and both Koreas need to import coal. All but China need to import oil
12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
They might have made it so China or Japan could develop faster than the others, and slowed other countries due to their lack of resources.
13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
A typhoon is a tropical storm in the western pacific
14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
Subarctic and highland
15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
The center
16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
The southeast
17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
In Chinese it means great wind. It is most like a hurricane.