Which of these is the best explanation for the high population density in china's eastern regions?
a) the region is not capable of supporting large scale farming.
b) the region is close to the ocean and has a favorable climate.
c) the region was traditionally home to the emperor and the gods.
d) the region was destroyed by civil war which caused people to leave.

B) The region is close to the ocean and has a favorable climate.

China's eastern regions are close to the ocean and have a favorable climate, which is suitable for agriculture. This has likely led to the high population density of the region. As the population in the area increased, so did infrastructure, with many cities becoming more modern. This, in turn, continues to contribute to the high population density of the region.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)

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