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What is the orographic effect? Draw a diagram and

label it!

A 100

Orographic effect is the precipitation that occurs moist air rises up the side of a

mountain. As the air rises it cools down and releases most of its moisture as rain or snow.

A 100

What kind of atmospheric pressure causes rain? Why?

A 200

Low atmospheric pressure causes clouds and rain. Low pressure creates a vacum that draws warm moist air aloft

where it form clouds and results in precipitation.

A 200

What kind of atmospheric pressure causes dry weather?

Why?

A 300

High atmospheric pressure keeps moist air from rising, preventing cloud formation

and rain.

A 300

Give examples of Indian (or Bangladeshi) cities that typify:

A very wet climate

A very dry climate

A climate that has wet summers and dry winters

A climate that lies in a “rain shadow”

How does each city adapt to their particular challenge?

A 400

Wet: Dhaka, Bangladesh – Homes are raised on stilts to protect from summer floods.

Dry: Jodhpur, India – People her raise livestock (that can survive on native plants when crops fail)

and employ “drip” irrigation.

Wet summer/dry winter: Calcutta, India – The city is working to re-build sewer lines and keep

them clear of debris so that summer floods can be routed out of the city

Rain Shadow: Pune, India – People here plant crops that require less water (like sugar beets) and

sometimes engage in a practice called “cloud seeding”, spraying silver iodide from planes into

the clouds in an attempt to make it rain

A 400

What mountain range on India’s West Coast causes the orographic

effect in that region?

A 500

The Western Ghats

A 500

What city is the “capital” of the IT and outsourcing

industry in India?

B 100

Bangalore

B 100

What are India’s three major advantages in competing for

outsourced jobs ?

B 200

Low wages

English speakers

Trained workers

B 200

What is brain drain?

What is brain gain?

What shift has occurred in India and why?

B 300

Brain drain is loss of skilled workers, who leave due to better education and

opportunity in other countries

Brain gain is gain of skilled workers who immigrate into a country for better job

opportunities and wages.

As India had become one of the outsourcing capitals of the world, skilled Indian workers are returning (brain gain)

to participate in the new economy

B 300

What legacy did the English leave in India after the “Raj”?

B 400

The Raj was a period of English rule in India lasting from 1858 to 1947. The English left their language as well as an organized bureaucracy and a code of law.

B 400

Almost 1/3 of India’s population is illiterate. How

come?

B 500

Although the law requires children to attend school through age 14, only half

make it that far. Most drop out long before they can read or write.

B 500

Why is China sometimes referred to as a giant slope?

C 100

China “slopes” from mountains in the West to the

ocean in the East.

C 100

Who was the communist leader of China from 1949 to

1976?

C 200

Mao

C 200

What are China’s three plans for sustainable growth in the future? State each in terms of

1) problem, 2) solution, 3) benefit, 4) cost

C 300

C 300

Initiative Problem Solution Benefit Cost

Slow population growth

Rapid population growth

One-Child policy

Slows growth Less choice and aging population

More clean energy

Meet rising energy demands

Hydroelectric power

Clean energy, Flood control, shipping

Lost cities and habitat

Promote economic growth

Increase jobs and wealth

SEZ More jobs and better standard of living

Income gaps and crime

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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How does China currently meet most of its energy needs? Is it the largest energy consuming

nation in the world?

C 400

Although it is shifting to hydroelectric energy, China still depends on coal to generate power. China is the second largest energy consumer in

the world, behind the U.S.

C 400

What was China’s “Great Leap Forward”? Who was behind it, what effect did it

have on population and what was the result?

C 500

China’s “Great Leap Forward” was a program of Mao. He wanted China to catch up to the developed nations in the world be

producing more. Instead of investing in technology he relied on increasing the

population and getting more work from the citizens of China. The program was not successful. It resulted in overpopulation

and starvation (which eventually led to the one child policy).

C 500

Name the four main Japanese Islands?

D 100

Hokkaido

Shikoku

Honshu

Kyushu

Howard Has Shy Kids

D 100

What are the two ways of measuring population

density?

D 200

Arithmetic Population Density is the population of a

country divided by its total land area.

Physiologic Population Density is the population of a country divided by its arable

land area.

D 200

What mountain - the tallest in Japan – is volcanic in origin and can be

seen from Tokyo?

D 300

Mt. Fuji.

D 300

How has crowding in Japanese cities had an impact

on family life? On “commuting” life?

D 400

Due to crowding and small apartments extended families no longer live together. Also,

more people take public transportation rather than

commute (and fight for rare parking spaces).

D 400

How has Japanese farming adapted to crowding?

D 500

Since space is at a premium, all arable land must be used. To accomplish this farmers “terrace” mountainsides so

they can grow crops on land that would otherwise be

unavailable for production.

D 500

Define: Rate of natural increase.

E 100

Rate of natural increase: The annual rate of population

growth. This percentage is calculated by subtracting the

death rate from the birth rate. It does not include the people

moving into or out of a country.

E 100

Define: Doubling time

E 200

Doubling time: The length of time it takes for a population

to double.

E 200

Define: Comparative advantage

E 300

Comparative advantage: The ability of one country to

produce a good or provide a service at a lower cost or more

effectively than another country.

E 300

Define: Monsoon

E 400

Monsoon: A seasonal wind. Summer monsoon winds in

South Asia usually bring rains to that region.

E 400

Define: Population distribution

E 500

E 500

Population distribution: Where people live in a country, whether

crowded together in cities or spread out across the countryside

F 100

Why did Chinese families prefer to have sons?

F 100

Sons carry on the family name. Also, in their old age,

the parents of the son’s family are more likely to be cared for than the parents of

the daughter.

What are the major religions of India?

F 200

F 200

The major religions are Hindu, Islam. 75% of Indians are

Hindu. Pakistan was partitioned from India in 1947 and made

into a Islamic state.

Who are the “PIGS” and why do they matter to the world finance

community (and you)?

F 300

F 300

The “PIGS” are Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. Their governments are deep in debt, having spent more

money than they should. It is possible that they won’t be able to pay their

debts and will “default” on “sovereign debt”. This makes the financial

markets very very nervous.

F 400

As production moves to places where labor is cheap and there is

little regulation there is the possibility for abuse. In what

country (that we’ve studied in this unit) did a clothing factory collapse

killing over a thousand people?

F 400

The death toll in last month's collapse in Bangladesh of an eight-story building that housed garment factories has crossed 1,000.

Officials said 1,021 bodies had been pulled from the rubble, according to . It's unclear what the final toll will be from the April 24 disaster outside the capital, Dhaka; more than 2,500 people have been rescued since the collapse. (Krishnadev Calamur, NPR News)

Riddle: You are standing in an empty field with nothing around for miles and throw a ball as hard as you can,

but the ball comes back to you. How is this possible?

F 500

F 500

You throw it straight up into the air.

The Final Jeopardy :

Approximately how fast is the earth spinning on its axis? Hint: At the equator the earth is about

24 thousand miles around.

Please record your wager.

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The earth is about 24 thousand miles around (at the equator) and rotates on its axis once a day. At

the equator the earth is spinning at about thousand miles an hour.

The closer you get to the poles, the slower the rate of the spinning!

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