Exam 10: East Asia

The climates of China proper are conducive for human habitation,which has transformed the region into a highly populated human community.

Japan has emerged as the __________ of East Asia - the country has been an __________ and __________ for the __________.

Explain the traits that allowed Japan to not only recover so quickly after World War II,but rise above the world's standard to excel in their economic endeavors.

Four of China's cities - Beijing,Tianjin,Shanghai,and Chongqing - have __________ that are roughly on par with that of the provinces.

Economically left behind in the region is __________,which has isolated itself behind an authoritarian dictatorship since World War II.

In __________,the one-child-only policy was rescinded and exceptions for two children were implemented in China.

Explain China's historical approach to its geopolitical strategizing and how it has affected today's geopolitical realities.

In 2000,__________ renewed its efforts to be internationally recognized as a sovereign nation and announced tentative plans to formally secede from China.

Kim Jong Il died in 2015 and his son Kim Jong-un, known as the “Supreme Leader,” became his successor.

What are the pros and cons of the Three Gorges Dam?

During the early decades of __________ in China the country lagged behind in its __________ and became a country based on __________.

While only 2 percent of North Korea's land is in permanent crops,about a third of the population works in agriculture.

__________ incentives pressure families to abide by the one-child-only policy.

Without a large rural population to begin with,Japan never really experienced the rural-to-urban shift common in the rest of the world.

China is the largest country in East Asia in both physical size and population.

At the conclusion of World War II,__________ took administrative control of the Korean Peninsula.

Several colonizing powers sought to gain a foothold in China.Britain laid claim to most of __________.Portugal gained the port of __________.Germany took control of the __________.France carved off part of__________.Russia came from the north to lay claim to the __________.Japan took control of __________.

__________was a colonial British outpost that created a doorway for British expansion into China.

South Korea is a democracy that has used __________ to develop its economy.

The main purpose of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is to __________.