Asia Study Guide

Question 1

Which country is a de-facto country in east Asia?

Answer 1

Taiwan

Question 2

What does this mean?

Answer 2

Not legally recognized

Question 3

What did the seas mountains and deserts create for China historically?

Answer 3

Natural barriers

Question 4

What was built to protect against invaders from the north in China

Answer 4

Great Wall of China

Question 5

What are the two different China’s?

Answer 5

Peoples Republic of China (China), Republic of China (Taiwan)

Question 6

Why are there two China’s

Answer 6

Nationalist fled to Taiwan when communist took over the mainland

Question 7

What ethnic group makes up 92% of a China’s population

Answer 7

Han people

Question 8

What is happening to a ughur people in China?

Answer 8

Genocide

Question 9

What is the official language of China?

Answer 9

Mandarin Chinese

Question 10

What is a spring festival holiday?

Answer 10

Chinese new year

Question 11

Which country has the largest population in the world?

Answer 11

China

Question 12

What does China’s economy rank in the world?

Answer 12

Second largest

Question 13

What two issues are created by China’s large population and economy

Answer 13

Pollution and overpopulation

Question 14

Describe the physical geography of Japan

Answer 14

Archipelago of volcanic mountains, islands, part of “Ring of fire”

Question 15

What natural disasters are common in Japan?

Answer 15

Tsunami’s, earthquakes, volcanic eruption’s

Question 16

What happened in 2011 in Japan

Answer 16

Most powerful, earthquake caused a massive tsunami and led to nuclear plant

Question 17

What are the four different levels of a Japanese feudal system?

Answer 17

Shogun, Lords, samurai, and peasants

Question 18

What are the two most important parts of Japan’s economy?

Answer 18

Automobiles and electronics

Question 19

Name one popular Japanese company

Answer 19

Nintendo or Honda or Sony

Question 20

Which Japanese city is a global city?

Answer 20

Tokyo

Question 21

What is Japanese culture a mixture of?

Answer 21

Traditional and modern customs

Question 22

What are the two most common religion in Japan?

Answer 22

Shinto and Buddhism

Question 23

Describe where Korea broken into two different countries

Answer 23

After WW2 Soviet union controlled north and US controlled south

Question 24

What happened during the Korean War?

Answer 24

North invaded South, US and China got involved

Question 25

Describe the culture of North Korea

Answer 25

Extreme poverty, and limited freedom

Question 26

Describe the culture of South Korea

Answer 26

Respect elders, western influencers

Question 27

What happened in 2004 in southeast Asia

Answer 27

Earthquake cause the worst tsunami

Question 28

Why is Singapore such a wealthy country?

Answer 28

Controls strait of Malacca, has 50% of all trades go through it

Question 29

What type of climate does Southeast Asia have?

Answer 29

Hot and humid tropical

Question 30

What is the name for the heavy rain storm the region gets

Answer 30

Monsoons

Question 31

Why did European countries wish to colonize southeast Asia?

Answer 31

To control spice trade

Question 32

List three countries that colonized this area

Answer 32

1) great britain 2) france 3) Spain

Question 33

What are four crops are grown here

Answer 33

Tea, coffee, rubber, tobacco

Question 34

What happened in the Vietnam war?

Answer 34

Civil War between north and south, much destruction occurred, bombing, and use of agent orange

Question 35

What was the Khmer rouge?

Answer 35

Cambodia - military took over, formed Khmer rouge

Question 36

What mountain range contains the highest mountain in the world

Answer 36

Himalayas

Question 37

What are the two major rivers in south Asia?

Answer 37

Indus and Ganges

Question 38

Why are they so important?

Answer 38

Worlds, richest farmland, and sacred river

Question 39

What is an issue going on with them?

Answer 39

Pollution in Ganges

Question 40

Where was one of the oldest civilization in the world

Answer 40

Indus river valley

Question 41

What is the caste system and how does it affect the life of Indians?

Answer 41

Can’t move classes, can’t marry outside of caste

Question 42

Which two major religions were founded in India

Answer 42

Buddhism and Hinduism

Question 43

Who founded Buddhism

Answer 43

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 44

What is the goal of this religion

Answer 44

To end suffering by ending desire

Question 45

Which two countries were formed because of conflict between Hindus and Muslims

Answer 45

Pakistan and India

Question 46

What is Bollywood

Answer 46

Indian movie industry

Question 47

How were marriage partners traditionally decided in Indian culture

Answer 47

Arranged marriage picked by your parents