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WorksheetsSouth/East Asia Unit Exam
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 33mins
Which country is letter G?
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Which country is letter C?
Nepal
Maldives
Bangladesh
Bhutan
What landform is this?
Indus River
Ganges River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
What landform is this?
Ganges River
Indus River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
What landform is this?
Himalaya Mts
Karakoram Mts
Hindu Kush Mts
Zagor Mts
Which country in #8?
Mongolia
China
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Which country is #9?
China
Mongolia
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Which country is #12?
Japan
China
Korean Peninsula
Mongolia
What is landform #1?
Yellow River
Yangze River
Yellow Sea
China
What landform is #5?
Yangze River
Yellow River
Tigris River
Nile River
_________________ is the largest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayan Mountains.
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Karakorum
K2
All of these are major rivers in South Asia, EXCEPT:
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Yangze
What are India's two largest resources?
Coal and timber
Coal and iron ore
Iron ore and timber
Iron ore and natural gas
The South Asian peninsula is surrounded by all of these bodies of water, EXCEPT:
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Yellow Sea
What is alluvial soil?
enriched soil brought from the mountains
useless soil that can grow nothing
enriched soil from the ocean
enriched soil from the volcanic islands of the Maldives
The Ganges is often referred to as, Gangamai, which translates as...
Mother Ganges
Dirty River
Ganges River
Father Ganges
What is the caste system?
A system of social classes that divided people by occupation
A system of social classes that divided people by religion
A system of social classes that divided people by skin color
A system of social classes that divided people by reincarnation
How does one become joined forever with Brahman?
Reincarnate until your soul is "clean and pure"
Reincarnate until your soul is "without suffering"
Reincarnate until your soul is "Brahman"
Reincarnate until your soul is "reborn in the lowest caste"
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
Brahman
Vishnu
Buddha
Chandragupta
What are the Four Noble Truths?
From birth to death, life is filled with suffering
From birth to death, life is filled with pleasure
From birth to death, life is filled with Brahman
From birth to death, life is filled with Buddha
Buddhist reach ________________ at the end of their reincarnations.
Nirvana
Heaven
Brahman
Valhalla
How did Asoka help spread Buddhism?
Monasteries
Missionaries
Religious tolerance
All of these answers
What does Hinduism mean?
The religion of the people of India
The religion of the people of South Asia
The religion of the people of Brahman
The religion of the people of Buddha
_______________ - a person's actions have consequences in this or future lives.
Karma
Reincarnation
Upanishads
Nirvana
What new religion was born as Islam spread into South Asia?
Sikhism
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
What company did the British use to gain control of India?
East India Company
West India Company
British Army
British Fur Trading
Who promoted the removal of the British Empire from India?
Mohandas Ghandi
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta
Brahman
What happened as a result of partition?
Ethnic conflict broke out
Religious conflict broke out
Ethnic and religious conflict broke out
Everyone moved to new countries peacefully
Based on the film "Girl Rising", what challenges do girls face in Asia? (At least 5 sentences for credit)
What desert stretches from northwest China into Mongolia?
Gobi Desert
Taklimakan Desert
Thar Desert
There is no desert there
What are the two major rivers in China?
Yellow River and Yangtze River
Yangtze River and Indus River
Yangtze River and Ganges River
Yellow River and Mekong River
This island was once a British Colony and now continues to fight for independence from China.
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
What limits the amount of land for agriculture in East Asia?
Several mountain ranges
Several rivers
Several deserts
Several rain forests
China and Korea both have reserves of this resource.
Coal
Iron Ore
Natural Gas
Hydroelectric Power
What is a benefit of the Three Gorges Dam?
Control Flooding
Hydroelectric Power
Ships can reach interior
All answers are correct
The writing system that is still used today in China and Japan, developed during which dynasty?
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
When heaven supports your dynasty and the conquering of new lands, what is this called?
Mandate of Heaven
Mandate of God
Mandate of Zhou
Mandate of Brahman
Who is China's very first Shi Huangdi?
Zheng
Shang Yang
Chen Sheng
Zhou
The First Emperor implemented Legalism, which included what?
Heavy taxes
Required labor
Single set of laws
All are correct answers
What do ethnic Chinese still call themselves today?
Han
Zhou
Shang
Qin
What was the name of the first state in Korea?
Choson
Yayoi
Jomon
Koguryo
What did the Yayoi introduce in Japan?
Rice farming
Wheat farming
Shinto
Mahayana Buddhism
Which philosopher believed in the idea of filial piety?
Confucius
Han Fei Zu
Laozi
None of these
Which philosopher believed that all humans are naturally evil?
Confucius
Han Fei Zu
Laozi
None of these
Daoism preaches...
give up all world possessions
become one with nature
find balance
All answers are correct
To help them govern, the Tang and the Song relied on ______________________.
bureaucracy
legalism
slavery
democracy
What helped make China so wealthy?
Trade along the Silk Road
Trade along the Grand Canal
Trade along the Silk Road AND Grand Canal
Trade along the Silk Road AND Indian Ocean Trade
What were the Mongols good at?
Archery and riding horses
Archery and spreading disease
Riding horses and spreading disease
They were good at nothing
Where did the Mongolian Empire spread?
Mongolia to the Caspian Sea
Mongolia to the Mediterranean Sea
Mongolia to the Red Sea
Mongolia to the Arabian Sea
What did the Mongols adapt from China, which helped them conquer more territories?
Gunpowder
Paper
Siesometer
Cross bow
Who defeated the Mongols?
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Tang dynasty
Zhou dynasty
What did the Koreans invent during the 1200's?
Moveable-type printing
Paper
Alphabet Hangul
Common currency
Who controlled Japan's government for most of its history?
Shoguns
Mongols
Manchus
Emperors
What religion was founded in Japan?
Mahayana Buddhism
Daoism
Confucianism
Shinto
What specific resource did the British force China to trade?
Opium
Silk
Timber
Tea
Al of these were goals of the Meiji Restoration, EXCEPT:
Modernize Japan
Modernize the government
Industrialize
Modernize agriculture
Who did the United States drop two atomic bombs on during WWII?
China
Taiwan
South Korea
Japan
What happened during the Great Leap Forward?
China industrialized
Millions starved to death
Millions fled China
China improved their government
What is the demography issue in Japan?
Less babies are born, more people are retiring
Less people are retiring, more babies are born
The number of babies and retirees are the same
There are no babies being born or people retiring
Occurring under the sea cause huge waves which flood coastal plains, what is this called?
Water tornado
Hurricane
Tsunami
Tidal wave
