Quiz Show Asia

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2. Which describes the population change of East Asia? China is the only country growing The entire region’s population is declining The entire region’s population is growing rapidly Wealthy countries like South Korea and Japan have declining growth rates Poor countries have declining growth rates

3. Which is true of East Asian and Southeast Asian cities All are under 2 million people Most have about 1 million people Most do not have modern buildings Most are getting smaller Some are among the world’s largest

4. What best describes the ethnic diversity of the Area Most areas have little ethnic diversity East Asia is more ethnically diverse Both areas have lots of ethnic diversity Southeast Asia is more ethnically diverse

5. The Silk Road went from China to By the Sea of China Mongolia India By the Indian Ocean By the Mediterranean

6. What happened to Hong Kong in 1997? It was returned to Japan It’s economy folded in China’s communist rule It was returned to the United Kingdom Portugal returned ownership to China It became part of China as a special administrative region

7. What fraction of the population lives in this area of the world? 1/3

8. Means “place without water” Gobi

9. How did Marco Polo help Europeans learn about China? He wrote a book about China

10. Title for the people who governed Japan until 1800s shoguns

11. Major river in Southeast Asia that begins with an I Irrawaddy

12. Who tried to get Japan to end isolation Matthew C. Perry

13. What is a megalopolis? One city after another, after another

14. Wood that is used to make furniture mahogany

15. Which area is drier, East Asia or Southeast Asia? East Asia

16. Define archipelago Chain of islands

17. Climate of northern Japan Humid continental

18. River that borders Laos and Thailand Mekong

19. Known as the Yellow River Huang He

20. Country that controls the Strait of Malacca Singapore

21. Wood from rainforests used to make boats teak

22. What is the Roof of the World? Plateau of Tibet

23. What do the Chinese writing symbols represent? Characters that stand for words

24. Name of oceans in this part of the world Indian and Pacific

25. What river is “China’s Sorrow?” Huang He

26. This area has large deposits of what minerals? Iron ore and tin

27. What country in the area has the lowest winter temperatures? Mongolia

28. Where the Three Gorges Dam is built On the Chiang Jiang

29. The drier of the two deserts discussed Taklimakan

30. What religion stress that all parts of nature have their own spirits? Shinto

31. Climate found in Mongolia by the desert steppe

32. Used in making rockets and light bulbs tungsten

33. Lowland found in East Asia North China Plain Or Manchurian Plain

34. What two countries cover most of East Asia? China and Mongolia

35. Define dzud A dry summer followed by a harsh winter

36. What is the Ring of Fire? Area where tectonic plate activity causes volcanoes and earthquakes

37. Who claimed large areas of China as spheres of influence? European countries and Japan

38. Who was China’s communist leader? Mao Zedong

39. Means “great general” shogun

40. What group invaded China from Central Asia? Mongols

41. What nation has the world’s 2nd largest economy? Japan

42. Most Chinese are of what ethnic group? Han

43. What vegetation term contributes to the problem of landslides? Deforestation

44. What nation has the highest population density? Singapore

45. What is a disadvantage of the Three Gorges Dam? About a million people need to move

46. Huge tidal waves are caused by these tsunami

47. What unique item is harvested in Japan and the Philippines? pearls

48. Who helped the shoguns to govern Japan? samurai

49. What dynasty began the Silk Road? Han

50. Chinese nationalist leader Chaing Kai-shek