Sights and Sounds: East Asia

Based on the diagram, which monsoon season would bring rain to the region?

• Summer
• Winter

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was created as a buffer zone between what two warring countries?

• North Korea and South Korea
• China and North Korea
• China and South Korea
• China and Mongolia

This part of China is the most populated because it is made up of many plains, rivers and hills.

• North

• South

• East

• West

Why was the Great Wall of China created?

• As a show of the Emperor's power
• To Stop Chinese citizens from leaving the country
• To connect the far districts of China for trade
• To protect against Mongol invaders

What conclusion can best be drawn from the information on the map?

• Buddhism failed to have any influence on Japan.  
• Buddhism was unable to spread to islands in the Pacific.
• Buddhism began in northern India and spread throughout much of Asia.
• Buddhism moved from Indonesia to India and then to Afghanistan.

This picture shows which of the following?

• Differences between North and South Korea's infrastructure
• Differences between China and Japan's infrastructure
• Differences between North and South Korea's religion
• Conflict between North and South Korea

Strong winds that change with the seasons bringing either wet or dry weather are called ____?

• Tsunamis
• Earthquakes
• Typhoons
• Monsoons

This Indonesian craft involves using wax and dyes to design cloth.

• Batik
• Silk
• Ivory
• Ideograms

What is a graphical symbol that represents an idea, rather than a group of letters?

• Ideograms
• Batik
• Brahmaputra
• Confucianism

The Great Wall was built to keep northern invaders out of -

• China
• Japan
• Indonesia
• South Korea