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South East Asia Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country is represented by the number 1?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

Japan

2.
Number 2 represents the country of
a)
Japan.
b)
North Korea.
c)
Vietnam.
d)
South Korea.
3.
What country is number 4?
a)
Japan
b)
Cambodia
c)
Vietnam
d)
China
4.
Which country is South Korea?
a)
25
b)
28
c)
27
d)
26
5.

Which country is labeled as #3 ?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Indonesia

d)

India

6.

What is #1?

a)

Indus River

b)

Huang He (Yellow) River

c)

Mekong River

d)

Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River

7.
What is #2?
a)
Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River
b)
Indus
c)
Mekong
d)
Huang He (Yellow River)
8.
What is #6?
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
Taklamakan Desert
c)
Himalayas
9.
What is #15?
a)
Sea of Japan
b)
S. China Sea
c)
Bay of Bengal
d)
Indian Ocean
10.
What is #17?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Sea of Japan
c)
S. China Sea
d)
Atlantic Ocean
11.

Which country is labeled as #6 ?

a)

Japan

b)

Vietnam

c)

South Korea

d)

North Korea

12.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
13.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
South China Sea
b)
Yellow River
c)
Ganges River
d)
Gobi Desert
14.
What physical feature is shown here? 
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
Himalayan mountains
c)
Taklimakan Desert
d)
Yangtze River
15.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
South China Sea
b)
Yellow River
c)
Sea of Japan
d)
Taklimaken Desert
16.

Student protestors were attacked by Chinese government troops and many were killed or arrested here in 1989:

a)

Red Square

b)

World Trade Center

c)

Tiananmen Square

d)

38th Parallel

17.
North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.
a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
18.
South Korea was supported by ________________ which has a _________________ government.
a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
19.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
20.

What European Power was the colonial ruler of Vietnam in the 1800's and 1900's?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

United States

21.

Who was the leader of the Communist party?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Emperor Hirohito

22.

When was the Communist state of the People’s Republic of China established

a)

1900

b)

1989

c)

2008

d)

1949

23.

What was the name of the economic plan that the Chinese government developed in order to boost China’s economy?

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

The Cultural Revolution

c)

China's Betterment Plan

d)

Chinese Economic Plan for that moolah

24.

What is the name of the army of young students that Mao used to enforce policies in the 1960's?

a)

The Red Guard

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

The Youth for Communism

d)

The great Collective

25.

What was the Cultural Revolution?

a)

Mao's attempt to regain control of China and get rid of anything "old" in the country

b)

Introducing democracy to the Chinese people

c)

Showing the rest of the world how powerful Mao was

d)

Growing crops and producing steel at a very rapid rate

26.
What event led to the US joining WWII? 
a)
Germany invaded Poland. 
b)
Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 
c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
d)
Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 
27.

The Japanese surrendered to the Allies after

a)

Atomic bombs were dropped on Iwo Jima

b)

Atomic bombs were dropped on Tokyo

c)

Atomic bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor

d)

Atomic bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities

28.
The American commander given the job of rebuilding Japan after WWII.
a)
Mohandas Gandhi
b)
General Douglas MacArthur
c)
Mao Zedong
29.
The day that Japan surrendered is known as...
a)
D-Day
b)
VE Day
c)
VJ Day
d)
USA Wins Day
30.

Which US President asked Congress to declare war on Japan?

a)

President Eisenhower

b)

President Truman

c)

President Roosevelt

d)

President MacArthur

31.
What happened to government and military leaders in Japan after WWII? 
a)
They went to trial and were punished for their actions
b)
They were exiled from Japan
c)
They had to write a letter of apology to the United States for bombing Pearl Harbor
d)
They had to sign a treaty and resign from their government and military positions
32.

What kind of government does Japan have today?

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Presidential Monarchy

d)

Communist Monarchy

33.

On this date, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor Japan killing over 2400 people many US battleships and airplanes were destroyed.

a)

December 7th, 1950

b)

December 7th, 1941

c)

April 1, 2001

d)

August 2, 1957

34.

What two cities did the US drop the atomic bombs on?

a)

Tokyo and Okinawa

b)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

c)

Seoul and Taiwan

d)

Valdosta and Hahira

35.
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
a)
38th Parallel
b)
17th Parallel
c)
Mekong River
d)
It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country
36.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
37.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
38.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
39.

Vietnam was ruled by which country for a thousand years before it won its independence in 939 AD?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

India

d)

Iran

40.

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

a)

prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

b)

reduce French influence in Vietnam

c)

stop china from seizing Vietnam

d)

support the government of North Vietnam

41.

The Vietnam War ended in a __________________?

a)

cease-fire agreement

b)

Vietnamese victory

c)

U.S. victory

d)

a nuclear bomb

42.

What country ruled over colonial India?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

43.

What was established by Indian nationalists in 1885 to fight for Indian self-rule?

a)

Indian Congress

b)

National Congress

c)

Indian Independence Congress

d)

Indian National Congress

44.

Who became leader of the Indian National Congress and Indian independence in 1920?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

King George

d)

Indira Gandhi

45.

What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?

a)

violent

b)

popular

c)

guerrilla

d)

non-violent

46.

When did Britain grant India's independence?

a)

1930

b)

1937

c)

1940

d)

1947

47.

The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi's actions such as the Salt March and the textile boycott was to

a)

begin a cycle of armed revolution

b)

draw attention to critical issues

c)

increase the strength of the military

d)

resist the power of religious leaders

48.

Which two religious groups could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India.

a)

Christians and Buddhists

b)

Hindus and Christians

c)

Christians and Muslims

d)

Hindus and Muslims

49.
Where did Gandhi study to be a lawyer?
a)
India
b)
South Africa
c)
America
d)
Britain
50.

When did terrorists bomb the Twin Towers?

a)

September 11, 2011

b)

September 1, 2011

c)

September 11, 2001

d)

September 1, 2001