| A | B |
|---|
| Sea of Japan | located east of China and west of Japan |
| South China Sea | located South of China and east of Vietnam |
| Bay of Bengal | located east of India |
| Yellow Sea | located between China and the Korean Peninsula |
| Japan | island nation east of China |
| Korea | divided into the North and South |
| Gobi Desert | here people have a nomadic lifestyle, few people |
| Chiang Jiang River | near here, people experience fertile land and dense population |
| Himalayan Mountians | here, there are limits on travel and settlement |
| arid land | may cause low population density |
| rivers | where most people live near |
| Tibetan and Korean | Ethnic Groups |
| Hindu and Muslim | Religious Groups |
| Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism |
| Four Noble Truths | focus on suffering, indulgence and deprivation |
| Confucianism | focus on respect for authority and family |
| China | communist |
| India | Parliamentary |
| North Korea | Autocracy |
| South Korea | Presidential Democracy |
| Japan | Parliamentary Democracy |
| Presidential Democracy | allows citizens to directly elect the president |
| Parliamentary Democracy | government chooses a prime minister from the legislature |
| Autocracy | government where citizens have the least power |
| Voting | main method of citizen participation in a democracy |
