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Asia Key Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
aquaculture
a)
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food (esp. rice)
b)
A complex of religious buildings in Cambodia (in southeastern Asia) that is considered one of the world's archaeological and architectural wonders
c)
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 
d)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Formed in 1967, an attempt to establish a free trade area between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

2.
ASEAN
a)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Formed in 1967, an attempt to establish a free trade area between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
b)
a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent 
c)
The religion and philosophy founded by the Indian teacher Gautama Buddha 
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

3.
Buddhism
a)

The primary language of India

b)
A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
c)

The religion and philosophy founded by the Indian teacher Gautama Buddha 

d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

4.
Caste system
a)
a social structure in India where classes are determined by heredity 

b)
a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. 
c)
The belief in many gods.
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

5.
Confucianism
a)
the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China) 
b)
a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan 
c)
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food (esp. rice)
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

6.
Gandhi
a)
a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. 
b)
a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter 
c)
popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu 
d)

the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China) 

7.
Hindi
a)
The primary language of India
b)
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family 
c)
Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.

d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

8.
Hinduism
a)
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 
b)
a social structure in India where classes are determined by heredity 

c)
embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
d)

Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.


9.
Khyber Pass
a)
a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan 
b)
a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans 
c)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Formed in 1967, an attempt to establish a free trade area between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
d)

embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)

10.
monsoon
a)
a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter 
b)
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
c)

A dome shaped Buddhist shrine

d)

embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)

11.
pagoda
a)
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
b)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Formed in 1967, an attempt to establish a free trade area between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
c)
a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans 
d)

embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)

12.
reincarnation
a)
embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
b)

Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.


c)
a social structure in India where classes are determined by heredity 

d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

13.
Shinto
a)
Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.

b)
the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China) 
c)
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family 
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

14.
subcontinent
a)
a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent 
b)
popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu 
c)
a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter 
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

15.
polytheism
a)
The belief in many gods.
b)
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food (esp. rice)
c)
a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan 
d)

popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu 

16.
Taoism
a)
popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu 
b)
The belief in many gods.
c)
a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. 
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

17.
Typhoon
a)
a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans 
b)
The primary language of India
c)
A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
d)

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 

18.
Green Revolution
a)
A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
b)
The religion and philosophy founded by the Indian teacher Gautama Buddha 
c)
a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent 
d)

a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans 

19.
dynasty
a)
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family 
b)
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal 
c)
A dome shaped Buddhist shrine
d)

a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans 

20.
Stupa
a)
A dome shaped Buddhist shrine
b)
Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.

c)
A complex of religious buildings in Cambodia (in southeastern Asia) that is considered one of the world's archaeological and architectural wonders
d)

a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans