Question

On the map above, country 6 is __________ and country 2 is __________. A. Japan . . . Mongolia B. South Korea . . . China C. Japan . . . China D. South Korea . . . Mongolia

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is C. On the map above, country 6 is Japan and country 2 is China.

Explanation:

Japan is an Eastern Asian constitutional monarchy located in the Pacific Ocean, east of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia. It extends from the Ochotsk Sea in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, which together account for 97% of Japan's area. Japan has the world's 11th largest population with over 127 million inhabitants.

In turn, China is by far the largest country in East Asia and the world's most populous country with 1.4 billion inhabitants. It is an economic and military superpower and has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world and originated around the Yellow River in northeastern China.