Geography Chapter 2, Section 7 Review-A beka
Korean War
A civil war against communism lasting from 1950-1953.
Vietnam War
A civil war against communism that claimed many Vietnamese and American lives during its course. (1957-1975)
Ferdinand Magellan
A famous 16th century explorer that claimed the Philippines for Spain during one of his voyages.
Emperor Meiji
A former emperor of Japan during 1867-1912
Ring of Fire
A narrow band of volcanoes which nearly encircles the Pacific Ocean.
Identify the prosperous little island nation at the tip of the Malay Peninsula.
Borneo
Name the four main islands of Japan. On which island are Mount Fuji and the Kanto Plain found?
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
What large island nation once belonged to the Netherlands? Which island nation is the only predominantly Catholic country in Asia?
Indonesia, the Philippines.
Lake Biwa
Japan's largest lake
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, the Indochina Peninsula.
Name the nations that occupy Mainland Southeast Asia. What nations make up Insular Southeast Asia?
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines.
What countries make up Northeast Asia?
North Korea, South Korea and Japan
What is Japan's oldest religion? Name the other leading religion in Japan?
Shinto
Which of the countries in Southeast Asia has a fairly stable monarchy and maintains ties with the West?
Thailand
What parallel of latitude divided North Korea and South Korea?
The 38th parallel
Adoniram Judson
The father of American foreign missions.
J. Hudson Taylor
The father of faith missions.
Mekong River
The longest river in Southeast Asia.
Borneo
The world's third largest island.
What Japanese city (in population) is the largest in the world?
Tokyo
Name the countries in Indochina that are dominated by Communism.
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos