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Chapter 19-20 East Asia

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two religions that believe in nature spirits are ____ and _____.

a)

Daoism, Animism

b)

Shinto, Animism

c)

Confucianism, Shinto

d)

Daoism, Confucianism

2.

The first bullet train connected the the cities of ______ and ______.

a)

Shanghai, Tokyo

b)

Beijing, Shanghai

c)

Osaka, Beijing

d)

Tokyo, Osaka

3.

The desertification in Mongolia has been caused by _____.

a)

a change in climate

b)

more land being turned into crop land

c)

overgrazing by livestock

d)

scientists digging for the remains of dinosaurs

4.

The ring of fire causes Japan to experience _____________.

a)

earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

b)

hurricanes and tornadoes

c)

floods and tsunamis

d)

droughts and sandstorms

5.

_________ were first invented to scare evil spirits away.

a)

Churches and other places of worship

b)

Kites

c)

Fireworks and gunpowder

d)

Origami figures

6.

_______ has the fastest train.

a)

USA

b)

Japan

c)

Hong Kong

d)

China

7.

The kind of economy allowed in Shanghai is ____________.

a)

a traditional economy

b)

command economy

c)

mixed economy

d)

free enterprise economy

8.

India's religion that has a strong influence in East Asia is_______.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

9.

Daoism and Confucianism are alike in that they both

a)

began as Christianity

b)

are ethical systems

c)

are very new belief systems

d)

glorify animals

10.

_________ is the East Asian country least affected by monsoons.

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Mongolia

d)

Taiwan

11.

The Gobi Desert is the most prominent landform in this country.

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Japan

d)

South Korea

12.

North Korea's industries make more of this product than any other.

a)

electronics

b)

motor vehicles

c)

agricultural equipment

d)

military equipment

13.

_______ is the largest city in China.

a)

Beijing

b)

Tokyo

c)

Seoul

d)

Shanghai

14.

A large part of Mongolia's population makes a living doing this.

a)

herding livestock

b)

working in the fishing industry

c)

raising crops

d)

mining diamonds and gold

15.

_______ is the native religion of Japan.

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Shinto

d)

Buddhism

16.

Japan is mostly covered with this.

a)

mountains

b)

coastal lowlands

c)

plateaus

d)

steppes

17.

North Korea has less agricultural land because _______.

a)

it has too much coast land

b)

it has so much desert land

c)

it has so many mountains

d)

it uses its best land for military purposes

18.

Negative effects of Shanghai's economic growth include _________________.

a)

desertification, erosion, and pollution

b)

people needing to move to the suburbs, pollution, and overcrowding

c)

an unstable government, inflation, higher taxes

d)

higher taxes, overcrowding, higher crime rate

19.

Early Chinese inventions include _____. _______, and _____.

a)

porcelain, sail boats, concrete

b)

block printing, porcelain, magnetic compass

c)

religion, movable type, elevators

d)

paper currency, the plow, the telegraph

20.

The Chang Jiang and the Huang He flow ______.

a)

east to the Yellow Sea

b)

south to the South China Sea

c)

southeast to the East China Sea

d)

southwest to the Bay of Bengal

21.

The two East Asian countries located mostly on the Asian mainland are _____ and _______.

a)

Taiwan, South Korea

b)

Mongolia, Japan

c)

China, Mongolia

d)

Japan, China

22.

A nickname for porcelain is _________.

a)

pory

b)

plain

c)

chlain

d)

china

23.

The East Asian communist countries are ______.

a)

North Korea and Mongolia

b)

North Korea and Japan

c)

North Korea and South Korea

d)

North Korea and China

24.

Most Japanese people live _______.

a)

on the coastal plains

b)

in the mountains

c)

on the small islands

d)

in the country

25.

High speed rail service began in ______.

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

North Korea

26.

The biggest influence on Japanese anime from the Western Hemisphere is _________.

a)

western clothing styles

b)

Disney cartoons

c)

comic books

d)

western hair styles

27.

Benefits of high speed rail include _______.

a)

improved rural economy, less pollution, time is saved

b)

time is saved, better crops, improved tax system

c)

time is saved, improved government, less inflation

d)

improved tax system, economical, time is saved

28.

People turn to this as a method of calming themselves.

a)

cormorant

b)

meditation

c)

polytheism

d)

porcelain

29.

______ make summers in East Asia very hot, humid, and wet.

a)

Manga

b)

Meditation

c)

Anime

d)

Monsoons

30.

When you ______ with a rule you obey it.

a)

ger

b)

loess

c)

carapace

d)

comply

31.

Yellow silt, which can make soil more fertile, is also called _____.

a)

alluvium

b)

loess

c)

porcelain

d)

gun powder

32.

Many companies are ________ because they have offices in different countries.

a)

comply

b)

cormorant

c)

multinational corporations

d)

mainland corporations