This river forms the border between North Korea and China.
a. Huang He (Yellow River)
b. Yalu Jiang
c. Chiang Jiang (Yangtze River)
d. Xi Jang (West River)
b. Yalu Jiang
100
What island is a breakaway portion of China that is not officially recognized as a nation by most of the world?
a. Hainan
b. Taiwan
c. Honshu
d. Japan
b. Taiwan
100
What group finally won the Chinese Civil war in 1949, and established the “People’s Republic of China”?
a. The Communists
b. The Republicans
c. The Red Army
d. The Nationalists
a. The Communists
100
Which of the following is a major center of Chinese manufacturing?
a. Tokyo
b. Shanghai
c. Tibet
d. Qinling Shandi
b. Shanghai
100
What devastating natural phenomenon is Japan prone to due to its location on the Ring of Fire near shifting tectonic plates?
a. Wildfires
b. Cyclones
c. Earthquakes
d. Monsoons
c. Earthquakes
200
What large plateau rests in western China that shares a name with a region of China many feel should be independent, and leads into the Himalayas?
a. Gobi
b. Kunlun
c. Manchuria
d. Tibet
d. Tibet
200
Which east Asian island nation has some of the largest cities on the planet and one of the most advanced economies despite having almost no natural resources to speak of?
a. Hainan
b. Taiwan
c. Honshu
d. Japan
d. Japan
200
What group was formed in the early 1900s, then led by Chiang Kai-shek in the 1920’s, that began to unify much of China?
a. The Communists
b. The Republicans
c. The Red Army
d. The Nationalists
d. The Nationalists
200
Which of the following is not a major religious/ethical system that has been historically associated with China?
a. Buddhism
b. Taoism
c. Hinduism
d. Confucianism
c. Hinduism
200
What geologic phenomenon, in which the Pacific plate slid under the Eurasian plate, is the reason for the island of Japan’s existence?
a. subduction
b. abduction
c. production
d. induction
a. subduction
300
What large and unforgiving desert can be found in northern China and southern Mongolia?
a. Thar
b. Sahara
c. Gobi
d. Siberia
c. Gobi
300
What is the name of the major dam built on the Chiang Jiang River in China?
a. Farraka
b. Three Gorges
c. Aswan
d. Hoover
b. Three Gorges
300
What was China divided into after the Europeans forced them into a series of treaties in the 19th century that weakened China’s control in their own country?
a. European Colonies
b. Several new independent countries
c. Loci of Control
d. Spheres of Influence
d. Spheres of Influence
300
Which of the following religious/ethical systems was created by a Chinese philosopher, and stressed the importance of a strict and ordered society?
a. Buddhism
b. Taoism
c. Hinduism
d. Confucianism
d. Confucianism
300
What earthquake in 1923 left Tokyo in ruins and killed an estimated 140,000 people?
a. San Andreas Earthquake
b. Shaanxi Earthquake
c. Gansu Earthquake
d. Great Kanto Earthquake
d. Great Kanto Earthquake
400
What river flows through north-central China, comes within about 200-300 miles of Beijing and drains into the Yellow Sea?
a. Huang He (Yellow River)
b. Yalu Jiang
c. Chiang Jiang (Yangtze River)
d. Xi Jang (West River)
a. Huang He (Yellow River)
400
What are some major negative effects of the damming of the Chiang Jiang?
a. Displacement of massive amounts of people
b. High monetary cost
c. Environmental Damage
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
400
What violent event occurred in 1900 in response to European control of China, in which the Chinese anger erupted into violence against the Europeans?
a. The Chinese Civil War
b. The Boxer Rebellion
c. The Communist Uprising
d. The Tiananmen Protest
b. The Boxer Rebellion
400
When was the most recent time that Mongolia gained independence?
a. After the Chinese were driven out in 1911
b. After World War I
c. After the fall of the U.S.S.R.
d. After the U.S. liberation of Mongolia following 9/11
c. After the fall of the U.S.S.R.
400
What is the term for workplaces where people work long hours for low wages under very poor conditions that can be found in East Asia and elsewhere? ______________________________
Sweatshops
500
What body of water forms a barrier between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula?
a. The Yellow Sea
b. Sea of Japan
c. East China Sea
d. South China Sea
a. The Yellow Sea
500
____12. Which of the following is a major geographic challenge faced by Japan?
a. Large amounts of desert climate
b. Limited living space for the population
c. Lack of fresh water
d. None of the above
b. Limited living space for the population
500
When did the rule of the hereditary rulers of China end?
a. After the 1911 revolution
b. After the fall of the Shang rulers
c. When the Mongols successfully invaded
d. After the Great Wall was finished
a. After the 1911 revolution
500
What was the last foreign country to have complete control of the Korean peninsula?
a. Japan
b. China
c. America
d. The Soviet Union
a. Japan
500
What is the name for China’s official policy to reduce population that is having drastic effects on the demographics of China? ________________________________