Question 1

which East Asian country's climate is least affected by monsoons?

Accepted Answer

Mongolia

Answer

China

Answer

South Korea

Answer

Japan

Question 2

Which statement about agriculture on southern Honshu in Japan is true?

Accepted Answer

Farmers grow two crops of rice a year.

Answer

There is not enough rain for farming.

Answer

Farmers do not use chemical fertilizers.

Answer

There is plenty of agricultural land.

Question 3

Why does North Korea have less agricultural land than South Korea?

Accepted Answer

more mountains

Answer

annual typhoons

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monsoon winds

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insufficient rain

Question 4

What is a major cause of desertification in Mongolia?

Accepted Answer

livestock grazing

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industrial pollution

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irrigated farming

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pesticide runoff

Question 5

Which of the following lists the dynasties of China in the correct chronological order?

Accepted Answer

Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han

Answer

Zhou, Han, Qin, Shang

Answer

Han, Qin, Shang, Zhou

Answer

Qin, Zhou, Shang, Han

Question 6

What did Confucianism teach?

Accepted Answer

Both rulers and subjects have to act properly.

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Subjects should elect their rulers.

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Rulers have total authority over their subjects.

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Only wealthy people should be rulers.

Question 7

Which statement about the Silk Roads is true?

Accepted Answer

Trade took place by land and sea.

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Chinese traders went to the Mediterranean.

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Most traders used gold coins as currency.

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Silk was made in many other countries.

Question 8

what was life in China like under Chairman Mao?

Accepted Answer

Government controlled farms and industry.

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Several political parties fought for control.

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Government and economy followed western models.

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Teachers and intellectuals held many government jobs.

Question 9

What role did China and Korea play in Japan's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

Sources of raw materials

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investors in new business

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competitors for business

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models of a new economy

Question 10

Which dynasty helped Silla defeat its rival kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

Tang

Answer

Koryo

Answer

Choson

Answer

Han

Question 11

What two bodies of water lie on either end of Demarcation Line?

Accepted Answer

Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea

Answer

Yellow Sea and Korea Bay

Answer

Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Answer

Korea Bay and Sea of Japan

Question 12

Which city is north of the Demarcation Line?

Accepted Answer

Pyongyang

Answer

Inchon

Answer

Seoul

Answer

Busan

Question 13

What best describes the extent of the two countries' offensives?

Accepted Answer

Neither country ever controlled the whole peninsula.

Answer

Only North Korea controlled the whole peninsula for a time.

Answer

Each country controlled the whole peninsula for a time.

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Only South Korea controlled the whole peninsula for a time.

Question 14

Which two rivers most likely support the largest populations in China?

Accepted Answer

Chang Jiang and Huang He

Answer

Chang Jiang and Xi Jiang

Answer

Xi Jiang and Huang He

Answer

Yalu and Huang He

Question 15

Judging from the names on the chart, which of these Chinese words means "river"?

Accepted Answer

Jiang

Answer

Yalu

Answer

Chang

Answer

Xi

Question 16

Which statement most accurately summarizes the length of rivers in China?

Accepted Answer

China's rivers vary in length.

Answer

China's rivers are about the same length.

Answer

china has only one long river.

Answer

All the rivers in China are short.

Question 17

What do China and Mongolia have in common?

Accepted Answer

Both are on the Asian mainland.

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Both are on a peninsula.

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Both are island countries.

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Both are landlocked.

Question 18

Where do most people in Japan live?

Accepted Answer

Coastal plains

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Desert tents

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mountain villages

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river basins

Question 19

What is the focus of industries in North Korea?

Accepted Answer

military equipment

Answer

ships and steel

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consumer electronics

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automobiles and trucks

Question 20

Which land form lies in Mongolia?

Accepted Answer

Gobi Desert

Answer

Tibetan Plateau

Answer

Kunlun Mountains

Answer

Kanto Plain

Question 21

From which dynasty does the name China probably come from?

Accepted Answer

Qin

Answer

Zhou

Answer

Han

Answer

Shang

Question 22

What did Confucius do?

Accepted Answer

taught proper behavior

Answer

Ruled China as emperor

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led a Chinese army

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Built the Great Wall of China

Question 23

What did China primarily trade on the Silk roads?

Accepted Answer

cloth

Answer

wood

Answer

glass

Answer

jewels

Question 24

Who was a leader of the communist revolution in China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Answer

Jiang Jieshi

Answer

Zheng He

Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 25

Which of these is associated with Japan's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

Zaibatsu

Answer

Samurai

Answer

Feudalism

Answer

Shogun

Question 26

What was the last dynasty in Korea?

Accepted Answer

Choson

Answer

Silla

Answer

Koryo

Answer

Paekche

Question 27

Which city is the capital of North Korea?

Accepted Answer

Pyongyang

Answer

Inchon

Answer

Seoul

Answer

Busan

Question 28

Which city is closest to the 38th parallel?

Accepted Answer

Seoul

Answer

Inchon

Answer

Pyongyang

Answer

Busan

Question 29

Where is the Demarcation line located?

Accepted Answer

near the 38th parallel

Answer

south of Seoul

Answer

near the 40th parallel

Answer

north of Busan

Question 30

What best describes the limit of North Korea's advance into South Korea?

Accepted Answer

North Korea arrived just outside of Busan.

Answer

North Korea stopped at Seoul.

Answer

North Korea gained control of Busan.

Answer

North Korea landed at Inchon.

Question 31

What is the difference in length between the longest and the shortest rivers?

Accepted Answer

3,410 miles

Answer

4,390

Answer

2,650 miles

Answer

505 miles

Question 32

Which two rivers are about the same length?

Accepted Answer

Chang Jiang and Huang He

Answer

Yalu and Xi Jiang

Answer

Huang He and Xi Jiang

Answer

Xi Jiang and Chang Jiang

Question 33

About how many times bigger is the Huang He than the Yalu?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

9

Answer

3

Question 34

Based on the chart, which of these statements are true?

Accepted Answer

Xi Jiang is longer than the Yalu

Answer

Chang Jiang is the shortest river.

Answer

All rivers are about the same length

Answer

Huang He is the longest river.

Question 35

Which country's climate is most similar to the climate of western China?

Accepted Answer

Mongolia

Answer

South Korea

Answer

North Korea

Answer

Japan

Question 36

In what direction do China's major rivers flow from their source to their mouth?

Accepted Answer

east

Answer

south

Answer

west

Answer

north

Question 37

Which of the following is caused by Japan's Location of the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

volcanic eruptions

Answer

forest fires

Answer

high temperature

Answer

monsoon winds

Question 38

Which of these does North Korea have more of than South Korea?

Accepted Answer

mountains

Answer

farmland

Answer

plains

Answer

people

Question 39

During which dynasty did China begin to trade along the silk roads?

Accepted Answer

Han

Answer

Zhou

Answer

Shang

Answer

Qin

Question 40

Who was an influential Chinese teacher?

Accepted Answer

Confusius

Answer

Zheng He

Answer

Shi Huangdi

Answer

Yongle

Question 41

What was one of the geographic obstacles that the Silk Roads slit to avoid?

Accepted Answer

Taklamakan Desert

Answer

Yalu River

Answer

Chiang Jiang

Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 42

During which period did China's industrial output greatly increase under communist leadership?

Accepted Answer

1949-1957

Answer

1930-1935

Answer

1958-1961

Answer

1966-1976

Question 43

Which country served as a model for Japan's industrialization after 1868?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Answer

China

Answer

South Korea

Answer

Russia

Question 44

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

North and South Korea were still separate countries.

Answer

North Korea gained control of the Korean Peninsula.

Answer

North and South Korea were united as one country.

Answer

South Korea gained control of the Korean Peninsula.

Question 45

Which of these areas in East Asia has the highest population Density?

Accepted Answer

Pacific coast

Answer

Kunlun Mountains

Answer

Tibetan Plateau

Answer

Gobi Desert

Question 46

Which country is on mainland Asia?

Accepted Answer

China

Answer

Korea

Answer

Taiwan

Answer

Japan

Question 47

What links the cities of Beijing and Hangzhou in China?

Accepted Answer

Grand Canal

Answer

Chang Jiang

Answer

Great Wall

Answer

Huang He

Question 48

What type of land form covers most of Japan?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Answer

Deserts

Answer

steppes

Answer

Plateaus

Question 49

Which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

South Korea has more arable land than North Korea.

Answer

South Korea has a harsher climate than North Korea.

Answer

North Korea has more people than South Korea.

Answer

North Korea has fewer mountains than South Korea.

Question 50

How do many people in rural Mongolia make a living?

Accepted Answer

herding livestock

Answer

growing rice

Answer

picking fruit

Answer

hunting animals

Question 51

Under which dynasty was there continuous warfare in China?

Accepted Answer

Zhou

Answer

Qing

Answer

Shang

Answer

Han

Question 52

Who was Shi Huangdi?

Accepted Answer

China's first emperor

Answer

a great explorer

Answer

China's moral teacher

Answer

a wealthy trader

Question 53

Where did the Silk Roads begin?

Accepted Answer

China

Answer

India

Answer

Africa

Answer

Europe

Question 54

Which religion did early trade on the Silk Roads help to spread?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Answer

Judaism

Answer

Christianity

Answer

Islam

Question 55

What was the main purpose of Zheng He's voyages?

Accepted Answer

to demonstrate China's power

Answer

to open trade with Europe

Answer

to conquer African countries

Answer

to spread Confucianism

Question 56

What common enemy united the Nationalists and the Communists in China during the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Answer

Mongolia

Answer

Russia

Answer

Korea

Question 57

What was the samurai's main job?

Accepted Answer

protect their lords' estates

Answer

Fight against foreign invaders

Answer

run large business corporations

Answer

Serve the Japanese emperor

Question 58

What was Japan like under Tokugawa shoguns?

Accepted Answer

Military leaders maintained peace.

Answer

landowners lost power

Answer

foreign trade Flourished.

Answer

Rival families fought for control.

Question 59

Which country sent advisers to help Japan industrialize?

Accepted Answer

Britain

Answer

Russia

Answer

Korea

Answer

China

Question 60

Which statement best describes a zaibatsu?

Accepted Answer

Large family-run business group

Answer

business managed by groups of workers

Answer

government controlled industry

Answer

Company specializing in one business

Question 61

Which kingdom first united the Korean Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Silla

Answer

Paechke

Answer

Koguryo

Answer

Choson

Question 62

Which of the following supported South Korea during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

United Nations and the United States

Answer

United States and the Soviet Union

Answer

Communist China and the Soviet Union

Answer

Communist China and United Nations

Question 63

Which kingdom first united the Korean Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Paechke

Answer

Choson

Answer

Silla

Answer

Koguryo

Question 64

Which kingdom first united the Korean Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Paechke

Answer

Choson

Answer

Silla

Answer

Koguryo

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