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East Asia Honors Geography Test Study Guide

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

About 92 percent of the people in China are part of the ethnic group known as the . . .

a)

Chin

b)

Chang

c)

Han

d)

Matsui

2.

The region often called the "real" China is the . . .

a)

North China Plain

b)

Southern Uplands

c)

Guangxi Zhuang

d)

Plateau of Tibet

3.

What form of subsistence farming is a Chinese practice that allows people to raise crops in small areas?

a)

Light Farming

b)

Intensive Farming

c)

Communal Farming

d)

Teamwork Farming

4.

The world's third-largest river and the longest river in Asia is the . . .

a)

Nile

b)

Huang He

c)

Chang Jiang

d)

Taedong

5.

What is China's largest city?

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Guangzhou

d)

Hong Kong

e)

Tianjin

6.

Which city is the port of Beijing?

a)

Shanghai

b)

Tianjin

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Beijing

e)

Macau

7.

What structure was built during the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries to protect China from the Mongols and Turkic tribes?

a)

Forbidden City

b)

Demilitarized Zone

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

Hadrian's Wall

8.

China's southernmost province and largest island is . . .

a)

Taiwan

b)

Hainan

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Quemoy

e)

Macau

9.

What is the oldest European colony in Asia, founded by the Portuguese in 1557?

a)

Shanghai

b)

Tianjin

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Beijing

e)

Macau

10.

Which leader established a republic in China?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Nei Mongol

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Deng Xiaoping

e)

Chiang Kai-shek

11.

Who was the Communist leader that defeated the Nationalist Chinese Army and established the People's Republic of China?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Nei Mongol

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Deng Xiaoping

e)

Chiang Kai-shek

12.

The leader of Tibetan Buddhism is called the . . .

a)

Red Guard

b)

Kuomintang

c)

Dalai Lama

d)

Samurai

e)

Emperor

13.

Collapsible round tents in which Mongolian nomads live are called . . .

a)

gers

b)

regs

c)

teepees

d)

lean-tos

14.

Mongolia's main urban center is the region's capital, . . .

a)

Ulaanbaatar

b)

Xi'an

c)

Guangzhou

d)

Kaohsiung

15.

What is the border separating North Korea and South Korea?

a)

Autonomous region

b)

demilitarized zone

c)

Special Economic Zone

d)

Uncontrolled sector

16.

What is North Korea's religion that focuses people's attention on the personality of the country's dictator?

a)

Falun Gong

b)

Juche

c)

Nationalistic atheism

d)

Shintoism

e)

Buddhism

17.

By what name do the Japanese refer to their country?

a)

Honshu

b)

Land of the Rising Sun

c)

Nippon

d)

Republic of Japan

e)

Land of the Thunder Dragon

18.

The predominant religion of Japan is . . .

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Christianity

e)

Buddhism

19.

Japan's largest island is . . .

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Honshu

c)

Shikoku

d)

Kyushu

20.

What does the name Tokyo mean?

a)

"Eastern Capital"

b)

"Nippon is great"

c)

"High Mountain Town"

d)

"Divine Wind"

21.

Who were the ancient Japanese warriors that protected feudal lords' estates?

a)

daimyo

b)

kendo

c)

samurai

d)

Shogun

22.

What is Japan's southernmost island?

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Honshu

c)

Kyushu

d)

Shikoku

23.

What is Japan's smallest island?

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Honshu

c)

Kyushu

d)

Shikoku

24.

Which famous missionary ministered in Manchuria?

a)

Jonathan Goforth

b)

William Carrey

c)

Hudson Taylor

d)

Stephen Johnson

25.

In 1989 where did students in Beijing unsuccessfully protest for greater freedoms from the communists?

a)

Forbidden City

b)

Demilitarized Zone

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

the Kremlin

e)

Tianamen Square

26.

"The Roof of the World" is the nickname of which Chinese Region?

a)

Taiwan

b)

Inner Mongol

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Manchuria

e)

Tibet

27.

To what island did the Chinese Nationalists Chiang Kai-shek flee in 1949?

a)

Taiwan

b)

Inner Mongol

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Manchuria

e)

Tibet

28.

Which Communist ruler known as "Great Leader" served as the Soviet Union's puppet leader of North Korea?

a)

Kim Jong Un

b)

Kim Il Sung

c)

Kim Jong Il

d)

Kim Sung Un

e)

Kim Un Jong

29.

What is South Korea also known as?

a)

Republic of Korea

b)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

c)

Nippon

d)

People's Democracy of Korea

e)

Democracy of Korea

30.

On which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo

d)

Osaka

e)

Sapporo

31.

Which island colony was founded by the British but reverted to China in 1997?

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Guangzhou

d)

Hong Kong

e)

Tianjin

32.

What are the two main rivers of China?

a)

Tarim River

b)

Huang He River

c)

Chang Jiang River

d)

Taedong River

e)

Mekong River

33.

Who succeeded Mao Zedong as China's dictator?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Nei Mongol

c)

Kim Il Sung

d)

Deng Xiaoping

e)

Chiang Kai-shek

34.

Which region of Mongolia does China control?

a)

Outer Mongolia

b)

Inner Mongolia

c)

Manchuria

d)

Gobi Desert

e)

Tibet

35.

What are the names of the two tiny islands that the Nationalist Chinese claim in addition to Taiwan?

a)

Taiwan

b)

Matsu

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Quemoy

e)

Macau

36.

What desert dominates southern Mongolia?

a)

Thar Desert

b)

Arabian Desert

c)

Kyzylkum Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

e)

Karakum Desert

37.

Which mountain range runs down the east central portion of the Korean Peninsula?

a)

Taebaek mountains

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Kunlun Mountains

d)

Altay Mountains

e)

Greater Khingan Mountain Range

38.

What is North Korea's official name?

a)

Republic of Korea

b)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

c)

Nippon

d)

People's Democracy of Korea

e)

Democracy of Korea

39.

What is the name given to the border separating North Korea and South Korea?

a)

Forbidden City

b)

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

the Kremlin

e)

Tianamen Square

40.

Which two East Asian nations are divided into free and Communist Countries?

a)

China & Taiwan

b)

North Korea & South Korea

c)

Japan & Philipines

d)

North Vietnam & South Vietnam

e)

East Malaysia & West Malaysia

41.

What is the highest mountain in Japan?

a)

Fujiyama (Mount Fuji)

b)

Mount Hotaka

c)

Mount Yari

d)

Mount Kita

e)

Mount Tate

42.

What body of water separates Japan from the Korean Peninsula?

a)

Korea Strait

b)

Yellow Sea

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

Korea Bay

e)

East China Sea

43.

What missionary organization did Hudson Taylor start in China?

a)

China Inland Mission

b)

Great Wall of China Rescue

c)

China Rescue Mission

d)

The Salvation Army of China

e)

China Mission

44.

What is another name for the region bounded by the Pacific Ocean, Russia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia?

a)

Pacific Rim

b)

Quemoy

c)

Manchuria

d)

10/40 Window

45.

In what section of Beijing did emperors once live?

a)

Forbidden City

b)

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

the Kremlin

e)

Tianamen Square

46.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


C

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Tibet

d)

Taiwan

e)

Korea

47.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


A

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Tibet

d)

Taiwan

e)

Korea

48.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


B

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Tibet

d)

Taiwan

e)

Korea

49.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


H

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Tibet

d)

Taiwan

e)

Korea

50.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


I

a)

East China Sea

b)

South China Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Korea Bay

e)

Sea of Japan

51.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


K

a)

East China Sea

b)

South China Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Korea Bay

e)

Sea of Japan

52.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


G

a)

East China Sea

b)

South China Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Korea Bay

e)

Sea of Japan

53.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


J

a)

Beijing

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Tianjin

d)

Shanghai

e)

Guangzhou

54.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


F

a)

Beijing

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Tianjin

d)

Shanghai

e)

Guangzhou

55.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


N

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

China

e)

Mongolia

56.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


A

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

China

e)

Mongolia

57.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


D

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

China

e)

Mongolia

58.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


B

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Seoul

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku

59.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


C

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Seoul

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku

60.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


L

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Seoul

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku

61.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


J

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Seoul

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku

62.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


H

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Kyushu

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku

63.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


G

a)

Sea of Japan

b)

East China Sea

c)

South China Sea

d)

Yellow Sea

e)

Korea Strait

64.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


F

a)

Sea of Japan

b)

East China Sea

c)

South China Sea

d)

Yellow Sea

e)

Korea Strait

65.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


I

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Kyushu

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

e)

Shikoku