Geography Chapter 15-16
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok (A)
What is the capital of China?
Beijing (K)
Taiwan has stopped short of claiming formal independence to avoid a threatened invasion by which country?
China
Which 2 East Asian nations are divided into free and communist countries?
China Hainan and North and South Korea
What was the name of the period during gangs of young Chinese tried to remove intellectuals, Christians, and other "Corrupting influences" from Chinese society?
Cultural Revolution (C)
What is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism called?
Dalai Lama (C)
What does the name Buddha mean?
Enlightened one
True or False? Elephant trainers in Thailand are called eletrainers.
False
True or False? Southeast Asia is about half as large as the 48 contiguous states of the United States.
False
True or False? Thailand has one of the weakest economies in Indochina.
False
What structure was built during the 14th to 17th centuries to protect China from the Mongols and Turkic tribes?
Great Wall (C)
What ethnic group are about 92 percent of people in China apart of?
Han (C)
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi (I)
Which island colony was founded by the British but reverted to China in 1997?
Hong Kong
What are the 2 main rivers of China?
Huang He and Chang Jiang
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta (E)
What is the region of North Korea that focuses people's attention on the countries dictator?
Juche or Kimilsungism
Which Communist organization took over Cambodia in 1975 and proceeded to commit human rights atrocities?
Khmer Rogue
What is the capital of Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur (L)
What is the only landlocked country of Southeast Asia?
Laos
What is the oldest European colony in Asia, founded by the Portuguese in 1557?
Macau (D)
What is the capital of the Philippines?
Manila (H)
By what name do the Japanese refer the their country?
Nippon
The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is the border separating which 2 countries?
North and South Korea
What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang (J)
What is the area of the Pacific that experiences numerous and regular earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity?
Ring of Fire
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul (N)
What is the predominant region of Japan?
Shintoism (C)
By what name was Thailand formerly known?
Siam
What is the capital of Singapore?
Singapore (B)
Which leader established a republic in China?
Sun Yat-sen (A)
What is the capital of Taiwan?
Taipei (C)
Which Southeast Asian country is the only one that remained free of European colonialism?
Thailand
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo (F)
True or False? Five of the top 10 rice-producing countries of the world are in Southeast Asia.
True
True or False? Most of the immigrants to Southeast Asia come from China.
True
True or False? The name of the guerrilla group that played a big part in conquering South Vietnam for the Communists was the Viet Cong.
True
What is the capital of Laos?
Vientiane (M)
What is the capital of Myanmar?
Yangon (D)
