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East Asia Physical Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 3hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the countries outlined in the map.
2.

Click on the Sea of Japan.

3.

Click on the East China Sea.

4.

What physical feature are North and South Korea located on?

a)

archipelago

b)

isthmus

c)

volcano

d)

peninsula

5.

Japan is an example of....

a)

a peninsula

b)

an archipelago

c)

an isthmus

d)

a desert

6.

What is this physical feature is found in Japan?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount McKinley

c)

Mount Fuji

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

7.

Which mountain is part of the Himalayas and the tallest mountain in the world?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount McKinley

c)

Mount Fuji

d)

Mount Ranier

8.
Which of the following forms a natural barrier between East Asia and South Asia?
a)
Himalaya Mountains
b)
Qinling Shandi Mountains
c)
Kunlun Mountains
d)
Tian Shan Mountains
9.

Largest continent in the world

a)

Asia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Europe

10.

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

a)

Sahara

b)

Gobi

c)

Atacama

d)

Nile Basin

11.

Which body of water is this?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Sea of Japan

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Pacific Ocean

12.

Two of the six main rivers in Asia include

a)

The Mississippi and the Thames.

b)

The Huang He (Yellow River) and the Chiang Je (Yangtze River).

c)

The Ganges and the Amazon.

d)

The Huang He and the Nile.

13.

What is the term for the area of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes occur and where the majority of the world’s volcanoes are located?

a)

Volcano Alley

b)

Ring of Fire

c)

Pacific Rim

d)

Volcanquake Ring

14.

Which of the following geographic terms best illustrates the country of Taiwan.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Chain of Mountains

d)

Large Plateau

e)

None of the above.

15.

What river flows into the Yellow Sea, and is named for the yellow silt (dirt) that it carries?

a)

Huange He River

b)

Yangtze River

c)

Mekong River

d)

Mississippi

16.

How did Chinese farmers adapt to be able to grow crops in a high-elevation environment?

a)

Terraced Farming

b)

Navigational Charts

c)

Living in Yurts

d)

Underground Construction

17.
What causes more than 80% of China's annual rainfall to come in heavy downpours from April through October?
a)
summer typhoons 
b)
winter monsoons
c)
winter typhoons
d)
summer monsoons
18.

What is the Ring of Fire?

a)

a major fault line in California where large-scale earthquakes occur and two tectonic plates meet

b)

a major area in the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen

c)

an area of the the Atlantic Ocean which causes many tidal waves which crash onto the coast

d)

an underwater trench deep in the Indian Ocean where water temperatures are extremely hot

19.

Color North Korea GREEN and South Korea RED

20.

What is the word for a raised, relatively flat area of land?

a)

tsunami

b)

peninsula

c)

archipelago

d)

plateau

21.

Identify Mongolia by tracing its borders.

22.

Circle where the Plateau of Tibet is.

23.

What sea does the Yellow River flow into?

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

India Ocean

24.
What body of water separates the Korean Peninsula from Japan?
a)
Sea of Japan
b)
South China Sea
c)
Bay of Bengal
d)
Indian Ocean
25.
Japan is located in which ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean