Geography
What weather event provides essential water and nutrients to the soil for agriculture
The summer (wet) Monsoon
How did Gandhi break the law and challenge the British?
picking up salt
Who is the President of China
Xi Jinping
What is the capital of China
Beijing
What is Mr Mason's Room number
116
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
What nick name did the British give India?
The jewel in the crown
Which philosophy was best adapted to the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi?
Legalism
An original, first-hand record or evidence from the time an event actually happened is regarded as whatby the historian?
a primary source
What is the world's smallest ocean?
The Arctic Ocean
This geographical feature was created by plate techtonics?
The Himalyan Mountains
Who or what was the Raj?
The Raj was british imperial rule over India
What political program did Mao Zedong create to modernize China in the second half of the 20th Century?
The Great Leap Forward
What is a written account of a real person’s life, written by someone else.
A biography
Which country is made up of 14,000 islands?
Indonesia
The second most populated country in the world?
China
The initial invasion of India was conducted by who?
The East India Tea Company
Among their many inventions, what device did the Han Dynasty produce to allow workers to more easily transport good?
The Wheelbarrow
This type of map shows countries, states, and borders.
a political map
This river is known as "the cradle of Chinese civilization"
The Yellow River
This country endured a long period of European control (spanish) influening the language, and religion for over 300 years. Its capital city is Manilla
The Philippines
Name either of the leaders who were in charge at the time of The Partition?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah for Pakistan and Jawaharlal Nehru for India.
Preceding the Qin, which dynasty believed in a weak central government and allowing the aristocrats to rule their own states in a form of feudalism?
Zhou Dynasty
In 8th grade your attention will turn to the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens and how government works - this study is known as C....
Civics
Unlike what many people imagine, much of this desert in East Asia is cold. In winter, temperatures can drop well below freezing, and snow sometimes falls there. What"East" Asian desert is this?
The Gobi desert