East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it includes China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan; it covers about , or about 28% of the Asian continent. GDP(PPP) of East Asia is 32.4 trillion while Nominal GDP is 19.1 trillion USD.

East Asians comprise around /1e9 round 1 billion people. About 38% of the population of Asia and 22%, or over one fifth of world's population live in East Asia. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in Mongolia and Western China, both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the lowest population density of a sovereign state. The overall population density of the region is , about three times the world average of .

Historically, societies in East Asia have been part of the Chinese cultural sphere, and East Asian vocabulary and scripts are often derived from Classical Chinese and Chinese script. Major religions include Buddhism (mostly Mahayana), Confucianism or Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion in China and Taiwan, Shinto in Japan, Korean shamanism in Korea. Shamanism is also prevalent among Mongolians and other indigenous populations of northern East Asia such as the Manchus and Ewenki. Islam is popular in Northwest China and Kazaks in Mongolia.The Chinese calendar is the root from which many other East Asian calendars are derived.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is a major religion in East Asia?
2. Is Shamanism prevalent among Mongolians?
3. What region is East Asia in?
4. What is East Asian vocabulary derived from?
5. What continent is East Asia on?
6. Is Mongolia population dense?
7. What countries does East Asia include?
8. What % of Asia does East Asia cover?
9. What percent of Asia's population is East Asian?
10. What percent of the world's population lives in East Asia?
11. How many East Asians are there total?
12. Is Buddhism a religion there?
13. What is popular in northwest china?
14. What calendar is the root of many others?
1. China
2. Yes.
3. The eastern subregion of the Asian continent.
4. Classical Chinese and Chinese script.
5. Asia.
6. No.
7. China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan;
8. 28%
9. About 38%
10. 22%
11. Around 1 billion.
12. Yes.
13. Islam.
14. The Chinese calendar.