Guangzhou is near the Tropic of Cancer, has hot rainy summers, and usually has mild winters without frost. What climate zone best fits this place?

Harbin in northeast China has long, very cold, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. What climate zone best fits it?

The Gobi has very little precipitation, sparse plants, and large temperature swings between seasons. What climate zone best fits this interior basin?

The Tibetan Plateau is cold for its latitude because it sits at very high elevation with thin air and a short growing season. What climate zone best fits it?

Seoul has four seasons, hot humid summers, and winters that often drop below freezing. What climate zone best describes Seoul?

Okinawa is warm all year, gets abundant rainfall, and has very mild winters with typhoons possible in late summer. What climate zone best fits it?

Much of Mongolia has dry grassland, cold winters, and far less rainfall than East Asia's ocean-facing coasts. What climate zone best fits this steppe region?

Northern Heilongjiang near the Amur River has very long freezing winters, short cool summers, and conifer forest. What climate zone best fits it?

Shanghai sits on the coast while the Taklamakan Desert lies deep in China's interior, far from any ocean. Shanghai is humid while the Taklamakan is extremely dry. What climate control best explains the contrast?

Harbin's winters are much colder than coastal Vladivostok's, even though both are in northeast Asia at similar latitude. What climate control explains the coastal moderation?

Taiwan's east-facing mountain slopes receive heavier rain than many western lowlands when moist Pacific air arrives. What climate process causes this?

Chengdu and Lhasa are at fairly similar latitudes, but Lhasa is much cooler all year. What climate control explains this?

Japan's Sea of Japan coast can get heavy winter snow, while Beijing is often dry in winter. What explains the snowy coast?

Guangdong has much warmer winters than Heilongjiang in northeast China. What climate control most directly explains this north-south temperature pattern?

Coastal Japan is wet in summer, while interior Mongolia is much drier. What climate control brings summer moisture to the coast?

Ulaanbaatar has a larger annual temperature range than Seoul, even though both are in mid-latitude East Asia. What climate control is most important?

Warm, rainy lowlands in southern China have hot humid summers and mild winters with little frost. What natural vegetation fits best?

Inner Mongolia has a cold semi-arid climate with more rain than the Gobi but far less than coastal China. What natural vegetation fits best?

The Gobi's driest basins get very little rain and have hot summers and very cold winters. What natural vegetation fits best?

The far north of northeast China and nearby Russian Far East have long frozen winters and conifer forests. What natural vegetation fits best?

On the Tibetan Plateau, cold temperatures, thin air, and a short growing season limit trees. What natural vegetation is most likely?

Northeast China's lower elevations have cold winters, warm summers, and enough rain for broadleaf trees that lose leaves in winter. What vegetation fits best?

Japan has little domestic oil, natural gas, or coal, yet it uses large amounts of energy. What does this resource position mean for Japan?

China burns more coal than any other country. Where does most of that coal come from?

South Korea is highly industrialized but has few major oil or natural gas reserves. What does this resource position mean?

Mongolia has coal, copper, and other minerals but is landlocked between China and Russia. What does this resource position mean?

China has many factories and cities, but it still imports large amounts of oil and iron ore. What does this resource position show?

Taiwan has a dense population and advanced manufacturing but few fossil fuel reserves of its own. What does this resource position mean?

North Korea has few oil or gas fields of its own. Which energy resource does it have in large domestic deposits?

China has major rare earth deposits and processing capacity used in electronics, magnets, and wind turbines. What does this resource position give China?