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Unit 10 East and SE Asia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This landlocked country rests between Vietnam and Thailand in southeast Asia, and has a population of around 7 million

a)

Indonesia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Laos

2.

All of these are major river systems that flow through east and southeast Asia EXCEPT

a)

Indus

b)

Yangtze

c)

Yellow

d)

Mekong

3.

What serves as a natural border between China and India?

a)

The Rocky Mountains

b)

The South China Sea

c)

The Indus River

d)

The Himalyan Mountains

4.

What major event affected Chinese history and Hong Kong in the late 1990s?

a)

The Great Leap Forward

b)

The flooding of the Yellow River

c)

Reunification after British rule of Hong Kong ending

d)

The Tiananmen Square Massacre

5.

Which communist group occupied Cambodia during the 20th century and was led by Pol Pot?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

CCCP

c)

Wu Tang Clan

d)

Khmer Rouge

6.

Some historians see the Vietnam War as a continuation of which conflict?

a)

Battle of Gallipoli

b)

First Indochina War

c)

The Korean War

d)

The Sino-Russo War

7.

What is one major difference between present day Mongolia compared to Mongolia hundreds of years ago?

a)

They speak Mongolian

b)

The size of the country now versus the empire's size then

c)

Their nomadic lifestyles

d)

The architecture

8.

Many Filipinos have Spanish sounding surnames, what is the most probable cause for this?

a)

They are big fans of Spain and South America

b)

They originally colonized the area in what is now Spain in prehistoric times

c)

They are Spain's biggest trading partner

d)

Spanish colonization years ago left influence on names as well as religion

9.

Languages found in southeast Asia are tonal, meaning that

a)

Same sounding words could have completely different meanings based on which pitch or inflection is used

b)

They all communicate by singing to one another

c)

Languages are a series of grunts and clicks as opposed to words

d)

They are interchangeable with one another

10.

What was one major cause of the Opium Wars in China?

a)

Chinese citizens were fighting to legalize opium

b)

The British were smuggling in opium to trade for silver so they could afford more tea

c)

Opium numbed the senses, meaning their boxers could take more hits

d)

China had invaded Britain to gain control of their opium reserves

11.

Which of these countries has the highest population in the world?

a)

Bangladesh

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Russia

12.

This Chinese policy, introduced in the 1970s, was recently relaxed to give families greater reproductive freedom.

a)

No Babies Amendment

b)

Zhan Zhuang

c)

Great Leap Forward

d)

One Child Policy

13.

The responsibility of rebuilding Japan in a more western image fell to

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP)

c)

MacArthur Park

d)

Mao Zedong

14.

What happened to Vietnam's economy a few decades after the end of the Vietnam war?

a)

It increased

b)

It decreased

c)

It stagnated

d)

Vietnam ceased to exist as a country after the war

15.

This country was originally named Burma, for the ethnic group living there, but changed names in the late 20th century

a)

Indonesia

b)

Malaysia

c)

East Timor

d)

Myanmar

16.

When looking at the Asian Tiger economies, what economic model did they follow to achieve such growth?

a)

Rostow's stages of development

b)

Privatization of their oil reserves like in the Middle East

c)

Japan's post-war rebuilding model

d)

Outsourcing labor

17.

What is another name for the demilitarized zone(DMZ), and why?

a)

No man's land, because no one crosses it

b)

Central Korea, because it is in the middle of the peninsula

c)

SCAP territory, because of American intervention

d)

The 38th parallel, because of the line of latitude that the DMZ falls on

18.

What was the main reason for American intervention in Korea and Vietnam?

a)

They wanted to flex their military might after becoming a post war super power

b)

They wished to halt the spread of communism due to the Domino Theory

c)

America had been enemies with these countries for hundreds of years

d)

These countries contained resources that the US wanted for themselves

19.

Which of these was one of ancient China's most famous inventions?

a)

Democracy

b)

The cotton gin

c)

Gunpowder

d)

Rouge

20.

A long line of family rulers of a country is called a

a)

Pod

b)

Macro-Monarchy

c)

Linear function

d)

Dynasty