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| What does Japan have for land? | It has limited farmland and poor soil. |
| What East Asian country is severely affected by its location on the Ring of Fire? | Japan |
| What has happened because of the increasing rural-to-urban migration in China? | It has created farm labor shortages. |
| Who did Japan fight for possession of Korea from 1904-1905? | Russia |
| What percent of Japan's population is ethnic Japanese? | 99 |
| What was the Meiji Restoration in Japan? | Predominantly a modernization movement. |
| Korea remained under the control of Japan until when? | 1945 |
| What did China's Great Leap Forward campaign do? | It radically changed farming by establishing communes. |
| What was the primary reason for building the Three Gorges Dam? | To supply hydroelectric power to China. |
| Why do farmers in Japan use terracing techniques? | Because much of the country is mountainous. |
| The production of consumer goods suffer in North Korea, why? | North Korea's resources go predominantly to military use. |
| What occurs when the value of a country's exports exceeds the value of it's imports? | Trade surplus |
| Where is Vietnam located? | On the Indochina Peninsula |
| Who gained control of the Philippines in a war with Spain in 1898? | The United States |
| What has the Indonesian government done to help reduce urban overcrowding on the island of Java? | Relocated people to less populated islands. |
| When did the conflict that led to the Vietnam War begin? | When the former French Indochina was divided into Communist and Non-Communist sectors. |
| Name two countries who had the earliest major cultural influence on Southeast Asia? | 1)India 2) China |
| What did the Srivijaya Empire establish that benefits Singapore today? | Trade Routes |
| Every country in Southeast Asia was what, by 1965? | Independent |
| Name a challenge Southeast Asian countries face in their efforts to protect their envirnoment. | Halting illegal activities and enforcing environmental laws. |
| What is Singapore? | A center of world trade and strong economic force. |
| What is more than half of the arable land in the region used to grow? | rice |
| In Southeast Asia the most common transportation method is by what? | water |
| In 2004, this caused nearly 225,000 deaths in Southeas Asia, what was it? | tsunami |
| What is an area of low atmosphereic pressure surrounded by circulating winds called? | cyclone |
| What is growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a region called? | sustainable development |
| What is a huge sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake called? | tsunami |
| What is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean called? | typhoon |
| What is a flooded field in which rice is grown called? | rice paddy |
