G3 Social Studies Review

East Asia (China/Japan)

100

Name 3 of the 5 big cities we talked about in Japan.

Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Sapporo, Fukuoka

200

This is the name of the place that people traded valuable things from places like China to Rome. 

The Silk Road

300

This is the English word to describe Japan when they were not trading or talking to outside countries.

Isolation

400

China is responsible for inventing these two things. Name both for full points.

Fireworks (gunpowder) and Silk

500

This Japanese Emperor attacked Korea in the 1590s and lost at the battle of Myeongyang.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

India

100

This is the name of a leader who helped India become free from the UK.

Gandhi

200

This famous mountain is the highest in the world and is in Nepal (near India).

Mt. Everest

300

This is the name of the area in northern India where there is much fighting.

Kashmir

400

This is the name of the empire that ruled India in the 1500s and 1600s.

Mughal Empire (the Mughals)

500

These two countries were part of India before 1947, but are now their own countries.

Bangladesh and Pakistan

Oceania/SE Asia

100

The "dance" that Maori people do for many reasons is called a...

haka

200

This is the name of the Vietnamese leader who fought the Americans in the 1960s. 

Ho Chi Minh

300

This is the type of boat many people used to travel in the Pacific Ocean.

Canoe or ocean canoe

400

What is the name of the large famous rock in the center of Australia?

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

500

What was the name of Ho Chi Minh city before the Vietnam War?

Saigon

Middle East

100

What religion do most people practice in the Middle East?

Islam (they are Muslims)

200

What city in Saudi Arabia is the most important Muslim city?

Mecca

300

This is the name of the Empire that started in Turkey and controlled the middle east from the 1300s until about 1919.

The Ottoman Empire

400

Name one of the two rivers that go through Iraq and were very important to ancient people in the middle east.

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

500

This is the name of the place with red and sparkly sand beaches. It is part of Iran.

Hormuz Island

South America

100

This is the name of the largest rainforest in the world. 

The Amazon Rainforest

200

The mountains in South America are called the...

Andes Mountains

300

What word means cutting down and destroying the forest?

deforestation

400

What two languages are spoken in South America? 

Hint: Brazil speaks one and every other country speaks the other.

Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish.

500

The 2016 Olympics were held in this city in Brazil.

Rio De Janiero