Geography Chapter 16 test

What does the name Tokyo mean? A) Eastern capital B) Nippon is great C) High mountain teen D) Divine wind

A) Eastern Capital

Collapsible round gents in which Mongolian nomads live are called A) Gers B) Regs C) Teepees D) Lean-tos

A) Gers

Which island colony was founded by the British but reverted to China in 1997? A) Hong Kong B) Taiwan C) Jeju D) Kyushu

A) Hong Kong

Which communist leader defeated the nationalist Chinese army and established the people's republic of China? A) Mao Zedong B) Kim Jong II C) Sun yet-sen D) Chang Kai-shek

A) Mao Zedong

The region often called the "real" China is the A) North China Plain B) Southern Uplands C) Guangxi Zhuang D) Plateau of Tibet

A) North China Plain

Which leader established a republic in China? A) Sun Yet-sen B) Nei Mongol C) Mao Zedong D) Deng Xiaoping

A) Sun Yet-sen

In 1989 where did students in Beijing unsuccessfully protest for great freedom from the communist? A) Tianamen Square B) Forbidden City C) Taebeak Square D) Hiroshima

A) Tianamen Square

What is Mongolias main urban center in the regions capital? A) Ulaabaatar B) Guangzhou C) Kaohsiung D) Xi'an

A) Ulaabaatar

What is the border separating North Korea & South Korea? A) Autonomous region B) Demilitarized Zone C) Special Economic zone D) Uncontrolled sector

B) Demilitarized Zone

China's southernmost province and largest island is A) Taiwan B) Hainan C) Hong Kong D) Quemoy

B) Hainan

Japan's largest island is A) Hokkaido B) Honshu C) Shikoku D) Kyushu

B) Honshu

What form of subsistence farming is a Chinese practice that allows people to rise crips in small areas? A) Light farming B) Intensive farming C) Communal farming D) Teamwork farming

B) Intensive farming

Which famous missionary ministered in Manchuria? A) Gladys Aylward B) Jonathan Goforth C) Ho-I D) Joseph Goldman

B) Jonathan Goforth

What is north Korea's religion that focuses people's attention on the personality of the country's dictator? A) Falun Gong B) Juche C) Nationalistic Atheism D) Shinto

B) Juche

Which communist rule known as "Great Leader" served as the Soviet Unions puppet leader of North Korea? A) Kim Jong Un B) Kim II Sung C) Kim Jong II D) Sun Yet-sen

B) Kim II Sung

What is China's largest city? A) Beijing B) Shanghai C) Tapei D) Pyongyang

B) Shanghai

Which city is the port for Beijing? A) Shanghai B) Tianjin C) Hong Kong D) Macau

B) Tianjin

The worlds largest river and the longest river in Asia is the A) Nile B) Huang He C) Chang Jiang D) Teadong

C) Chang Jiang

The leader of Tibetan Buddhism is called the A) Red Guard B) Kuomintang C) Dalai Lama D) Samurai

C) Dalai Lama

What structure was built during the 14th to 17th centuries to protect China from the mongoose and Turkic tribes? A) Forbidden City B) DMZ C) Great Wall D) Hadrians wall

C) Great Wall

About 92% of the people in China are part of the ethnic group known as the A) Chin B) Chang C) Han D) Matsui

C) Han

What is Japan's southernmost island? A) Hokkaido B) Honshu C) Kyushu D) Shikoku

C) Kyushu

Who was the communist leader that established the people's republic of China? A) Sun Yet-sen B) Nei Mongol C) Mao Zedong D) Deng Xiaoping

C) Mao Zedong

By what name do the Japanese refer to their country? A) Honshu B) And of the rising sun C) Nippon D) Republic of Japan

C) Nippon

What is South Korea also known as? A) People of the Republic of Kore B) Communists of Korea C) Republic of Korea D) Centralized of Korea

C) Republic of Korea

What is the name of the ancient warriors who protected the estates of Japanese feudal lords? A) Shinto B) Nippon C) Samurai D) Theocrat

C) Samurai

Who were the ancient Japanese warriors that protected feudal lords' estates? A) Dairnyo B) Kendo C) Samurai D) Shogun

C) Samurai

The predominant religion of Japan is A) Confucianism B) Taoism C) Shintoism D) Christianity

C) Shintoism

To what island did the Chinese nationalists led by Chiang Kai shek flew in 1949? A) Hong Kong B) Seoul C) Taiwan D) Tokyo

C) Taiwan

on which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped? A) Honshu B) Shikoku C) Hokkaido D) Hiroshima

D) Hiroshima

What is the oldest European colony in Asia, founded by the Portuguese in 1557? A) Hong Kong B) Beijing C) Taipei D) Marcau

D) Marcau

By what name do the Japanese refer to their country? A) Zhuang B) Hainan C) Kyoto D) Nippon

D) Nippon

What is Japan's smallest island? A) Hokkaido B) Honshu C) Kyushu D) Shikoku

D) Shikoku

"The roof of the world" is the nickname of which Chinese region? A) North China Plan B) Southern Uplands C) Mount Fuji D) Tibet

D) Tibet

(True or false) Because of monsoons, the climate north of the Qin Ling Mountains is much wetter than the climate to the south

False

(True or false) Beijing lies in at the northern end of the grand canal

False

(True or false) China considers Taiwan to be the legitimate government of an independent china

False

(True or false) China is slightly larger in area than the United States

False

(True or false) China recorded history as the 2nd longest in the world

False

(True or false) China's government allows only two political parties

False

(True or false) China's population is double that of the United states

False

(True or false) Hong Kong was the oldest European colony in Asia

False

(True or false) Mountains cover about 20 percent of Japan

False

(True or false) One of every eight people in the world is Chinese

False

(True or false) The Chinese civilization began along the Huang Ho River Valley about 21,000 BC

False

(True or false) The majority of Chinas most populous cities are in the west

False

(True or false) Tokyo is the 2nd largest city in Japan

False

(True or false) the terrain of East Asia is essentially the same, dominated by fertile valleys & plains.

False

(True or false) Hokkaido compares to the American West as Japan's last frontier

True

(True or false) Most of Mongolia is covered by the Gobi Desert

True

(True or false) Taiwan has stopped short of claiming formal independence to avoid a threatened invasion by China

True

(True or false) The climate of East Asia ranges from tropical to subarctic

True

(True or false) The three Gorges Dam is the Chang River

True

(True or false) the southern uplands harbor more ethnic groups and languages than anywhere else in china

True