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📣 Chapter 12 Test Review 📣

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Korea is a mountainous __________in East Asia.

a)

island

b)

mainland

c)

archipelago

d)

peninsula

2.

The early Koreans believed they were descended from Tan Gun, the sun of a __________ and a god.

a)

bear

b)

wolf

c)

serpent

d)

lion

3.

What do historians call the time in which Korea was divided land, from about 100 B.C. to A.D. 700?

a)

the Korean Peninsula

b)

the Three Kingdoms

c)

the Silla Kingdom

d)

the Koguryo Dynasty

4.

Wang Kon was the first Korean ruler to __________.

a)

write Korean using Chinese characters

b)

accept Buddhism

c)

hire government officials

d)

unite the entire Korean Peninsula

5.

Korean artisans printed one of the world's oldest books using __________.

a)

movable metal type

b)

wooden blocks

c)

celadon

d)

green ink

6.

Because of its __________, only a small amount of Japan can be farmed.

a)

poor soil

b)

mountains

c)

lack of irrigation

d)

rivers

7.

The early Japanese built villages __________.

a)

near rivers and traded for food

b)

in the valleys and became shepherds

c)

in the mountains and hunted for food

d)

along the coast and fished for food

8.

During the A.D. 500s, which clan became strong enough to rule most of Japan?

a)

Yamato

b)

Silla

c)

Ninigi

d)

Jimmu

9.

Japanese belief in animism developed into a religion called __________.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Shinto

d)

kami

10.

What did Prince Shotoku create to give Japan a strong, well-organized government?

a)

a Buddhist temple

b)

art, philosophy, and medicine

c)

a dynasty

d)

a constitution

11.

What was the strict code of conduct that samurai lived by called?

a)

"the way of the sword"

b)

tanka

c)

Bushido

d)

Kamikaze

12.

Both times the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent ships to invade Japan, they were ____________.

a)

defeated in sea battles

b)

destroyed by typhoons

c)

captured by pirates

d)

turned back by strong winds

13.

Much of Japan's wealth came from ___________.

a)

a growing class of merchants and traders

b)

leading military officials

c)

the number of noble families

d)

the hard labor of its farmers

14.

Why did Japanese artisans and merchants set up groups called guilds?

a)

to rival the daimyo

b)

to protect their jobs and increase their earnings

c)

to boost the Japanese economy

d)

to increase trade with Korea, China, and southeast Asia

15.

Under the shoguns, most Japanese came to believe in __________.

a)

only Shinto

b)

both Shinto and Buddhism

c)

only Buddhism

d)

Bushido

16.

Most mainland Southeast Asians made their homes in narrow river valleys and broad coastal deltas because of the __________ they found there.

a)

chain of islands

b)

long, winding peninsulas

c)

fertile soil

d)

densely forested mountains

17.

Southeast Asia became a region of many different ethnic groups, languages, and religions because of its __________.

a)

rivers and deltas

b)

tsunamis and volcanoes

c)

kingdoms and city-states

d)

sea trade and inland mountain barriers

18.

The powerful kingdom of Funan was based on __________.

a)

an extensive trade network

b)

conquering armies

c)

the Sanskrit language

d)

the spread of religious beliefs

19.

In their early history, the Viet were conquered by __________.

a)

the Indians

b)

the Khmer

c)

the Funan

d)

the Chinese

20.

The Khmer kings based their rule on ideas from Buddhism and ___________.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam