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Chapter 26 CHINA, MONGOLIA, AND TAIWAN

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which religion or set of beliefs stresses living simply and in harmony with nature?
a)
Daoism
b)
Buddhism
c)
ancestor worship
d)
communism
2.
The southeast is sometimes struck by violent storms called?
a)
monsoons
b)
typhoons
c)
blizzards
d)
sandstorms
3.
Most Mongolians make their living as ?
a)
horse racers
b)
livestock herders
c)
rice farmers
d)
tourist guides
4.
China's first Communist leader was ?
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Shi Huangdi
c)
Deng Xiaoping
d)
Genghis Khan
5.
For much of the 20th century, Mongolia was under the influence of ?
a)
Japan
b)
Taiwan
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
China
6.
China's last dynasty was the ?
a)
Qing
b)
Shang
c)
Beijing
d)
Zhou
7.
Many countries consider China's response to rebellions as violations of ?
a)
trade agreements
b)
human rights
c)
free enterprise principles
d)
environmental protections
8.
The most dominant influence on Taiwan's culture today is ?
a)
Chinese
b)
Japanese
c)
Mongolian
d)
European
9.
Attempts to modernize China's economy after 1976 were begun by?
a)
Chiang Kai-shek
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Deng Xiaoping
d)
the Dalai Lama
10.
What led to the events of Tianammen Square in 1989?
a)
people rebelled in Tibet
b)
Foreign businesses had begun to own Chinese companies.
c)
Protesters demanded political rights and freedoms
d)
Countries threatened to limit or stop trade with China
11.
The Three Gorges Dam will create power from ?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
gasoline
d)
coal
12.
Most Chinese live in the ?
a)
Taklimakan Desert
b)
North China Plain
c)
Plateau of Tibet
d)
Sichuan Basin
13.
China was ruled for centuries by ?
a)
the Soviet Union
b)
Westerners
c)
Japan
d)
family dynasties
14.
Who are the Han?
a)
Tibetan leaders
b)
martial artists
c)
Portuguese traders
d)
China's largest ethnic group
15.
China's largest city is ?
a)
Taipei
b)
Shanghai
c)
Beijing
d)
Macao
16.
Taiwan's climate most resembles that of ?
a)
northern China
b)
Western Mongolia
c)
central Tibet
d)
southeastern China
17.
China hopes that the ___________ will lessen pollution by creating more electrical power.
a)
Three Gorges Dam
b)
Liha Formosa
18.
The _________ was built in northern China to stop invaders from the north.
a)
great wall
b)
Forbidden City
wind
c)
Three Gorges Dam
gasoline
d)
coal
19.

About one-fourth of Mongolia's people live in the capital city?

a)

Kao-hsiung

b)

Ulaanbaatar

c)

Formosa

d)

Sichuan

20.

___________ is green and tropical , with beautiful mountains and crowed cities.

a)

Mongolia

b)

Taiwan

c)

China

d)

JAPAN

21.
Hwang-He river is also known as ?
a)
Blue river
b)
China's sorrow
c)
China's treasure
22.
China's main belief systems are Buddhism and ?
a)
Daoism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
23.
Taiwan is an island nation, while Mongolia is landlocked?
a)
true
b)
false
24.
Throughout much of its history, China welcomed contact with the outside world.
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Most of China's people live along rivers or on the coast.
a)
true
b)
false
26.
In a command economy, individuals can choose where they work and keep the profits then earn.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
China's Hong Kong and Macao were both European colonies until the late 1990's.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
A philosophy that stresses family, moral values, and respect for elders is called?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Qin
c)
Zhou
29.
A Nationalist leader?
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Qin
c)
Chiang Kai-shek
30.
A river in northern China
a)
Huang He
b)
Gobi
c)
Mao Zedong
31.
The world's coldest desert
a)
Turpan
Qin
b)
Gobi
Gobi
c)
Takimakan
Loess
32.
Once under British control, a city on China's coast.
a)
Harbin
b)
Chongoing
c)
Hong Kong
33.
An important Chinese dynasty that united China under one emperor.
a)
Zhou
b)
Qin
c)
Qing
34.
An economic system in which the government owns all the businesses and makes all the decisions.
a)
command economy
b)
free enterprise
c)
market economy
35.
fertile , yellowish soil.
a)
Qin
b)
peat
c)
loess
36.
the world's highest mountain range.
a)
Hindu Kush
b)
Himalayas
c)
Rockies
37.
a Mongolian ruler
a)
Genghis Khan
b)
Chiang Kai-shek
c)
Mao Zedong