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Chapter 13 Sec. 1
Section 1: Land and Water
East Asia: Physical Geography
Guided Reading and Review
A. As You Read
Directions: As you read Section 1, fill in the following chart with details about the physical
geography of East Asia.
Land and Water in East Asia
Landforms
1.
Features of China
2.
Features of Japan
3.
Features of the Koreas
4.
Population Density
5.
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Directions: Write the key terms for the definitions in the blanks provided.
6.
, a raised area of level land bordered on one or more
sides by steep slopes or cliffs
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, able to support plant growth
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, a group of islands
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, the average number of people living in a square mile
or square kilometer
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Chapter 13 Sec. 2
Section 2: Climate and Vegetation
East Asia: Physical Geography
Guided Reading and Review
A. As You Read
Directions: As you read Section 2, answer the following questions in the spaces provided.
1. What are the five major climate regions of East Asia?
2. What is the climate in a large part of eastern China?
3. Why are summers a bit cooler and winters a bit warmer in Japan and the
Koreas than in other places of the same latitude?
4. What causes the rainfall during summer monsoons in Japan?
5. Why are typhoons so destructive?
6. What does climate determine in East Asia?
7. Why must much of the plant life in East Asia be hardy?
8. Why is the Huang River sometimes called “China’s Sorrow”?
9. What is the main crop in southern China? In northern China?
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Directions: Complete these sentences by writing the correct terms in the blanks provided.
10. The Japanese call the summer
it begins when the plums start to ripen on the trees.
11. In 1281, a
Japanese from attack.
the “plum rain” because
destroyed the Chinese fleet and saved the
12. Maples and birches are examples of
trees.
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Section 3: Natural Resources and Land Use
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Chapter 13 Sec. 3
Guided Reading and Review
A. As You Read
Directions: As you read Section 3, fill in the following chart with details about the natural
resources of East Asia.
Natural Resources of East Asia
North Korea
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South Korea
2.
Japan
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China
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Taiwan
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B. Reviewing Key Terms
Directions: Write the definitions for the following key terms in the blanks provided.
6. developing country
7. developed country
8. terrace
9. double-cropping