China Mid-Unit Quiz Review

The _______ Desert is a rain-shadow desert, which is the largest desert on the Asian continent.

• Gobi
• Kalahari
• Sahara
• Tibetan

The ______________________ blocks precipitation from the Indian Ocean from reaching the Gobi region.

• Kalahari Desert
• Gobi Plain
• Tibetan Plateau
• Mount Everest

Earth’s highest mountain is Mount ___________________, located on the border of China and Nepal, standing 29,029 feet above sea level.

• Everest
• Kilimanjaro
• Fuji
• Gobi

The ____________ River is the longest river in Asia and the third largest on earth.

• Yellow
• Yangtze
• Nile
• Blue

The _______ River basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and it is famous for deadly floods. It is often called “China’s Sorrow.”

• Yellow
• Blue
• White
• Red

Buddhism was established by a man named ____________, who would later be called the Buddha.

• Siddhartha Gautama
• Dalai Lama
• Samir Guatemala
• Sheik Genghis

Buddhism is the search of _____________________ through the four divine truths taught by Buddha. 

• balance with nature
• civil service
• enlightenment/ nirvana
• war/violence

Buddhism was brought to China about AD 200 by Monks and traders who traveled the _____ from India.

• Silk Road
• Nile River
• China Expressway
• Highway to Han

What is this symbol called?

• yin yang
• clip clop
• bingo boingo
• China Curly

The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods, is called the _______________________.

• Mangrove of China
• Mandate of Heaven
• Lao-Tzu Legitimacy
• Single Superiority