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Mack SS Ch 19-21
Chapter 19 - 21 study guide
Question | Answer |
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Workers' low wages in China and Taiwan effected export sales because other countries | quickly bought the lower price products |
Trade with other nations help's the country's economy.It is harder for Mongolia to export goods then it is for China and Taiwan because Mongolia (blank) which makes it difficult to tranport goods | has no support, |
Did the governments of China, Mongolia, and Taiwan change after the 1980's? If so, what changed and how | Mongolia and Tawan allowed new politcal parties to take part in elections. |
Crops grow well on the North China Plain because the Huang River | fertile soil after floods |
After the uprising in which protesters demanded changes to the country's political system, Mongolia's communist leaders | created a new constitution that protects freedom of religion |
Rural parents in China's market economy often can't afford to pay for school, so their children often remain | illiterate |
To help cut down on pollution, the Chinese government has turned to building dams to produce (blank) that is, electricity made from waterpower. | hydroelectricity |
In the mid 1900's, Taiwan was able to produce goods cheaply because factories there paid low (blank) to their workers | wages |
What does the Three Gorges Dam produce? | Electricity from water power |
Nomadic herders must often move their livestock so that they can find grassland and (blank) for the animals | water |
Farmland that is good for raising crops is known as | Arable land |
One of the reasons that North Korea has much weaker economy than South Korea does is that North Korea has a (blank) that has been. | Commend Economy |
One way that the government of Kim Jong-2 controls the lives of the people who live in North Korea is controlling (blank) its people recieve from the outside world | information |
North Koraes's (blank), or government that can take whatever action it wants, is led by Kim Jong-2 | unlimited government |
Due to the number of people Japan and Koreas, there is a (blank) of natural resources. | scarcity |
Trade between Japan and South Korea is based on | interdependence |
Both North and South Korea are (blank) countries | Mountainous |
One of the economic challenges Japan has faced in recent years is | recession |
Japan has developed an early warning system to warn people of which natural disaster? | Earthquakes |
One of the major problems North Korea presents for other countries is its | nuclear program |
The Ring of Fire encircles the Pacific Ocean and includes the Philippines and parts of Indonesia. It is the location for | a string of volcanoes |
The Mountain ranges on Southeast Asia's mainland shaped the history of the region because the mountains separated the mainland from the rest of Asia and | Insolated |
In the Philippines, some Islamic separeatists are involved in a rebellion, or | insurgency |
Most of the land of Southeast Asia is part of a peninsula or an | archipelago |
Which population and environmental issues are affecting the economy of Indonesia | overcrowding and destruction of rain forests |