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Asia Review

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not something you would experience living in North Korea?

a)

Getting to vote for your leader

b)

Possibly going to jail if you speak negatively about the government

c)

not getting to choose your job

d)

Having a supreme leader or dictator

2.

Who was Mao Zedong?

a)

Leader who helped India gain their freedom from the Brittish

b)

Leader in Vietnam

c)

Ancient Chinese Emperor

d)

Communist leader who helped China become a communist nation

3.

What type of government does South Korea have?

a)

Communist

b)

Command

c)

Democracy

d)

Socialist

4.

What is it called when reporters are allowed to report the truth whether or not the government likes it?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Religion

c)

Freedom of the Press

d)

Freedom of Assembly

5.

In an unlimited government who controls the media?

a)

The government

b)

The media

c)

The people

d)

No one

6.

Which country does not border the Himalayas?

a)

China

b)

Nepal

c)

India

d)

Russia

7.

Why do countries that border the Himalayas make money?

a)

People pay to climb the mountains

b)

People get salt from the mountatins

c)

People pay so they can get past the mountains

d)

They are important to religion

8.

Where are most large cities likely to located?

a)

In the mountains

b)

In the middle of plains

c)

Near the coast or other water like rivers

d)

In the west

9.

Japan doesn't have many natural resources what does it do to make up for it?

a)

Rely on trading with other countries

b)

Eat less

c)

Only let some people drive each day

d)

Live in big apartments

10.

What was the Green Revolution in India?

a)

A movement to improve the government

b)

A movement to improve the culture

c)

A movement to improve the economy

d)

A movement to improve the environment

11.

What is a pagoda?

a)

A building for Buddhist items

b)

A type of food

c)

A type of clothing

d)

A type of car

12.

Where might you find the most pagodas?

a)

China

b)

US

c)

Canada

d)

Russia

13.

The fact that China created gunpowder and the compass shows that

a)

China has impacted many other cultures in history

b)

China always stayed isolated from other countries

c)

China needed people from Europe to get anything done

d)

has been extremely influend by invading countries

14.

Who was Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

An Indian leader who helped gain Independence from England

b)

A communist leader in China

c)

A North Korean leader

d)

A Vietnamese President

15.

Which of these did Gandhi NOT do?

a)

Lead thousands of people in the Salt March

b)

Lead a Boycott of British goods

c)

Fasted to protest British Rule

d)

Fought in World War 2

16.

What is the capital of China

a)

Tokyo

b)

Beijing

c)

Pyongyang

d)

Seoul

17.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Beijing

c)

Pyongyang

d)

Seoul

18.

What is the capital of India

a)

Tokyo

b)

Soul

c)

Pyongyang

d)

New Delhi

19.

What is the capital of North Korea?

a)

New Delhi

b)

Seoul

c)

Pyongyang

d)

Beijing

20.

What is the capital of South Korea?

a)

Seoul

b)

Pyongyang

c)

Pyongchang

d)

Tokyo

21.

What is 0 degrees latittude called?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

22.

What is 0 degrees longitude called?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian

23.

What does GDP stand for?

a)

Growth Drought Product

b)

Good Domestic Production

c)

Gross Domestic Product

d)

Growth Downtown Passage

24.

What does GDP tell you about a country

a)

How much money the people in the country have

b)

How healthy the people are

c)

How crowded a countries cities are

d)

How many people voted

25.

Which type of economy usually has the best quality of living for the countries people?

a)

Traditional

b)

Free Market

c)

Command

26.

What are the Himalayas?

a)

The world's tallest mountain range

b)

A river in India

c)

A town in China

d)

An ocean

27.

What is the name of the tallest mountain range in the world?

a)

Andes

b)

Alps

c)

Himalayas

d)

Rocky Mountains

28.

Taoism and Buddhism are the top two religions in what country

a)

Myanmar

b)

Cambodia

c)

Japan

d)

China

29.

Which country colonized India?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

30.

Why did China build the Three Gorges dam?

a)

To make the people angry

b)

To help keep the river from flooding.

c)

To increase the amount of coal burnt in the country

d)

to throw people off of who disagree with the government

31.

What river is most important to people who believe in the Hindu religion?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Indus River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Amazon River

32.

What is population density?

a)

The number of people per square mile

b)

The number of people in the country

c)

How big the country is in square miles

d)

How fat people are

33.

The number of people per square mile is called what?

a)

Population

b)

Population Census

c)

Population Density

d)

Kilometric Density

34.

What type economy do most communist countries have?

a)

Command

b)

Tradional

c)

Evil

d)

Market

35.

What type of economy do most democracies have?

a)

Command

b)

Tradional

c)

Market

d)

Communist

36.

What type of economy does the United States have?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Tradional

d)

Extreme

37.

What is a democracy?

a)

A government where the people vote for their leaders

b)

A government where the people have no say

c)

The government has ultimate control of everything

d)

The government assigns jobs

38.

A country where the people vote for their leaders is called?

a)

Communist

b)

Socialist

c)

Democracy

d)

Theocracy

39.
Who is the current leader in North Korea?
a)
Kim Jong-Un
b)
Kim IL-Sung
c)
Kim Jong-IL
d)
Ho Chi Minh
40.
What is the latitude line that separates North Korea and South Korea?
a)
41st parallel
b)
31st parallel
c)
38th parallel
d)
48th parallel
41.
Before North Korea and South Korea split apart after World War II(2), what country controlled the Korean Peninsula?
a)
Russia
b)
Japan
c)
United States
d)
China
42.
What type of government does North Korea have?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Communism
43.
Kim Jong-Un is a major threat to the U.S. because of this reason.
a)
Nuclear bombs
b)
Poison Gas
c)
Economic restrictions
d)
Chemical weapons
44.
North Korea is located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.  What is a peninsula?
a)
land with water surrounding it all
b)
Land locked piece of land
c)
Land with water on 3 sides
d)
another name for archipelago 
45.
When was the Korean Peninsula first divided into two zones?
a)
in 1910, at the start of the Japanese occupation
b)
in 1945, just after World War II ended
c)
in 1950, during the Korean War
d)
 when Kim Jong Un came to power
46.
Which country occupied North Korea for 35 years up until the end of WWII?
a)
China
b)
Russia
c)
United States
d)
Japan
47.
The Korean War was started by
a)
the United States and its allies
b)
North Korea's invasion of the South
c)
China
d)
Russia
48.
Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia
a)
filial piety
b)
Silk Road
c)
Great Wall
d)
Anyang
49.
What did Emperor Qin build that allowed no one to leave, or invade, for thousands of years?
a)
a statue of himself
b)
a fortress
c)
The Great Wall
d)
a model of a dinosaur
50.
What was the natural border of China that was a desert?
a)
Sahara
b)
Gobi
c)
Death Valley
d)
Antarctica
51.
What is the northern border of India?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Himalayas
d)
Ghats
52.
Sanskrit is 
a)
a geographic term
b)
a government system
c)
a language 
d)
a religion
53.
Gandhi is famous for ALL EXCEPT
a)
Educated in London as a lawyer
b)
Salt March to gather salt illegally
c)
Went on hunger strikes to protest unfair British laws
d)
Lead a military revolt against England
54.
In 1947, when India got Independence, the region was divided
a)
between Muslims and Hindus
b)
by languages
c)
caste levels
d)
by political parties
55.
What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?
a)
Tigris & Euphrates
b)
Nile & Blue Nile
c)
Indus & Ganges
d)
Huang He & Yangtze
56.
What was the name of the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization?
a)
cuneiform
b)
Sanskrit
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
Hindi
57.
Who founded Buddhism?
a)
Siddhartha Gautama
b)
The Brahman
c)
Ramayana
d)
Mahabharata
58.
Buddha means...
a)
All Wise One
b)
The Enlightened One
c)
Your Majesty
d)
The Creator
59.

Type of government where the people rule; the United States has this form of government

a)

dictatorship

b)

democracy

c)

monarchy

60.
The form of democracy in which voters choose representatives to act in their interests is known as
a)
an oligarchy
b)
an aristocracy
c)
a free democracy
d)
a representative democracy
61.
What country is shown here?
a)
Indian
b)
Vietnam
c)
Japan
d)
China
62.
What physical feature is shown here? 
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
Himalayan mountains
c)
Taklimakan Desert
d)
Yangtze River
63.
What river is featured here?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Yangtze River
d)
Huang He River
64.
What river is highlighted here in dark yellow?
a)
Indus
b)
Ganges
c)
Yangtze
d)
Huang He
65.
Which of the following places influenced  Japan  the most?
a)
Russia
b)
Europe
c)
China
d)
Vietnam
66.
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Japan
d)
Phillipines
67.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?

a)

Mount Bonnell

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount St. Helen

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

68.
Which definition best matches the term population density?
a)
human beings in general
b)
number of people in a particular area
c)
A measurement of people for a specific area
d)
All the inhabitants of a particular area
69.
Which of these best explains the high population density in China's eastern region?
a)
The region is not capable of supporting large scale farming
b)
The region is close to the ocean and has favorable climate
c)
The region is home to the emperor 
d)
The region is located near active volcanoes
70.
Began in India
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism, Hinduism
c)
Hinduism, Islam
d)
Hinduism
71.
One of the world's oldest religions
a)
Hinduism
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Christianity 
72.
Founder was Lao-Tzu
a)
Hinduism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Judaism
d)
Taoism
73.

Click all countries that are in Asia

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Indonesia

d)

Laos

e)

Uganda

74.

Which is not a region of Asia?

a)

South Asia

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

Southwest Asia

d)

North Asia

75.

Who is in charge in a monarchy?

a)

King or queen

b)

the people

c)

a dictator

d)

president

76.

The majority of Pakistan's population believes what religion?

a)

Hindu

b)

Islam

c)

Taoism

d)

Shinto

e)

Buddhism

77.
A government in which everyone, including all of those in position of authority must obey laws is called a(n)
a)
unlimited government
b)
limited government
78.
Democracy is an example of
a)
unlimited government
b)
limited government
79.
 A government in which the leaders do not have laws or boundaries is called a
a)
limited government
b)
unlimited government
80.
A government in which the king or queen has to follow a set of laws and has specific limits to their power is called
a)
limited government
b)
unlimited government
81.
Communist countries have what type of economic system?
a)
Market
b)
Mixed
c)
Command
d)
Traditional
82.
What type of economic system allows private (not the government) businesses to decide what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce?
a)
Free Market
b)
Mixed
c)
Command
d)
Traditional
83.
North Korea, who has a dictator that makes most of the economic decisions is what kind of economy?
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Command 
d)
Centrally Planned 
84.

About how many people live in Hong Kong?

a)

200

b)

2,000,000-3,500,000

c)

3,500,000-5,000,000

d)

More than 5,000,000

85.

About how many people live in Shanghai?

a)

Less than 2,000,000

b)

2,000,000-3,500,000

c)

3,500,000-5,000,000

d)

More than 5,000,000

86.

Most populous cities are found where?

a)

Near water

b)

Near mountains

c)

Near swamps

d)

Near cows

87.

What might be a problem countries with a high population density could have?

a)

Overcrowding

b)

Have to go a long distance to find a store

c)

Lots of land

d)

Can't find anyone to help you when you need it

88.
based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. It is a religion about suffering and the need to get rid of it.
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
89.
ruled  China for hundreds of years
a)
Emperors
b)
Czars
c)
Civic Responsibility
d)
Islam
90.
What is this?
a)
North Korea
b)
Singapore
c)
South Korea
d)
Japan
91.
What is this?
a)
India
b)
Pakistan
c)
Nepal
d)
Bhutan
92.
What is this?
a)
Timor Leste
b)
Vietnam
c)
Mongolia
d)
Philippines
93.
What is this?
a)
Taiwan
b)
Japan
c)
Sri Lanka
d)
Singapore
94.
What is this?
a)
Cambodia
b)
Philippines
c)
Indonesia
d)
Malaysia
95.
What is this?
a)
Sri Lanka
b)
Japan
c)
Philippines
d)
Taiwan