East and Southeast Asia Pre-Assessment

Level 1

Symbolic pictures that stand for ideas in China

• ideograms

• aborigine

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

Level 1

citizens who speak out against government policies

• dissidents

• aborigine

• economic sanctions

• atheist

Level 1

Professional warriors during the feudal society of Japan.

• samurai

• shogun

• clan

• emperor

Level 1

A neutral area separating powerful nations from each other, and thereby reduce conflict

• buffer zone

• shatter belt

• free port

• tsunami

Level 1

The cutting down or clearing of trees within a few years

• deforestation

• reforestation

• aquaculture

• islet

Level 2

What causes typhoons?

• the movement of warm, humid air over the pacific onto land

• the meeting of desert winds from Mongolia with cooler air in the south

• the meeting of storm systems with mountains

• the movement of cold, dry air from the Pacific onto land

Level 2

Following the crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, several of China's major trading partners imposed __________ on China.

• economic sanctions

• martial law

• moratoriums

• a special economic zone

Level 2

During World War II, Japan joined with the other Axis powers, which were

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• China and Russia

• the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union

• Germany and Italy

Level 2

The __________ defeated rival kingdoms and united the entire Korean Peninsula in A.D. 688

• Japanese

• Choson Kingdom

• Kingdom of Silla

• Chinese

Level 2

Southeast Asia is a significant world trade center largely because of its

• vast array of mineral and agricultural resources not available elsewhere

• political and economic over the countries in the border area

• location in the Pacific along major shipping routes

• low taxes and tariffs