Questions

1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
 About 5,500 miles long
2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
Hushan, Liaoning in the east and ends at Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu in the west. It was built as a defensive system.
3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
vast deserts, high mountains, cold climates
4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
500,000 square miles, from northwest China into Mongolia
5) List two plains in Northern China.
Manchurian Plain and the North China Plain
6) Name three rivers in China.
Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang
7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
starts in Kunlun Mountains goes 3,000 miles and empties to 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, tungsen, manganese, molybdenum, magnesite, lead, zinc, copper, water
11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
Korea needs oil. Japan needs oil and coal and other resources.
12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
The trade will heighten with other countries.
13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
A tropical storm that occurs in western Pacific
14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
Equal and opposite
15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
West central
16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
small strip of land along China's southeastern coast
17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
Hurricane and in China means Great Wind