Geography & Population
Innovations and Culture
Japan and East Asia
Ghandi and Independence
100
Q8
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
A) China
B) Canada
C) United States
D) Russia
D. Russia
100
Q9
Which historical factor significantly influenced the cultural diversity in the Soviet Union?
A) Colonization of Africa
B) Immigration from Asia
C) The merging of different ethnic regions
D) Trade with South America
C: The merging of different ethnic regions
100
Q5
Directions: The following passage is taken from the 2009 Sunday Times article, Bite the Bullet: Japan by Train by Katie Bowman. Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows.
The shinkansen (bullet train) travels across Japan at 300 kph [about 186 mph]. It is never late. If you have only limited time in which to see the country, this is how to travel. Thus, in a week, I squeezed in the mania [busy place] of Tokyo, the tranquil [peaceful] temples of Kyoto, the urban grit [rough city life] of Osaka, the restful hot springs of Kinosake, and the fine food of Kobi.
5. What benefits to riding the shinkansen does the writer describe?
A. The shinkansen allows visitors to visit a variety of destinations in a one week time period.
B. The shinkansen allows people to enjoy the scenery because the train is slow.
C. The shinkansen is a tranquil experience.
D. The shinkansen is fast, but it pollutes the hot springs of Kinosake.
A The shinkansen allows visitors to visit a variety of destinations in a one week time period.
100
Q6:
How did Gandhi promote Indian independence?
Through armed resistance
By promoting Hindu-Muslim conflict
Through non-violent civil disobedience
By disbanding the East India Company
3. Through non-violent civil disobedience
200
What is the largest country in the world by Population?
A) Canada
B) China
C) United States
D) Russia
B. China
200
Q7:1
Ways of working in India have changed greatly in the last ten years. One example is the _______________ of jobs from the United States to _________ in India which give help to people who have problems with their technology such as computers and television.
Which words complete the paragraph above?
Inline Choice #1
A. economic development
B. outsourcing
C. transportation
D. incoming
B Outsourcing
200
What is the way of life based on the relationship between lords and samurai?
A. Edo
B. Poetry
C. Feudal System
C. Feudal System
200
Who was fighting against Malala during her protest?
A. Ghandi
B. Gutenburg
C. Samurai
D. Taliban
D. Taliban
300
Q1
Which section of South Asia has the highest population density?
A. NorthEast
B. NorthWest
C. SouthEast
D. SouthWest
A. Northeast
300
Q7:2
Ways of working in India have changed greatly in the last ten years. One example is the _______________ of jobs from the United States to _________ in India which give help to people who have problems with their technology such as computers and television.
Which words complete the paragraph above?
Inline Choice #2
A. prisons
B. universities
C. Call Centers
D. government
C: Call Centers
300
Who are the Japanese warriors who protected wealthy estates?
Samurai
300
What was the name of Ghandi's famous march protest?
He did the Salt March
400
Based on the picture above, what resources are found in Pakistan?
Natural Gas, Fish, and Coal
400
Q10
Why is it important to be aware of other country’s customs and cultures?
It does not help people in any way
It helps people only understand their language
It helps people see things from different perspectives
It helps people understand why the Three Gorges Dam was built
3 It helps people see things from different perspectives.
400
Q3:A
Read this excerpt from your textbook:
“Samurai means “one who serves.” The relationship between lords and samurai was part of a Japanese feudal system similar to the one that arose in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like the knights of the Middle Ages, the samurai developed a code of behavior based on the values of honor, bravery, and loyalty to their lords.
The samurai were not only skilled warriors but also developed their own culture. They wrote poetry and created fine ink paintings. The samurai values of loyalty and hard work and the warriors’ artistic interests influenced Japanese society, art, and literature.” - National Geographic: World Cultures and Geography, 2013
Part A: Whom did the samurai protect in feudal Japan?
The emperor
Landowning lords
The Meiji government
The zaibatsu
2. Landowning lords
400
What was Malala fighting the freedom for?
Freedom for girls to have an education
500
Q11 Double Jeopardy
Based on the picture above, in what area of South Asia would you expect most people to live? What reasons do you expect to find more people in that region?
Either Answer in the East or Northeast would be best because it has resources such as coal, Natural Gas, Iron Ore, Copper, and Fish.
500
Q 2
Directions: The passage below discusses the development of modern printing presses. Use the passage to answer any questions that follow.
Although block printing had been in use in China and Korea since about 800 AD, it was not a practical invention. The Chinese and Korean languages were complex, and it took too much time to print a single page.
In the fifteenth century, a German man named Johannes Gutenberg made a printing press that used individual, movable blocks for each letter in the alphabet. This invention allowed Gutenberg to print any combination of words and numbers. As a result, printing books became easy and inexpensive to produce in Europe.
2. Based on the passage, which of the following BEST explains why the printing press was not as practical in China and Korea as it was in Germany?
A. Chinese and Korean languages were too complex to be easily and quickly printed.
B. Chinese and Korean inventors lacked the finances to mass produce their printing presses.
C. Chinese and Korean printing presses were invented at a time when no one was interested in reading.
D. Chinese and Korean businessmen were not able to market the printing press as well as German businessmen.
A. Chinese and Korean languages were too complex to be easily and quickly printed.
500
Q3:B
Read this excerpt from your textbook:
“Samurai means “one who serves.” The relationship between lords and samurai was part of a Japanese feudal system similar to the one that arose in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like the knights of the Middle Ages, the samurai developed a code of behavior based on the values of honor, bravery, and loyalty to their lords.
The samurai were not only skilled warriors but also developed their own culture. They wrote poetry and created fine ink paintings. The samurai values of loyalty and hard work and the warriors’ artistic interests influenced Japanese society, art, and literature.” - National Geographic: World Cultures and Geography, 2013
Part B: What part of the excerpt gave you clues to this answer?
Samurai means “one who serves.”
The samurai were not only skilled warriors but also developed their own culture.
The relationship between lords and samurai was part of a Japanese feudal system similar to the one that arose in Europe during the Middle Ages.
The samurai values of loyalty and hard work and the warriors’ artistic interests influenced Japanese society, art, and literature.
3. The relationship between lords and samurai was part of a Japanese Feudal System similar to the one that arose in Europe during the Middle Ages.
500
Q4
Read the passage and answer the question.
“I wonder if we can remain free from the fever of power politics, or the bid for power which afflicts the political world, the East and the West. [Let] us permit ourselves to hope that though geographically and politically India is divided into two, at heart we shall ever be friends and brothers helping and respecting one another and be one for the outside world.”
-Mohandas Gandhi, Delhi Diary, January 26, 1948
4. What did Gandhi hope would happen for India and Pakistan? Select two answer choices.
A. That they would always remain separate.
B. That they would become strong allies.
C. That England would continue to mediate them.
D. That they immediately join global politics.
E. That they would remain free from power politics.
B That they would become strong allies
E That they would remain free from power politics