World Geography Unit 9 Test (100 points)

All of the following countries are located in East Asia EXCEPT for:

• Mongolia

• Taiwan

• India

• Japan

The largest country in East Asia is

• Mongolia

• China

• Taiwan

• South Korea

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the Dalits of India?

• They could not drink from the same water source as people from other castes.

• There are approximately 200 million of them living in India today.

• They worked “polluting” jobs that were considered unsanitary.

• A, B, and C

Which of the following is NOT a major mineral resource of China?

• iron ore

• tin

• zinc

• gold

What is the highest mountain in the world?

• Mount McKinley

• Mount St. Helen

• Mount Fuji

• Mount Everest

From our discussions on Hinduism, we learned that Hindus bathed in the _________ River to spiritually enlighten themselves.

• Yellow

• Ganges
• Brahmaputra

• Yangtze

Both the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers begin in which country?

• China

• Japan

• South Korea

• India

The __________ was a tragic event in the Vietnam War where U.S. soldiers killed a village of innocent civilians, which decreased confidence in the military.

• Tet Offensive

• Fall of Saigon

• My Lai Massacre
• none of the above

What was the name of the Communist group that perpetrated the Cambodian Genocide?

• the Khmer Rouge

• the Viet Cong

• the Tutsi

• the Hutu

Which of the following countries is one of the world’s top producers of tin?

• Singapore

• Malaysia

• Myanmar

• the Philippines