East Asia Section 1 Quiz

a circular tent made of felt or skins and poles

• tent

• adobe

• ger

• house

an ENORMOUS mountain range north of India, that stretches across West China.

• The Himalayan Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Ural Mountains

• The Andes Mountains

The ____ is the longest river in Asia.

• Yangtze

• Huang He

• Yalu

• Mekong

Which East Asia river has yellow-colored silt and is known as the muddiest river in the world?

• Yangtze

• Xiang

• Huang He

• Yellow Sea

Typhoons in East Asia are the same as ___ in the United States.

• Droughts

• Mild Tropical Storms

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

Japan can BEST be described as ___.

• an active volcano waiting to erupt

• an archipelago consisting of more than 6,000 islands

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Japan can be described as which of the following physical features?

• An island

• An Estuary

• A continental shelf

• An archipelago

What kind of government does North Korea have?

• democratic
• communist
• monarchy
• parliamentary democracy

When an earthquake occurs in the ocean, what type of natural disaster can form?

• Tsunami

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

Which of the following East Asian countries is an example of a peninsula?

• Japan

• China

• The Koreas

• Taiwan