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East Asia

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is this?
a)
China
b)
North Korea
c)
South Korea
d)
Japan
2.
What physical barriers inhibited travelers on the Silk Road?
a)
Great Wall of China
b)
numerous river crossings
c)
travel through rainforests
d)
mountains and desert climate conditions
3.
What kind of government does North Korea have?
a)
democratic
b)
communist
c)
monarchy
d)
parliamentary democracy
4.
Which government policy is found in both China and North Korea?
a)
censorship of free speech
b)
fair treatment of human rights
c)
multi-party elections
d)
One-Child Policy
5.
What was the original purpose of the Great Wall of China? 
a)
to protect from invaders from the South
b)
to protect from invaders from the North
c)
to prevent refugees from leaving China
d)
to prevent refugees from entering China from North Korea
6.
How does the Ring of Fire affect the physical geography of this region?
a)
abundance of volcanoes
b)
frequent earthquakes
c)
destructive tsunamis
d)
all of these
7.
What term describes a chain of islands? 
a)
Island-chain
b)
Japan
c)
Archipelago 
8.
What is Japan’s tallest mountain? 
a)
Ou
b)
Mount Fuji 
c)
Everest 
d)
Tien Chen 
9.
Where does the majority of China's population live and why?
a)
In the north because they are protected by the Great Wall of China
b)
in the East because there is rich soil and fresh water
c)
only in the cities because of good jobs
d)
in the east because of beaches and restaurants
10.
Where did the majority of East Asian culture originate?
a)
Korea
b)
China
c)
Vietnam
d)
Mongolia
11.
What is the main difference between Communist China and communist North Korea?
a)
China has incorporated capitalism and the economy is growing
b)
North Korea is allowing their people to start businesses
c)
North Korea is allowing their people to start businesses
d)
China's economy has continued to decline but N. Korea's grew
12.
Which of the following is not a democracy?
a)
South Korea
b)
Mongolia
c)
Japan
d)
North Korea
13.

Most economies in Asia are mixed. North Korea is the exception. What type of economy does a country have when the government controls all of it?

a)

free market

b)

traditional

c)

command

d)

capitalist

14.
If a nation is considered economically developed, all of the following would be high EXCEPT
a)
life expectancy
b)
literacy rate
c)
number of men versus women
d)
GDP/GDP per capita
15.

Name the two Chinese philosophies that stress moral values and respect for family and nature.

a)

Naturalism and Confucianism

b)

Buddhism and Daoism

c)

Socialism and Communism

d)

Confucianism and Daoism

16.

When an economy goes from being based on agriculture to being based on manufacturing and other industries...this is called what?

a)

Communism

b)

Urbanization

c)

Socialism

d)

Industrialization

17.

What is the name given to the trade route that connected China to the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Spice Road

b)

Ivory Road

c)

Silk Road

d)

Quin Road

18.

Who were the fierce nomads and expert horsemen of the Eurasian Steppes?

a)

Zhous

b)

Hans

c)

Mongols

d)

Qins

19.

Internet usage, being able to speak freely about your government, and owning a business are all freedoms enjoyed by citizens living in what type of society?

a)

Free

b)

Communist

20.

Protesting in China is

a)

encouraged and supported by the government

b)

not allowed under their Communist form of government

c)

protesting?... this man is just asking the tank driver for directions

21.

MOST East Asian art focuses on

a)

nature

b)

famous battles

c)

railroads

d)

government

22.
What country is shown here? 
a)
China
b)
Mongolia
c)
Vietnam
d)
India
23.
What country is shown here? 
a)
Japan
b)
North Korea
c)
South Korea
d)
China
24.
What country is shown here?
a)
Indian
b)
Vietnam
c)
Japan
d)
China
25.
What physical feature is shown here? 
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
Himalayan mountains
c)
Taklimakan Desert
d)
Yangtze River
26.
What physical feature is shown here?
a)
Gobi desert
b)
Korean Peninsula
c)
South China Sea
d)
Himalayas 
27.
What country is being featured? 
a)
South Korea
b)
North Korea
c)
Japan 
d)
China
28.
What are the Four Great Inventions of China?
a)
Clocks, Phones, TV's and Watches
b)
Cars, Planes, Boats and Trains
c)
Gunpowder, Paper Making, Compass and Printing
d)
Pizza, Pasta, Cheese Burgers and Salad
29.

What type of government does North Korea have?

a)

Constitutional Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Free Market

d)

Dictatorship/Totalitarian

30.

Of the options below, which two countries have similar economies?

a)

Japan and China

b)

North Korea and South Korea

c)

South Korea and China

d)

Japan and South Korea

31.

Why is most of China's population density is found in the East in the southeastern plains?

a)

cold temperatures are favored by the Chinese

b)

huge mountains in the southeast allow smaller villages

c)

The plains are dry and arid.

d)

mountains and deserts in the West and North

32.

Structures in Hong Kong are built to prevent damage from what?

a)

Flooding only

b)

Earthquakes only

c)

Godzilla

d)

Earthquakes and Flooding

33.

How is China's economy different today than it was in the 1940s?

a)

More economic freedom

b)

Less economic freedom

c)

China has remained a strictly communist country.

d)

All Chinese businesses and industries are nationalized.

34.

What is the connection between earthquakes and tsunamis?

a)

Tsunamis oftentimes cause earthquakes.

b)

Tsunamis are oftentimes caused by earthquakes.

c)

Earthquakes and tsunamis are not connected.

d)

Earthquakes and tsunamis always occur in the same areas.

35.
#1 
a)
Yellow River
b)
Yangze River
c)
Yellow Sea
d)
China
36.

#3

a)

Sea of Japan

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

South China Sea

d)

East China Sea

37.
#5
a)
Yangze River 
b)
Yellow River
c)
Tigris River
d)
Nile River 
38.
#6
a)
South China Sea
b)
East China Sea
c)
Sea of Japan
d)
Pacific Ocean
39.
#10
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Sea of Japan
c)
East China Sea
d)
South China Sea 
40.
#12
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
Korean Peninsula
d)
Mongolia 
41.
Written words that are turned into expressive images are called which of these terms?
a)
love letters
b)
Tai kwon do
c)
calligraphy
d)
Kowabunga
42.
Why are forests shrinking in eastern China?
a)
many trees have died from diseases
b)
the forests aren't shrinking in eastern China
c)
the climate has changed
d)
people have cleared the land for farmland and used the trees for building and fuel
43.
Buddhism was brought to China by traders from which of these countries?
a)
India
b)
United States
c)
Mongolia
d)
none of the above
44.
Which famous Chinese thinker said "Every long journey begins with a single step."?
a)
Yao Ming
b)
Confucius
c)
Laozi
d)
Bruce Lee
45.

North Korea and South Korea were once one country?

a)

Yes

b)

No

46.

Population density in China is highest

a)

in the Tian Shan mountains

b)

near the Yangtze River

c)

in the Gobi Desert

d)

on Mount Fuji

47.

The Ring of Fire causes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

volcanoes

b)

the formation of mountains

c)

earthquakes

d)

monsoons

48.

What physical feature is shaded on the map?

a)

the Tian Shan Mountains

b)

Mount Fuji

c)

the Gobi Desert

d)

the Yangtze River

49.

What physical feature is pinned on the map?

a)

the Tian Shan Mountains

b)

Mount Fuji

c)

the Gobi Desert

d)

the Yangtze River