Chapter Questions
Identify the key environmental differences between the island portions of East Asia (Japan and Taiwan) and the mainland.
Describe the main environmental problems China faces today, and compare them with environmental challenges faced by Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Explain why China's population is so unevenly distributed, with some areas densely settled and others almost uninhabited.
Outline the distribution of major urban areas on the map of East Asia and explain why the region's largest cities are continuing to grow.
Describe the ways in which religion and other systems of belief both unify and divide East Asia.
Explain the distinction between, and geographical distribution of, the Han Chinese and the other ethnic groups of China, paying particular attention to language.
Outline the geopolitical division of East Asia during the Cold War period and explain how the division of that period still influences East Asian geopolitics.
Identify the main reasons behind East Asia's rapid economic growth in recent decades, and discuss possible limitations to continued expansion at such a rate.
Summarize the geographical differences in economic and social development found in China and across East Asia as a whole.