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East and Southeast Asia Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these countries is NOT in East Asia?

a)

China

b)

South Korea

c)

Iraq

d)

Japan

2.

Which of these is the most populated country in the world?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

United States

d)

China

3.

Mountains and oceans are great examples of which kind of border?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

4.

Which of these is the longest river in Asia?

a)

Yangtze

b)

Yellow

c)

Amazon

d)

Nile

5.

The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where there are many volcanoes and earthquakes are frequent. What country is in the Ring of Fire?

a)

China

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

Japan

6.

What is the largest volcano in Japan?

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Yellowstone

d)

Mauna Kea

7.

Korea is what type of land formation?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Archipelago

d)

Plateau

8.

What is the border between North and South Korea called?

a)

No Go Zone

b)

Great Wall of China

c)

Demilitarized Zone

d)

No Man's Land

9.

What event happened from 1950 to 1953 that led to the official split of North Korea and South Korea?

a)

Cold War

b)

Korean War

c)

World War 2

d)

DMZ

10.
What is the plateau of Tibet?
a)
a lowland area in the far north of East Asia
b)
an area of elevated flatland in Southwest China
c)
a country that became independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union
d)
a region that contains many large cities
11.

Which region stretches from China to Mongolia and is the largest desert in Asia?

a)

Sahara

b)

Gobi

c)

Atacama

d)

Nile Basin

12.

What country is marked by a red star?

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

Japan

d)

China

13.

What country is marked by a red start?

a)

Vietnam

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Japan

14.

What is the capital of Vietnam?

a)

Vientien

b)

Hanoi

c)

Ho Chi Minh City

d)

Yugoslavia

15.

Which of the following countries is not located in Southeast Asia?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Korea

c)

Myanmar

d)

Malaysia

16.

What is the definition of insular?

a)

separate from other countries

b)

several types of plant life

c)

peninsula

d)

animal life in a particular environment

17.

Indonesia is made up of more than _____________ islands.

a)

17

b)

170

c)

1700

d)

17,000

18.

Climates in Southeast Asia are generally ___________________.

a)

cold and breezy

b)

hot and dry

c)

hot and humid

d)

hot and cold

19.

The Three Gorges Dam is located in ________.

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Taiwan

c)

Singapore

d)

China

20.

The dam was built to ___________.

a)

control flooding

b)

produce electricty

c)

increase tourism

d)

improve navigation

21.
a)

Steppe farming

b)

terraced farming

c)

commercial industrial farming

d)

slash and burn forestry