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Walker's SS Test, 1

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the surroundings or condition in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates?

a)

environment

b)

dirt

c)

trash

d)

river pollution

2.

What is an example of pollution in Southern and Eastern Asia?

a)

cyclones

b)

hurricanes

c)

river pollution

d)

all of the above

3.

What do people do in India on the Ganges that contributes to the pollution?

a)

jet ski

b)

clean the river

c)

religious ceremonies

d)

walk the bank

4.

What is the cause of pollution on both the Yangtze and Ganges River?

a)

acid rain

b)

factories

c)

religious ceremonies

d)

There is no pollution

5.

About how many people live along the Ganges?

a)

2 million

b)

1 billion

c)

400 million

d)

5

6.

What is one way humans cause river pollution?

a)

sewage

b)

floods

c)

build dams

d)

do nothing

7.

What is the major effect from the pollution of the Yangtze River?

a)

decrease in farming production

b)

air pollution

c)

trash

d)

smog

8.

Select ALL the effects from river pollution.

a)

animal/human/plant death

b)

disease

c)

increase in respiratory problems

d)

Plants/factories could be fined or shut down.

9.

What is a cause of air pollution in Southeast Asia?

a)

burning coal/fossil fuels

b)

trash in the rivers

c)

death in animals

d)

nothing

10.

What is a cause from the growing population that causes air pollution?

a)

floods

b)

river pollution

c)

ecosystem

d)

cars and trucks

11.

What did they do to make sure there was less pollution going into Beijing Olympics?

a)

give people a curfew

b)

stop factories 3 weeks before

c)

make people cook less

d)

close restaurants

12.

Why is it difficult to enforce laws in India for air pollution?

a)

recycling

b)

There are a lot of people who walk.

c)

There are too many people.

d)

There are a lot of small industrial workshops.

13.

What is one of the effects of air pollution?

a)

nothing

b)

less walking

c)

increase in respiratory problems

d)

all of the above

14.

What is one cause of floods?

a)

pollution

b)

rain (monsoons and cyclones)

c)

population density

d)

nothing

15.

What was the biggest natural disaster in history?

a)

Yellow River Flood of 1931

b)

Hurricane Irma

c)

Earthquake

d)

All of the above

16.

What is another cause of floods?

a)

mountains snow/ice

b)

houses

c)

nothing

d)

acid rain

17.

What is one effect of floods?

a)

deconstruction of buildings

b)

nothing

c)

acid rain

d)

smog

18.

What is the effect of floods that came from Chinese government?

a)

deforestation

b)

built dams

c)

acid rain

d)

smog

19.

What is chopping tress down faster than they can grow causing?

a)

deforestation

b)

built dams

c)

acid rain

d)

smog

20.

What is a cause of deforestation?

a)

growing rural population

b)

acid rain

c)

smog

d)

built dams

21.

Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

neither

22.

Is Buddhism monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

neither

23.

What is one of the main texts of Hinduism?

a)

Bible

b)

Kuran

c)

Vedas

d)

It does not have texts.

24.

What is one similarity between Hinduism and Buddism?

a)

They have nothing in common.

b)

They both believe in reincarnation.

c)

Dancing

d)

Who they worship

25.

What is the highest caste in Hinduism?

a)

slaves

b)

warriors

c)

priests

d)

workers

26.

What is it called when you free yourself from material objects in Buddhism?

a)

Nirvana

b)

Samsara

c)

Buddha

d)

Enlightened One

27.

What does Buddha mean?

a)

The Awakened

b)

Nothing

c)

God

d)

Samsara

28.

What is Samsara in Hinduism?

a)

It is not in Hinduism.

b)

reincarnation

c)

dancing

d)

worship

29.

Does Shinto have a sacred writing or origin?

a)

Yes

b)

No

30.

What is Kami in Shintoism?

a)

God

b)

Spirits

c)

The Universe

d)

Yourself

31.

Who started Confusionism?

a)

Confucious

b)

Nobody

c)

Shinto

d)

Buddha

32.

What is a cultural community of people with common ancestry, often sharing common religion, language, and traditions?

a)

community

b)

ethnic group

c)

neighborhood

d)

organization

33.

Can people from different ethnic groups belong to the same religious groups?

a)

yes

b)

no

34.

What is the major religion of India?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

35.

Monotheistic means what?

a)

belief in only one god

b)

no belief in god

c)

belief in many gods

d)

belief in a sick god

36.

The highest caste for Hinduism is what?

a)

Brahmans

b)

Nobels

c)

Priests

d)

Kings

37.

What is karma?

a)

the idea that things you do in this life will affect the next

b)

bad news

c)

good news

d)

how someone acts

38.

What is dharma?

a)

good news

b)

how you act

c)

set of religious rules and morals you must follow

d)

bad news

39.

Are music and dance a form of worship?

a)

yes

b)

no

40.

Who is Siddhartha Gautama (2 answers)?

a)

He is a man at 29 who left home and saw death/sickness for first time-he wanted to find a place of no suffering. He later was called Buddha.

b)

leader of India

c)

leader of Asia

d)

He is a man who Buddism was named after.

41.

What did Buddha teach?

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Three Blind Mice

c)

Four Morals

d)

Three Commandments

42.

What are the four noble truths?

a)

Life has suffering.

b)

Always love.

c)

We suffer because we want power and riches.

d)

To not suffer, we need to not want power and riches.

e)

You must give up wanting power and riches, we must follow the Eight Fold Path.

43.

What do Buddhists often do to clear their minds and to experience a glimpse of nirvana (freeing of the self from material things)?

a)

jumping jacks

b)

run

c)

exercise

d)

meditate

44.

What means "the way of God" in Japan?

a)

Shinto

b)

HInto

c)

Bingo

d)

Dingo

45.

Shinto religion is big in what country?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Indonesia

d)

USA

46.

Shinto stresses the presence of ________ or spirits in everything from plants and animals to rocks and mountains.

a)

kami

b)

curi

c)

semi

d)

hemi

47.

Is Shinto polytheistic or monotheistic?

a)

polytheistic

b)

monotheistic

c)

neither

d)

both

48.

Who do the Shinto followers acknowledge and give thanks to?

a)

ancestors

b)

children

c)

grandchildren

d)

priests

49.

Is Confucianism an organized religion?

a)

yes

b)

no

50.

Can you believe in the teachings of Confucius and follow a religion such as Buddhism, Taoism, etc?

a)

yes

b)

no

51.

Who was the teacher and philosopher who lived in China and taught that life should be dedicated to a constant effort of learning and self improvement? He also believed TEACHERS play one of the most important roles in society.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Confucius

c)

Mrs. Vinson

d)

Coach Mac

52.

What is are causes of air pollution in China? *This is exactly how HIS question was worded...pick the BIGGEST cause.

a)

cars

b)

factories

c)

population density

d)

dogs

53.

What did China do to help the Beijing Olympics?

a)

stopped factories from running

b)

stopped people from driving cars

c)

did not host it

d)

stopped the games

54.

What is the cause of river pollution in the Ganges river?

a)

high population

b)

America

c)

England

d)

erosion

55.

What is a cause of river pollution in the Yangtze River?

a)

boats

b)

second half of the industrial age in China during the 20th century

c)

fish

d)

deforestation

56.

What is an effect of the river pollution?

a)

diseases

b)

deforestation

c)

hurricanes

d)

floods

57.

China is the world's largest producer of what?

a)

corn

b)

beans

c)

cabbage

d)

rice

58.

About how many island do people live on in Indonesia?

a)

17,000

b)

10,000

c)

8,000

d)

6,000

59.

What percentage of people work in agriculture in China?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

100%

d)

50%

60.

Why is it easy for India to trade by boat?

a)

location

b)

natural resources

c)

They have a lot of boats.

d)

They do not have planes.

61.

What percentage of China can be cultivated?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

100%

62.

What river is considered sacred and runs through Eastern India?

a)

Ganges

b)

Nile

c)

Mekong

d)

Huang He

63.

Which river is in North China and drains into the Yellow Sea?

a)

Indus

b)

Nile

c)

Mekong

d)

Huang He (Yellow River)

64.

Which river runs mostly through Pakistan?

a)

Indus

b)

Nile

c)

Mekong

d)

Yellow River

65.

Which river runs through 6 countries and finally drains out of Vietnam?

a)

Nile

b)

Indus

c)

Mekong

d)

Ganges

66.

Which river is in South China and is the longest river in Asia?

a)

Yangtze (Chang Jiang)

b)

Nile

c)

Mekong

d)

Indus

67.

What continent is pictured?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

China

68.

In the picture, which country is in the middle ofAsa and is in green?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

China

69.

In the picture, which country is yellow and is in the southern part of Asia?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

North Korea

d)

China

70.

In the picture which country is peach and in the southern part of Asia?

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

71.

Which country is light blue and is an archipelago (group of islands)?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

India

72.

In the picture, what is number 4?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

South China Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Sea of Japan

73.

In the picture, what is number 5?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

South China Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Sea of Japan

74.

In the picture, what is number 1?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Sea of Japan

c)

South China Sea

d)

Bay of Bengal

75.

What is number 2 in the picture?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Sea of Japan

c)

South China Sea

d)

Bay of Bengal

76.

What is number 1 in picture?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

77.

What is #2 in picture?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

78.

What is #3 on map?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

79.

What is #4 on the map?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Gobi Desert

80.

Which religions started in India (choose 2)

a)

Buddhism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Confucianism

81.

Which religion started in Japan?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

82.

Which religion started in East Asia?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

83.

Buddha is the central figure of what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

84.

Confucious is the central figure for what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

85.

Which religion uses Vedas or Upanishads (while the other religions don't use a holy text)?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

86.

Brahman is the god for which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

87.

Kami (or kami kaze) is the god for which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

88.

Eight fold is the belief of what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

89.

Samat (sp???) is the belief of what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

90.

Kami Servici (sp ???) is the belief of what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

91.

Learning is the belief of which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

92.

Which religions started around 600 -500 BCE (choose 3)?

a)

Buddism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

93.

Which religion started about 1500 BCE (long before the other three)?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

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