Unit 8 East Asia Review 2

Using the map, what river valley is shaded in yellow?

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

What are China's main waterway systems?

• Yangtze, Yellow, West, Grand Canal
• Yellow, Yangtze, Grand Canal
• Tigris, Euphrates, Indus
• Yellow, Yangtze, Volga

Which country is an archipelago? 

• China
• Mongolia
• Japan
• Taiwan

The Yangtze River is the

• longest river in East Asia.
• source of yellow-colored soil that it deposits along its banks.
• longest river in the world.
• main river of Japan.

North and South Korea are located on what landform?

• peninsula
• valley
• island
• plateau

Which of the following is NOT a positive effect of the building of the Three Gorges Dam?

• hundreds of historic sites will be submerged
• flooding will be controlled
• it will be easier to ship goods to China's interior
• huge amounts of energy will be produced

Which of the following forms a natural barrier between East Asia and South Asia?

• Himalaya Mountains
• Qinling Shandi Mountains
• Kunlun Mountains
• Tian Shan Mountains

What are the 2 longest rivers of China?

• Yellow and Yangtze
• Nile and Euphrates
• Yellow and Red
• Yangtze and Himalaya

Which body of water is closest to "O"?

• South China Sea

• Sea of Japan

• Pacific Ocean

• Yangtze River

After the Communist Mao Tse Tung took over and set up the People's Republic of China, nationalists fled to where?

• Taiwan

• Korea

• Mongolia

• Japan