East Asia Open Note Quiz

All of these are important physical features in China except the____________

• Gobi Desert

• Yellow Sea

• Ural Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains

What was one possible penalty if a couple decided to have more than 1 child in China when the One Child Policy was enforced?

• go to jail

• be sent out of the country

• pay a fine

• be forced to give up the second child

Why was China's population reduced in the 1950's and 1960's?

• Flooding

• More Chinese moved out of the country

• The One-Child Policy

• The Great Chinese Famine

Why did Chairman Mao want a large Chinese population?

• to have a larger military

• to compete with India

• to have more workers

• A and C are both true

Japan is

• growing too fast

• landlocked

• very hot and humid

• losing population

Tokyo is

• Japan's capital city

• the largest city in the world in population

• 60 miles from Mt Fuji

• A, B, and C are all true

_____ of the Japanese people live in or near Tokyo.

• 50%

• 10%

• 30%

• 60%

In the Japanese language, Japan is called _________

• Nippon

• Pashto

• Tuvalu

• Timor

The correct order of Japanese islands, from highest population to lowest is _____

• Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, Hokkaido

• Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

• Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Shikoku

• Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido

Japan is divided into 47 ____________ similar to US states.

• prefectures

• states

• counties

• areas