China Korea and Japan Review 9th Grade

Korea juts out into the water and is surrounded by water on three sides. Korea is

• a peninsula

• an archipelago

• a subcontinent

• along the Ring of Fire

Japan is a(n) ? which is a chain of islands.

• Peninsula

• Archipelago

• Terrace

• Tributary State

Name the region which includes Japan, that has many active volcanoes and earthquakes.

• Fertile Cresent

• Edo

• Pacific Ring of Fire

• Heian

Name the two bodies of water that separate Japan from mainland Asia

• Sea of Japan and Korea Strait

• Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean

• Pacific and Atlantic Ocean

• Korea Strait and the Inland Sea

A state that pays taxes but has self-government separate from the dominate country is called

• Bushido

• Seppuku

• a tributary state

• the Grand Canal

China's isolation began in 1435 with the retiring of this man's ships

• Zheng He

• Ieyasu Genji

• Emperor Meji

• Zheng Gin

Which of the following is NOT about the events in 1435 in China?

• The Ming Emperor believed exploration to be too expensive and not rewarding

• China believed that the outside world had nothing to offer them

• China fell behind the rest of the world technologically as a result of isolation.

• China opened itself up to Europeans and learned modern methods

Which of the following cultures had the greatest influence on Korea?

• Chinese
• Japanese
• European
• African

The Mongol conquest of China resulted in

• increased contact between China and the Western world.
• a revival of Chinese arts and literature.
• a lack of political stability.
• persecution of Muslims and Christians.

Korea's landscape consisted mainly of

• rain forests.
• deserts.
• plains.
• mountains.