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East Asia Unit Geography Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this country?

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Taiwan

d)

Japan

2.

What country is this?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

North Korea

d)

Mongolia

3.

What island is this?

a)

Japan

b)

Taiwan

c)

North Korea

d)

South Korea

4.

What body of water is this?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Nile River

c)

Ganges River

d)

Huang He (Yellow) River

5.

What body of water is this?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

6.

What country is this?

a)

North Korea

b)

Taiwan

c)

Japan

d)

Mongolia

7.

What country is this?

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

Japan

d)

China

8.

What body of water is between mainland Asia and Japan?

a)

Black Sea

b)

Philippian Sea

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

Caspian Sea

9.

What is the capital of China?

a)

Shanghai

b)

Beijing

c)

Chongqing

d)

Guangzhou

10.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Osaka

c)

Sapporo

d)

Nagoya

11.

What physical feature are North and South Korea located on?

a)

archipelago

b)

isthmus

c)

volcano

d)

peninsula

12.

Japan is an example of....

a)

a peninsula

b)

an archipelago

c)

an isthmus

d)

a desert

13.

Which dynasty is known as the last ruling dynasty in China?

a)

Qing

b)

Ming

c)

Han

d)

Qin

14.

Who is known as the father of China for bringing democracy?

a)

Chiang Kai-shek

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Sun Yat-sen

15.

Who formed a nationalist government in China?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Sun Yat-sen

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Deng Xiaoping

16.

Who was the leader of the Communist party in China?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Deng Xiaoping

17.

Where did Chiang Kai-shek and the other nationalists flee to after the Communists took over?

a)

South Korea

b)

Japan

c)

Vietnam

d)

Taiwan

18.

What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?

a)

To become a world superpower

b)

To build the largest army

c)

To establish a democracy

d)

To increase trade with other countries

19.

Who started the Cultural Revolution in China?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Sun Yat-sen

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Deng Xiaoping

20.

A government type in which the government owns everything

a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Anarchy
d)
Socialism
21.

A type of government by the people. People vote for their leaders.

a)
Dictatorship
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
22.

a type of government where one person has absolute power

a)
oligarchy
b)
anarchy
c)
democracy
d)
dictatorship
23.

a army of middle school, high school and college students during the Cultural Revolution

a)
Yellow Guards
b)
Green Guards
c)
Red Guards
d)
Blue Guards
24.

a large collective farm where members shared work and produces equally

a)
Commune
b)
Plantation
c)
Corporation
d)
Kolkhoz
25.

farming enough for survival

a)
commercial farming
b)
urban farming
c)
industrial farming
d)
subsistence farming
26.

Chinese currency is called the

a)
yuan
b)
dollar
c)
euro
d)
peso
27.

a ruling house or continuing family of rulers led by an emperor is called a

a)

tzar

b)

dynasty

c)

communism

d)

monarchy

28.

to give up throne or office is called

a)
retain
b)
accept
c)

abdicate

d)

renounce

29.

communist dictator responsible for one child policy and Tiananmen Square Massacre

a)
Deng Xiaoping
b)
Sun Yat-sen
c)
Xi Jinping
d)
Mao Zedong
30.

What is a free market economy

a)
A free market economy is an economic system in which prices are set by the government
b)
A free market economy is an economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
c)
A free market economy is an economic system in which businesses are owned and controlled by the government
d)
A free market economy is an economic system in which prices are determined by a single large corporation
31.

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the Cultural Revolution?

a)

Destruction of many ancient cultural artifacts and buildings

b)

Education Suffered

c)

Basic Human Rights were abolished and people were perecuted

d)
Establishment of the One Child Policy
32.

Who was the target of the Cultural Revolution?

a)

Anyone associated with the Great Leap Forward

b)
Only government officials
c)
People born after 1970
d)

Anyone that was educated

33.

What was the one child policy?

a)
A policy that encouraged families to have multiple children
b)
A population control policy in China limiting urban couples to one child from 1979 to 2015.
c)
A policy that required all children to attend boarding schools
d)
A policy allowing families to have as many children as they want
34.

China became a communist country in what year?

a)

1949

b)

1994

c)

1499

d)

4149

e)

1919

35.

Who were the most loyal supporters of the Cultural Revolution? (a)  

Choose from the below words
The Democrats
The Vietcong
The Teachers of China
The Red Guard (Students)
36.

In 1989, at Tiananmen Square, China proved that it

a)

had improved its record on human rights

b)

was finally allowing more freedom of speech

c)

had a lot of tanks and missiles

d)

would not allow public protest against the government

37.
The color of ______ is often associated with Communism.  
a)
Blue
b)
Green 
c)
Red 
d)
Black
38.

Which of the following is TRUE about China's internet access

a)

China doesn't have the internet at all, it doesn't have the technology for it.

b)

China has the fastest speeds for the internet in the world

c)

China's internet access is limited by the Chinese Government

d)

China's government invented the internet

39.

Which of the following is true about China today?

a)

Their population is the world's largest

b)

They pollute more per-person than the United States

c)

The produce fewer carbon emissions than the United States

d)

Their army is smaller than the United States

40.

What were the two sides in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

North vs. South

b)

Communists vs. Nationalists

c)

Warlords vs. Kuomintang

d)

Kuomintang vs. Nationalists

41.

What is a problem with a pure communist society?

a)

People refuse to move to large farms.

b)

People realize they will be paid regardless of how hard they work, so they are not motivated to work hard.

c)

People are confused by having too many choices.

d)

The government is unable to control the press.

42.
Starting communes and building steel furnaces were all events that happened during which period?
a)
Cultural Revolution
b)
Chinese Civil War
c)
Tiananmen Square Massacre
d)
Great Leap Forward
43.

In 1958, Mao Zedong introduced an economic plan for China called the Great Leap Forward. What was a result of this plan?

a)

It greatly enhanced wages.

b)

It allowed capitalism to begin.

c)

It encouraged the growing of cash crops.

d)

It caused the worst famine in human history.

44.

A program launched by Mao Zedong to renew loyalty to communism and purge China of those disloyal to Mao.

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Balfour Declaration

c)

United Nations

d)

Decolonization

45.

What is the theme that ties The Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square Massacre together?

a)

They all led to fewer freedoms for people of China.

b)

Mao Zedong led each of them.

c)

Improvements to China’s economy were a result.

d)

They all led to more opportunities for people of China.

46.

On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops marched on protesters, many of them students, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Why did this confrontation occur?

a)

The troops were practicing military drills and the students got in the way.

b)

The protesters wanted a more open, democratic system of government.

c)

The students were not happy with the level of education they were receiving.

d)

The protesters believed that their wages had been mistakenly reduced.

47.

How did the Chinese government deal with the protestors at Tiananmen Square?

a)

They asked them to leave

b)

They let them protest as long as they wanted

c)

They sent in soldiers and tanks and killed people

48.

The Great Leap Forward was

a)

very successful

b)

did not change much in China.

c)

was very unsuccessful

d)

all the above

49.

What information in this map could explain why there is such a large population in East China?

a)

Much of the land in East China could be used for agriculture.

b)

There is a lack of water in East China.

c)

There is limited agriculture in East China.

d)

This map does not help explain why there is a large population in East China.

50.

What countries share a border with Vietnam?

a)

South Korea, China and Laos

b)

Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos

c)

Thailand, Cambodia and China

d)
China, Laos, Cambodia