Geography & Maps
This desert in northern China and southern Mongolia is one of the world’s largest.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This religion was introduced to China from India.
What is Buddhism?
This country is ruled by a “Supreme Leader” and has a totalitarian government.
What is North Korea?
These rulers governed China from 2200 B.C. to 1911.
What are dynasties?
This ocean has helped East and Southeast Asian countries become major traders.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This river is the longest in Asia and flows across southern China.
What is the Yangtze River?
This is the national sport of Japan and involves wrestling.
What is sumo wrestling?
China recognizes this many religions officially.
What is five?
This famous road connected Asia to Europe and Africa through trade.
What is the Silk Road?
The level of economic development in Japan is considered this.
What is Level One?
This country is east of China, across the sea, and is made up of many islands.
What is Japan?
This philosophy teaches respect for elders and family values.
What is Confucianism?
Name the three branches of China’s government.
What are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
This Mongol leader created an empire and allowed religious freedom.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This economic system gives the government complete control over production and prices.
What is a command economy?
Name the mountain range that includes Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
This form of writing is considered a fine art in China and Japan.
What is calligraphy?
In this form of government, a monarch has absolute control. One country in Asia still uses it.
What is an absolute monarchy (Brunei)?
This dynasty helped expand trade and rebuilt much of the Great Wall.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
In this type of farming, rice is grown on mountain sides using step-like fields.
What is terrace farming?
These two cities are the capitals of China and Japan.
What are Beijing and Tokyo?
This religious leader is considered the spiritual head of Tibet.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
The protests here in 1989 were led by students demanding democracy.
What is Tiananmen Square?
What is Tiananmen Square?
This Chinese emperor’s army was built out of terracotta to protect him in the afterlife.
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
This country operates under a “one country, two systems” policy.
What is China?