Chapter 6-The Far East

Question 1

What is the world’s largest city?

Answer 1

Tokyo

Question 2

Who was a Chinese philosopher and teacher?

Answer 2

Confucius

Question 3

The trade route between China and the Roman Empire was called ________?

Answer 3

The Great Silk Road

Question 4

____________was the only Southeast Asian country never under European rule

Answer 4

Thailand

Question 5

Besides Antarctica, _______________ is the world’s coldest desert?

Answer 5

The Gobi Desert

Question 6

_______________is the world’s largest island.

Answer 6

Greenland

Question 7

The capital of Japan is ________________.

Answer 7

Tokyo

Question 8

A move for freedom that was brutally crushed in 1989 happened in the ________________________.

Answer 8

Tiananmen’s square

Question 9

_______________was known as the “Father of American Missions.”

Answer 9

Adoniram Judson

Question 10

________________ is Japan’s most famous landmark.

Answer 10

Mount Fuji

Question 11

_____________is often called the “spice islands” or East Indes

Answer 11

Indonesia

Question 12

the capital of China is ________________?

Answer 12

Beijing

Question 13

The world’s longest man made waterway is __________

Answer 13

Grand Canal

Question 14

_______________the world’s 3rd largest country.

Answer 14

China

Question 15

the capital of Thailand is __________?

Answer 15

Bangkok

Question 16

How much of the world’s population lives in china?

Answer 16

1/5 or 20%

Question 17

The capital of Taiwan is?

Answer 17

Taipei

Question 18

What happened to Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War?

Answer 18

South Vietnam fell to communism

Question 19

What is the capital of South Korea?

Answer 19

Seoul

Question 20

_____________was the emperor of Japan.

Answer 20

Hirohito

Question 21

The capital of the Philippines is?

Answer 21

Manila

Question 22

China was named for the ________dynasty?

Answer 22

Chin

Question 23

The _________empire was the largest empire in history.

Answer 23

Mongol

Question 24

Where is the bullet train found?

Answer 24

Japan

Question 25

At the end of the Korean War, ________Korean remained communist and ______Korea remained free.

Answer 25

North- Communist

South- Free

Question 26

The capital of Singapore is?

Answer 26

Singapore

Question 27

Japan’s nickname is “Land of the __________?

Answer 27

Rising sun

Question 28

_____________was a nationalist Chinese leader.

Answer 28

Chiang Kai-shek

Question 29

Emperor ___________ordered the completion of the Great Wall of China

Answer 29

Shih Huang Ti

Question 30

____________is China’s major food crop.

Answer 30

Rice

Question 31

_________was known as the “Father of the Faith Missions”

Answer 31

J. Hudson Taylor

Question 32

____________, an Italian trader wrote a book about his experiences in China.

Answer 32

Marco Polo

Question 33

_______was a missionary who was martyred in Communist china

Answer 33

John Stam

Question 34

__________was a Communist Chinese Leader

Answer 34

Mae Tse-tung

Question 35

The Nationalists fled to __________after the communists took over mainland China

Answer 35

Taiwan

Question 36

In what country are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 36

Japan

Question 37

A ________is a Chinese tower that has may stores and each one has its own roof

Answer 37

Pagoda

Question 38

Name 3 Chinese inventions/discoveries

Answer 38

1. Silk
2. Paper
3. Printing