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Southeast asia quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Vietnam?

a)

Vientien

b)

Hanoi

c)

Ho Chi Minh City

d)

Yugoslavia

2.

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

a)

Cambodia

b)

Korea

c)

Myanmar

d)

Malaysia

3.

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

4.

How many countries make up Southeast Asia?

a)

11

b)

6

c)

13

d)

22

5.

Indonesia is made up of more than _____________ islands.

a)

17

b)

170

c)

1700

d)

17,000

6.

Define the word peninsula.

a)

an archipelago

b)

a piece of land surround by water on two sides

c)

a thin strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land

d)

a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

7.

How many tectonic plates meet in Southeast Asia?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

8.

What is the Ring of Fire?

a)

a region that is on fire from oli and natural gas leaks

b)

a region that is filled with lightning storms

c)

a region of the Atlantic Ocean that is rich in coral

d)

a region that has many earth quakes and volcanoes

9.

The Malay Peninsula and Indonesia's Sunda Isles are the boundary between which two oceans?

a)

Atlantic and Pacific

b)

Indian and Atlantic

c)

Pacific and Indian

d)

Arctic and Southern

10.

What is Southeast Asia's longest river, about 2,700 miles long?

a)

Mekong River

b)

Irrawaddy River

c)

Chao Phraya River

d)

Colorado River

11.

Climates in Southeast Asia are generally ___________________.

a)

cold and breezy

b)

hot and dry

c)

hot and humid

d)

hot and cold

12.

How man climate zones does Southeast Asia have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

13.

What country is represented by #1?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

14.

What country is represented by #2?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

15.

What country is represented by #3?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

16.

What country is represented by #4?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

17.

What country is represented by #5?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

Vietnam

18.

What country is represented by #6?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

Vietnam

19.

What land feature is represented by #1?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Korean Peninsula

d)

Taklimakan Desert

20.

What land feature is represented by #2?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Korean Peninsula

d)

Taklimakan Desert

21.

What land feature is represented by #3?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Korean Peninsula

d)

Taklimakan Desert

22.

What land feature is represented by #4?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Korean Peninsula

d)

Taklimakan Desert

23.

Which river is represented by #1?

a)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Huang He (Yellow) River

24.

Which river is represented by #2?

a)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Huang He (Yellow) River

25.

Which river is represented by #3?

a)

Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Huang He (Yellow) River

26.

Which body of water is represented by #1?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

27.

Which body of water is represented by #2?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

28.

Which body of water is represented by #3?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

29.

Which body of water is represented by #4?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

30.

Which body of water is represented by #5?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

South China Sea

e)

Yellow Sea

31.

How many countries are located in mainland Southeast Asia?

a)

One

b)

Four

c)

Six

d)

Ten

32.

Southeast Asia's largest nation is

a)

Laos

b)

Vietnam

c)

Cambodia

d)

Indonesia

33.

What food is a staple for people in Southeast Asia?

a)

Rice

b)

Wheat

c)

Barley

d)

Peanuts

34.

What type of forests grow in the warm, rainy climate of the tropics?

a)

coniferous forests

b)

deciduous forests

c)

rainforests

35.

Where oceanic crust is force beneath continental crust, the friction melts rock and creates__________.

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

earthquakes

d)

hurricanes

36.

By 5000 years ago, people were industrializing the valleys and plains.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Which of the following religions spread to SE Asia after the Han Chinese conquered what is now Vietnam?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Confucianism

d)

Daoism

38.

Angkor Wat is

a)

a church

b)

a mosque

c)

a synagogue

d)

a Buddhist temple

39.

The first Europeans in Southeast Asia were the

a)

Portuguese

b)

British

c)

Dutch

d)

French

40.

Which SE Asian country remained independent, unconquered by European powers?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Malaysia

c)

Thailand

d)

Philippines