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Southeast Asia Study Guide

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What landform forms the border between China and India?

a)

Taklamakan Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Ganges River

d)

Rocky Mountains

2.

What is Asia's largest desert that is mostly bare rock?

a)

Taklamakan Desert

b)

Ganges River

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

3.

What country on the Korean Peninsula is communist?

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

4.

What river is sacred to the Hindu religion?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

South China Sea

5.

What is the world's largest continent?

a)

Australia

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

China

6.

Why do very few people live in southwestern China and northern India?

a)

the Himalayan Mountains

b)

the Gobi Desert

c)

the Ganges River

d)

the Amazon Rainforest

7.

What are many of the largest cities in Asia located on or near?

a)

bodies of water

b)

deserts

c)

mountains

d)

schools

8.

Which area(s) in SE Asia has the lowest population density? Choose all that apply.

a)

Deserts

b)

Rivers

c)

Mountains

d)

Oceans

9.

What is the climate like in the desert?

a)

extreme temperatures and very dry

b)

hot and rainy

c)

cold and snowy

d)

extreme temperatures and very rainy

10.

Why do more people not live in the desert?

a)

because it's too dry and the temperatures are extreme

b)

because it's too rainy

c)

because there are too many people living there already

d)

because there are too many camels

11.

Which religion of SE Asia was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Shintoism

12.

What is the goal of Buddhists?

a)

moksha

b)

nirvana

c)

meditation

d)

reincarnation

13.

Which religion in SE Asia is popular in India?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Shintoism

14.

True or False. Hindus believe in only one god.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

Which philosophy from SE Asia teaches that it is more important to be clean than to be morally good?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Confuciansim

c)

Shintoism

d)

Hinduism

16.

Which philosophy of SE Asia was based on the "Golden Rule"?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Shintoism

17.

Which country is SE Asia is 70% Market and 30% Command Economy?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

18.

What does it mean for a country to have a mostly command economy?

a)

the people own their own businesses and make decisions based on supply and demand.

b)

the government is in control of all businesses and property.

19.

What does it mean for a country to have a mostly market economy?

a)

the people own their own businesses and make decisions based on supply and demand.

b)

the government is in control of all businesses and property.

20.

Which country in SE Asia is 95% command and 5% market economy?

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

China

d)

Japan

e)

India

21.

Why is it important for all economies to have some government control?

a)

because people want the government to tell them what to do

b)

because we need laws to protect us so our food and medicine is safe

c)

because the government should be in control of all money