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WG.1 Perceptions of Place Names and Disputed Territories

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for the Persian Gulf?

a)

Gulf of Japan

b)

East Gulf

c)

Arabian Gulf

2.

What are the two names for the body of water between Saudi Arabia and Iran? (select 2)

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Arabian Gulf

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

East Sea

3.

Palestine is an ethnic region that includes Gaza and the West Bank; these are inside which country?

a)

United States

b)

India

c)

Israel

d)

United Kingdom

4.

What issue has divided the Korean Peninsula?

a)

Political Dispute

b)

Language Barriers

c)

Religious Differences

d)

Racial Genocide

5.

What is the primary dispute between the island nation of Taiwan and mainland China?

a)

Issues of Economic Trade

b)

Military Policies

c)

Language Barriers

d)

Issues Over Independence

6.

What is the alternative name for this body of water that the Chinese and Koreans refer to as the East Sea?

a)

Australia

b)

Japan

c)

New Zealand

d)

Cuba

7.

Western Sahara has valuable deposits of phosphate. Which North African country also claims these resources?

a)

Morocco

b)

Egypt

c)

Algeria

d)

Niger

8.

Select the best TWO answers that refer to this region:

a)

North Africa and Southwest Asia

b)

Middle Asia

c)

North Asia and Southwest Africa

d)

Middle East

9.

What is the physical name of this island?

a)

Japan

b)

Formosa

c)

New Zealand

d)

Cuba

10.

Kashmir is a disputed territory primarily between which two nations?

a)

India and Pakistan

b)

Pakistan and Iran

c)

Iran and China

d)

India and Afghanistan

11.

Which former country split apart during the 1990s and experienced conflict and ethnic genocide?

a)

Russia

b)

South Russia

c)

South Slavia

d)

Yugoslavia

e)

Russia