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WorksheetsHistorical Development of South and East Asia
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 33mins
In the 100s B.C., China conquered the Red River delta area and made (a) a province of China for the next 1,000 years.
Southeast Asia is called "the Crossroads of the World" because it is located along important _____.
silk trade routes
maritime trade routes
tectonic plates
spice trade routes
Established in the A.D. 100s, _____ was one of the first important trade-based states in the region.
Beijing
Vietnam
Palembang
Funa
In which country did the Khmer Rouge develop?
the Philippines
Myanmar
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia was important to Japan before and during World War II because it had valuable _____.
tin deposits
engineers
waterways
resources
Formerly known as Siam, _____ was the only state in Southeast Asia that Europeans did not colonize.
Malaysia
Thailand
Burma
East Timor
The fabulous wealth of the _____ led European powers to seek ocean routes to Southeast Asia.
silk trade
spice trade
gold trade
slave trade
In the early 1500s, Portuguese navigators discovered they could reach India and Southeast Asia by sailing around the southern tip of _____.
Africa
India
Spain
China
By the 1600s, which religion had become dominant across much of the Malay Archipelago?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
During the 1800s and early 1900s, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia became colonies of _____.
Spain
Portugal
Great Britain
France
Where is the Vietnam Memorial Located?
Iowa
Washington
Denver
Texas
