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2022-2023 SE Asia Geography & Culture Review

Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the country shaded red.

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

2.

Identify the country east of the red shaded country.

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

3.

What physical feature is south of China and east of Vietnam?

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

Korean Penninsula

c)

South China Sea

d)

Sea of Japan

4.

Identify the orange/brown country.

a)

China

b)

North Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

India

5.

Describe where the Taklamakan desert is in relation to the Gobi Desert & Himalayan Mountains.

a)

West of the Gobi, North of the Himalayan's

b)

West of the Gobi, South of the Himalayan's

c)

North of the Gobi, East of the Himalayan's

d)

South of the Gobi, West of the Himalayan's

6.

Describe where the South China Sea is in relation to China & Vietnam.

a)

South of China, East of Vietnam

b)

East of China, South of Vietnam

c)

South of China, West of Vietnam

d)

North of China, East of Vietnam

7.

What is significant about the Himalayan Mountains in relation to China and India?

a)

The Himalayan Mountains run from north China to South India

b)

The Himalayan's is a natural divider between China and India

c)

It provides and easy trade route from China to India

d)

There is no significant relationship

8.

What is the highest mountain in the world?

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt Rushmore

c)

Mt Everest (apart of the Himalayan mountain range)

d)

Mt Ellen

9.

Explain “China’s Sorrow”.

Hint: Negative impact from the Yellow River

a)

People dying from environmental issues like air pollution

b)

People dying from famine

c)

People dying from floods

d)

People dying from war

10.

Which river involves religious practices that involve human ashes to be dumped in the river in India?

a)

Huang He River

b)

Yangtze River

c)

Ganges River

d)

Yellow River

11.

What is a negative effect of the Asian Brown Cloud?

Hint: Air pollution in India

a)

Destroys crops

b)

Causes respiratory disease

c)

No negative effect because its just a myth

d)

Causes blindness

12.

What is the BEST reason for overpopulation on the Ganges River?

a)

Its away from the deserts in China

b)

The area has cool climate

c)

People live near rivers for water and nutrients rivers bring

d)

Trade routes

13.

What geographical feature in Southeast Asia is where most people choose to live?

a)

Rivers

b)

Seas

c)

Plains

14.

What is a negative effect of overpopulation in Southeast Asia?

a)

Leads to cities being overcrowded

b)

Leads to less available jobs

c)

Creates more pollution/environmental issues

d)

Food supply shortage

15.

Describe what the climate would have to be like in order for rice to grow in Southeast Asia?

a)

Arid

b)

Warm and tropical

c)

Arctic

d)

Steppe

16.

What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?

a)

religious group is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. ethnic groups share a religious belief system but could be from different cultures, ethnicity, language

b)

ethnic group is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. religious groups share a religious belief system but could be from different cultures, ethnicity, language

17.

How is Buddhism and Hinduism similar? How are they different?

a)

Both believe in Reincarnation, Karma, and are from India Hinduism has a Caste System (Social Order)

b)

Both believe in Reincarnation and are from India Hinduism has a Caste System (Social Order), and believes in Karma

c)

Both believe in Reincarnation and are from India Buddhism has a Caste System (Social Order), and believes in Karma

d)

Both believe in Reincarnation, Karma, and are from India Buddhism has a Caste System (Social Order)

18.

How is Confucianism and Shintoism different?

a)

Confucianism originated in India Shintoism originated in Japan

b)

Confucianism is a religion Shintoism is a philosophy

c)

Confucianism is a philosophy Shintoism is a religion

19.

How are Confucianism and Hinduism different?

a)

Confucianism is a philosophy Hinduism is a religion

b)

Confucianism is a religion Hinduism is a philosophy

20.

How is the Shinto belief similar to animism?

a)

Kami are people who are converted to Shintoism

b)

Both are monotheistic

c)

They both belief that everything has a spirit of a god inside of it

d)

They both are a tradition of honoring ancestors

21.

Explain Buddha’s teachings on Karma?

a)

What comes around goes around

b)

What you do to others will come back to you

c)

Doing good things leads to a good next life

Doing bad things leads to a bad next life

d)

You reap what you sow

22.

Describe Hinduism’s Caste System.

a)

People are born into a certain class or level in society that cannot be changed

b)

People are born into a certain class or level in society that but it can be changed if they work hard

c)

Kami: everything in nature has a spirit connected to it

d)

People are reincarnated into a new life based on their old life

23.
Which mountain range serves as India’s eastern border with China and Nepal? 
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Taklamakan Desert 
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Himalayan Mountains
24.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
Vietnam
25.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
North Korea
26.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
Vietnam
27.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Bay of Bengal
b)
South China Sea
c)
Yellow Sea
d)
Indus River
28.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
South China Sea
b)
Yellow River
c)
Ganges River
d)
Gobi Desert
29.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)

South China Sea

b)

Ganges River

c)

Gobi 

d)

Yellow Sea

30.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Himalayan Mountains
b)
Korean Peninsula
c)
Taklimaken Desert
d)
Mekong River
31.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Himalayan Mountains
b)
South China Sea
c)
Korean Peninsula
d)
Indian Ocean
32.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Himalayan Mountains
b)
Korean Peninsula
c)
Ganges River
d)
South China Sea
33.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Indus River
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Gobi Sesert
d)
Sea of Japan
34.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
South China Sea
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Korean Peninsula
35.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
South China Sea
b)
Yellow River
c)
Sea of Japan
d)
Taklimaken Desert
36.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
South China Sea
b)
Yangtze River
c)
Taklimaken Desert
d)
Ganges River
37.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
Yellow Sea
b)
Ganges River
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Himalayan Mountains
38.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
South Korea
d)
Vietnam
39.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
South Korea
40.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
South Korea
d)
Vietnam
41.

This river is also called "China's Sorrow" due to its tragic floods.

a)

Ganges River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Mekong River

42.

This river is the longest in China and important for transporting goods to the interior regions of China.

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Mekong River

d)

Ganges River

43.

This is where you will find the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest.

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Taklimakan Desert

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Korean Peninsula

44.

Water pollution on the Ganges is caused by _____.

a)

volcanic eruptions in the Himalaya

b)

monsoon rains

c)

loess that blows across the Thar Desert

d)

sewage, factory waste, and increased runoff from fertilizers

45.

Which belief system believes karma affects status in the caste system?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

46.
Which religion/philosophy does NOT follow the teachings of one man? 
a)
Shintoism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Islam
47.
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
a)
Siddhartha Guatama
b)
Muhammad
c)
Jesus
d)
Confucius
48.
Shintoism is unique to _____________:
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
Korea
49.

About 80% of India’s people follow which belief system?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Confucianism

50.
Which philosophy is the foundation of modern Chinese culture?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Shintoism
51.
Whose Golden Rule of Behavior was “What you do not like when done unto yourself, do not unto others”?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Shinoism
d)
Islam
52.

Which belief system originated in India and follows the teachings of one man?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Shintoism

53.

Which of the following belief systems means “way of the gods” and believes in spirits called kami?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Shintoism

d)

HInduism

54.
This belief teaches that one is reborn after death.
a)
Karma
b)
Reincarnation
c)
The Five Pillars
d)
The Vedas
55.
What contributes to flooding in both India and China?
a)
cutting down trees, improper farming methods, and monsoons
b)
lack of dams, pollution, and monsoons
c)
beavers, bears, and tigers 
d)
deforestation and desertification
56.
How do farms contribute to water pollution?
a)
fertilizers and pesticides have chemicals that run off into water sources
b)
fertilizers and pesticides are dumped into lakes and rivers
c)
farmers dump unsold produce into the river 
57.
What country has polluted their water sources by tossing cremated remains into the river?
a)
India
b)
Japan
c)
North Korea
d)
China
58.
The Ganges River begins high in the __________ and flows southeast through India and Bangladesh. 
a)
Ganges Mountains
b)
Himalayas 
c)
 Hilands 
d)
Indian Mountains
59.
The Ganges River flows into what body of water?
a)
Sea of Bengal
b)
Arabian Sea
c)
Yellow Sea
d)
Bay of Bengal
60.
The Ganges is very sacred to the ________religion.
a)
Islamic
b)
Indian
c)
Jewish
d)
Hindu
61.
Many Indians are too poor for a ______, so they place the bodies in the water instead.
a)
burial
b)
baptism
c)
cremation
d)
fureral
62.
What country is Ganges River is located in?
a)
China
b)
Bangladesh
c)
India
d)
Pakistan
63.

What country is letter A?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Sri Lank

d)

China

64.

Which letter is North Korea?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

D

65.

Which letter is Japan?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H

66.

The largest and longest river in China.

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangtze River

c)

Ganges River

67.

The river that is known for its muddy yellow silt.

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Mississippi River

68.

Where is the Ganges River?

a)

C

b)

G

c)

I

d)

F

69.

Where is the Indian Ocean?

a)

B

b)

A

c)

O

d)

Q

70.

Where is the Sea of Japan?

a)

K

b)

O

c)

Q

d)

P

71.

Where is the Bay of Bengal?

a)

B

b)

A

c)

P

d)

Q

72.

Where is the Korean Peninsula?

a)

L

b)

K

c)

E

d)

F

73.

Where is the Gobi Desert?

a)

2

b)

9

c)

1

d)

5

74.

The Yellow River flows into what body of water?

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

Indian ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

Bay of Bengal

75.

Which of the following describes an ethnic group

a)

people who like to grow food

b)

people who share the same religious beliefs

c)

people with a shared language, traditions, culture

d)

people who are interested in the same topics

76.

Which of the following describes a religious group?

a)

people who like to grow food

b)

people who share the same religious beliefs

c)

people who are interested in the same topics

d)

people with a shared language, traditions, culture

77.

Sharing a common language would be an example of ________.

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

78.

Sharing the same holy days would be an example of _______.

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

79.

Having the same sacred text would be an example of _______.

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

80.

Having the same traditions would be an example of _______.

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

81.

The two belief systems that originated in India were _____ and _____.

a)

Hinduism and Confucianism

b)

Buddhism and Shintoism

c)

Buddhism and Islam

d)

Hinduism and Buddhism

82.

What is the name of one of the Hindu sacred texts?

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Vedas

c)

Quran

d)

Torah

83.

Which belief system believes in the caste system?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

84.

What is the Hindu belief in reincarnation?

a)

The worship of sacred animals who are

believed to have souls.

b)

The belief that men should treat others

with kindness.

c)

the belief that there is only one god

d)

The belief that a soul returns to life in

another body after death.

85.

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Abraham

c)

Muhammed

d)

Confucius

86.

Nirvana is the ultimate goal in this belief system.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

87.

In which country was Confucianism founded?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

88.

What did Confucius believe were the keys to social order (a world without conflict) and peace?

a)

To worship only one god

b)

Good character and virtue in the people

c)

A strict caste system

d)

One ruler to keep order

89.

Why is Confucianism considered a philosophy instead of a religion?

a)

No religion is allowed by the Chinese

government today.

b)

Confucius never wrote his ideas down for

his followers.

c)

Confucius only believed in one god.

d)

His teachings are more about ethics

(morals and right/wrong) and behavior than religious ideas.

90.

In which country was Shintoism founded?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

Japan

91.

What are the kami that are so important in Shinto belief?

a)

They are the religious writings

b)

They are the elected leaders of the Shinto community

c)

They are spirits that followers believe exist in all things around them

d)

They are the people who converted to Shinto

92.

What are the Five Pillars?

a)

Muslim followers

b)

Rules of the caste system

c)

Basic beliefs of Islam

d)

what Muslims and Hindus have in common

93.

Life and nature are sacred and must be protected is the basic belief of _____.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Islam

94.

Confucius’s Golden Rule was __________.

a)

Treat others with respect and kindness

b)

What you do not like when done unto yourself, do not do unto others

c)

Respect people older than you.

d)

Actions speak louder than words

95.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

96.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

97.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

98.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

99.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

100.

Which country is this?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

e)

South Korea

101.

Which river (traced in red) is this?

a)

Yellow (Huang He) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River

102.

Which river is this?

a)

Yellow (Huang He) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River

103.

Which river is this?

a)

Yellow (Huang He) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River

104.

Which physical feature is this?

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Taklamakan Desert

105.

Which physical feature is this?

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Taklamakan Desert

106.

Which physical feature is this?

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Korean Peninsula

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Taklamakan Desert

107.

Name this body of water.

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

108.

Name this body of water.

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

109.

Name this body of water.

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

110.

Name this body of water.

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

111.

Name this body of water.

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

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