WorksheetsSouth Asia & Southeast Asia Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The United States granted the _____________ independence in 1946.
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
Malaysia
What is the term called for a high wall of water caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide or other disturbance?
monsoon
cyclone
typhoon
tsumani
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gained independence from ________ in the 1950s.
France
Britain
Portugal
Spain
Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the Maldives are _________ - countries made up of many islands.
continents
plateaus
archipelagos
deltas
In 1972, East Timor declared independence from __________.
Spain
France
Portugal
Netherlands
Southern and Southeast Asia have tropical __________ that bring heavy rainfall for months at a time.
monsoons
typhoons
cyclones
tsunamis
The Vietnam War lasted almost _______ years and the United States withdrew in 1975.
5
10
20
25
The __________ desert is located in both China and Mongolia.
Sahara
Kalahari
Gobi
Taklimakan
In 1978, Vietnam took over _________________ sparking a civil war.
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Cambodia
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world at almost _______________ feet.
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Thailand has been a _________________ since 1932.
democratic republic
dictatorship
monarchy
constitutional monarchy
The ________________ divide (s) the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
Gobi Desert
Plateau of Tibet
Himalayas
Taklimakan Desert
The Indus River Valley dates back to ________________.
1000 BC
3500 BC
4500 BC
1500 AD
True or False: Manufacturing and trade are not abundant in Asia.
True
False
____________, Buddhism and Jainism are three religions that emerged from early South Asia.
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Judaism
__________ is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Malaysia
Trade and culture thrived under the _____________ leader Ashoka.
Maurya
Samprati
Bindusara
Samurai
The source of the Huang He River is the _________________.
Yellow Sea
Plateau of Tibet
South China Sea
Gobi Desert
British "India" was divided into two countries ___________ and _______________.
Bangladesh and Cambodia
Laos and Thailand
Bangladesh and India
India and Pakistan
The _____________ borders the Indochina Peninsula to the east.
Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Yellow Sea
South China Sea
The __________________ is the part of Asia with the highest elevation.
Gobi Desert
Mt. Everest
Plateau of Tibet
Taklimaken Desert
Mahatama Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru worked together to secure India's independence from _________.
Spain
Britain
France
Netherlands
China, India and ______________ are among the top five most populous countries in the world.
Thailand
Cambodia
Indonesia
Mongolia
Much of the city of Hong Kong was designed using the Chinese principles of ______________.
kung fu
tai chi
feng shui
reflexology
Overgrazing of livestock and soil erosion from wind and rain has contributed to _________ in China.
over population
shrinking need for farmland
need for replanting
desertification
True or False: China has the world's second largest economy.
True
False
Asia extends from the __________ Sea in the west to the _________ ocean in the east.
Mediterranean, Atlantic
Yellow, Pacific
Arabian, Pacific
Arabian, Atlantic
True or False - Multinational corporations are located in Hong Kong.
True
False
Who was the ruler who conquered China?
Siddartha Gutama
Gandhi
Kublai Khan
Jawaharlal Nehru
The ____________ of the Huang He River is the Plateau of Tibet.
delta
mouth
source
ears
