WorksheetsEast Asia Unit Assessment
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which region stretches from China to Mongolia and is the largest desert in Asia?
Sahara
Gobi
Atacama
Nile Basin
Which mountain is part of the Himalayas and the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Mount McKinley
Mount Fuji
Mount Ranier
Which geographical feature is closest to "G"
the Great Wall of China
The Yellow River
The Tibetan Plateau
The Pacific Ocean
What is closest to P?
Japan
Tibetan Plateau
Himalayas
Yellow River
Which feature is closest the "B"?
Yangtze River
Yellow River
Tibetan Plateau
Japan
Which body of water is closest to "O"?
South China Sea
Sea of Japan
Pacific Ocean
Yangtze River
Trade from China to Europe
made China poor
occured on the Silk Road
passed along the Grand Canal
came across the East China Sea
Neo Confucianism
ended Buddhism in China
ended scholar officials running China
combined Confucian ideas with Buddhism and Taoism
none of these
Genghis Khan founded this dynasty and created the largest empire in the world.
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Neither
I established the largest continuous empire in human history, conquering much of Asia and parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Yang Jian (Wendi)
Alexander the Great
How did the reunification of China help Buddhism spread?
a unified China allowed the government to force citizens to practice Buddhism
To be a government official, you had to be Buddhist. The people adopted the religion of their government leaders
Ideas spread more easily due to centralized government and improved transportation between North & South.
Genghis Khan forced all conquered people to convert to Buddhism.
How did poverty (state of being poor) contribute to the spread of Buddhism?
Poverty forced the poor to convert to Buddhism.
Buddhism promised relief from suffering through enlightenment
Genghis Khan forced poverty and Buddhism on all he conquered
none of these
The Grand Canal joined which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow and Yantze
Nile and Tiber
none of these
The TWO most influential inventions of the Song Dynasty were
Gun Powder
Moveable Type (printing Press)
compass
paper money
According to Coach Vincent, the most influential invention of the Song Dynasty is...
gunpowder
paper money
printing press/movable type
compass
What affect did Neo-Confucianism have on the government?
It believed that the government should be ruled by scholars and Civil Service Exams were developed to determine if people were qualified for government position.
It taught that violence was wrong. Therefore they disbanded the military which made it easier for the Mongols to conquer them.
China's government built up its military and sought to expand their borders
none of these
Choose the statements that are true about Genghis Khan. (Choose two)
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and built the largest continuous empire in human history.
Genghis Khan was both a brutal and brilliant leader.
Genghis Khan conquered all of Europe and Africa.
Genghis Khan was the most powerful Chinese emperor in China's history.
A merchant is a person who...
runs a trading post.
only stayed in one place
buys and sells goods to make a living
runs an inn
What is the system of government where there is an exchange of land for military service called?
feudalism
Shinto
bushido
monarchy
The dynasty that was the result of the defeat of the Mongols and reunited China under a Chinese Dynasty.
Ming
Song
Yuan
Tang
Made the Great Wall stronger and more elaborate, the way we see it today.
Ming
Yuan
Song
Qing
The Forbidden City was built (Choose 3)
to display Chinese superiority
as a palace for Kublai Khan
to promote trade
to provide a luxurious home for the Ming Emperor
to provide a place for government to conduct business
Which answer option best explains the significance of the Ming Dynasty's use of civil-service examinations?
The exams contributed to hereditary titles (positions of power were only passed down to family members)
The exams ensured only the most qualified emperors were in power
The exams ensured that the most intelligent (and usually most qualified) people were given government positions
The exams ensured that only the best men became soldiers in the emperors army
The forbidden City is similar in size to the White House.
True
False
Why is the Forbidden City named the way it is? (Choose 2)
Commoners and foreigners were forbidden to enter.
Sitting on almost 200 acres with over 1000 buildings, the size and layout of the palace complex is more like a city than a palace.
Because it was actually the capital city during the Ming Dynasty
Because the Mongols forbid the Chinese to enter.
Which of the following is an example of Isolationism?
Zheng He's Sea Expeditions
The Emperor providing safe travel along the Silk Road
Zheng He recieving Tribute from civilizations he visited
Ming Dynasty ceasing Sea Expeditions and limiting trade and exposure to other civilizations.
What is isolationism?
A policy that seeks to isolate the emperor from common people
a policy that seeks to isolate an enemy state from its allies
a policy that seeks to stay away from and limit contact with other countries
a policy that aggressively seeks to increase trade with as many nations as possible
The national religion of Japan that originated there is
Shintoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Monotheism
Japan is a/an
archipelago
land locked nation
plateau
none of these
The two dominant religions of Japan are (Choose two)
Shintoism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
The sacred text of Shintoism is kami
True
False
Physical purity (cleanliness) is more important to Shintoism than moral purity (being good vs. bad)
True
False
