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Asia Exam

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

1. 

India is a subcontinent created by plate tectonics.
 

2. 

Seasonal winds in Asia are called mandalas.
 

3. 

Korea was governed by the U.S. and Soviet Union after WW2.
 

4. 

Ghandhi's message helped free India from Great Britain.
 

5. 

The Boxer Rebellion is when Indonesia rose up against England and started to rebel.
 

6. 

A samurai is professional Japanese soldier.
 

7. 

A dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family.
 

8. 

Islam is a polytheistic religion in the Asia area.
 

9. 

The tallest mountains in the world are found in Malaysia.
 

10. 

Religious conflict created division in India.
 

11. 

An alluvial plain is an area of dry, desertous land.
 

12. 

Mongolia's economy is very primitive.
 

13. 

The tallest mountain found in the Himilayas is Everest.
 

14. 

Arranged marriages are uncommon in Asia.
 

15. 

Brahman is the lowest part of the caste system.
 

16. 

Most people in China live in the West.
 

17. 

The biggest problem facing East Asia today is overpopulation.
 

18. 

The Great wall of China was created to hold back the desert.
 

19. 

Mao Zedong was the leader of the nationalist party in Japan.
 

20. 

Asia for Asians was penned by the Chinese.
 

21. 

China created the one child law to control overpopulation.
 

22. 

Genghis Khan was a powerful conqueror from Korea.
 

23. 

The US helped in the Vietnam war to promote democracy.
 

24. 

American colonialism helped to control Southeast Asia.
 

25. 

Taiwan is the headquarters of the nationalist party of China.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

26. 

Which is NOT a river found in India?
a.
Brahmaputra
c.
Indus
b.
Huang He
d.
Ganges
 

27. 

Which country is not made of an archipelego?
a.
Japan
c.
Sri Lanka
b.
Indonesia
d.
Maldives
 

28. 

How much rain falls in Bhutan during the monsoon?
a.
50 inches
c.
200 inches
b.
100 inches
d.
300 inches
 

29. 

What country was the raj from?
a.
Germany
c.
England
b.
India
d.
Thailand
 

30. 

Which is NOT part of the Hindu faith?
a.
Brahman
c.
raj
b.
Ganges
d.
reincarnation
 

31. 

What landform is created with the subcontinent by tectonic activity?
a.
Himilayas
c.
Indo-Gangetic
b.
Ganges
d.
Deccan
 

32. 

What is of the greatest economic value to Maldives?
a.
fishing
c.
tea
b.
rice
d.
tourism
 

33. 

What type of plate boundary did the S.Asia tsunami quake occur on?
a.
convergent
c.
transform
b.
divergent
d.
subduction
 

34. 

Which does NOT describe Japan?
a.
space problems
c.
drought
b.
ring of fire
d.
earthquakes
 

35. 

Which is NOT an example of a weather condition?
a.
monsoon
c.
typhoon
b.
cyclone
d.
tsunami
 

36. 

_______ is to Islam, as _________ is to Hinduism
a.
Muhal, Ramadan
c.
Ramadan, Brahman
b.
Ramadan, Muhal
d.
Muhal, Brahman
 

Matching
 
 
a.
subcontinent
g.
storm surge
b.
alluvial plains
h.
estuary
c.
archipelago
i.
non-violent resistance
d.
atoll
j.
land reform
e.
monsoons
k.
green revolution
f.
cyclone
l.
caste system
 

37. 

social heirchy in India
 

38. 

large landmass off the Asia continent that houses India
 

39. 

seasonal winds producing great rains
 

40. 

group of islands
 

41. 

violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain
 

42. 

arm of the sea at the low end of a river
 

43. 

high water from the ocean from extreme weather
 

44. 

more balanced distribution for farmers
 
 
a.
partition
g.
Himilayas
b.
entrepreneur
h.
Chang Jiang
c.
Ramadan
i.
typhoon
d.
constitutional monarchy
j.
Gobi
e.
mandalas
k.
Three Gorges Dam
f.
Huang He
l.
ASEAN
 

45. 

promotes business in Asia
 

46. 

large unit found in China to hold a reservior
 

47. 

border the top of Nepal and Bhutan
 

48. 

area without set territories
 

49. 

yellow river
 

50. 

longest river in China
 

51. 

religious tension found in India caused this
 

52. 

month long fast in Islamic faith
 
 
a.
shogun
g.
boycott
b.
sphere of influence
h.
Pacific Rim
c.
Boxer Rebellion
i.
samurai
d.
Confuscianism
j.
dynasty
e.
Buddhism
k.
Taoism
f.
Three Kingdoms
l.
Hinduism
 

53. 

Major faith of India
 

54. 

area of volcanic activity and earthquakes
 

55. 

professional soldier in Japan
 

56. 

ruled in Japan for 700 years
 

57. 

area controlled by others
 

58. 

helped free India from the raj
 

59. 

major faith in China
 

60. 

ruling parties in Korea
 
 
a.
Deccan
g.
Himilayas
b.
Indus
h.
Indo-Gangetic
c.
Nepal
i.
Indian Ocean
d.
Bhutan
j.
Bay of Bengal
e.
Bangladesh
k.
Sri Lanka
f.
Ganges
l.
Maldives
 

61. 

What plateau?
 

62. 

What country?
 

63. 

What mountains?
 

64. 

What river?
 

65. 

What river?
 

66. 

What country?
 

67. 

What country?
 

68. 

What waterway?
 
 
a.
China
g.
S. China Sea
b.
Gobi
h.
Phillipines
c.
Taklimakan
i.
Indonesia
d.
North Korea
j.
Thailand
e.
Yellow Sea
k.
Vietnam
f.
Tibetian
l.
Cambodia
 

69. 

What country?
 

70. 

What waterway?
 

71. 

What plateau?
 

72. 

What country?
 

73. 

What country?
 

74. 

What country?
 

75. 

What desert?
 

76. 

What country?
 



 
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