SLO Study Guide

Question 1

What East Asian nation is least affected by monsoons?

Answer 1

Mongolia

Question 2

Why does North Korea have less agricultural land than South Korea?

Answer 2

North Korea has more mountains

Question 3

What is a major cause of desertification in Mongolia?

Answer 3

Livestock Grazing

Question 4

What does Confucianism primarily teach?

Answer 4

Both rulers and subjects have to act properly.

Question 5

What was life in China like under Mao Zedong’s rule?

Answer 5

The government controlled farms and industries.

Question 6

What does Confucianism and Daoism have in common?

Answer 6

They are both ethical systems.

Question 7

What are some ancient Chinese inventions? (List all)

Answer 7

Porcelain, block printing, paper currency, gunpowder, moveable type

Question 8

What economic change was introduced to Shanghai in 1990?

Answer 8

A market economy was allowed to develop.

Question 9

Why would businesses want to move to China’s Special Economic Zones?

Answer 9

Lower Taxes

Question 10

What is Taiwan’s most important trading partner?

Answer 10

China

Question 11

Is North or South Korea more economically isolated?

Answer 11

North Korea

Question 12

What role did China and Korea play in Japan’s industrialization?

Answer 12

Sources for raw materials

Question 13

What Thailandese city sits on the banks of the Chao Phraya River?

Answer 13

Bangkok

Question 14

What is an issue that Malaysia faces today?

Answer 14

Deforestation

Question 15

Why are the Foja Mountains such a good place for scientists to research?

Answer 15

Organisms develop without human interference.

Question 16

What was Southeast Asia’s largest and longest lasting empire?

Answer 16

Khmer Empire of Cambodia

Question 17

What modern day nation did the Netherlands gain power over in the 1700s?

Answer 17

Indonesia

Question 18

What nation seized control of Indonesia and the Philippines during World War 2?

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

Why did the United States interfere in the Vietnam War?

Answer 19

A fear that North Vietnam would spread communism.

Question 20

Why do traditional Thai buildings have steeply slanted roofs?

Answer 20

To shed heavy monsoon rains.

Question 21

What accurately describes Southeast Asia’s languages?

Answer 21

The region is home to hundreds of languages.

Question 22

What threatens the Asian Elephant population the most?

Answer 22

Loss of Habitat

Question 23

What empire helped spread Christianity?

Answer 23

The Roman Empire

Question 24

Why did many Filipinos migrate away from their nation?

Answer 24

High unemployment

Question 25

What was an unwanted effect of relocating Indonesians from central islands to outer islands?

Answer 25

Enviornmental damage

Question 26

What factor helped Singapore succeed economically?

Answer 26

A location near trade routes.

Question 27

What was an effect that the arrival of the internet had on Malaysia?

Answer 27

It challenged the government's version of the truth.

Question 28

How does the Himalaya Mountains help South Asia's major rivers?

Answer 28

Melting snow runs into rivers.

Question 29

What effect do Indian dams have on Bangladesh's water availability?

Answer 29

Reduced river flow to Bangladesh.

Question 30

What religion became a large minority in South Asia under the Mughal Empire's rule?

Answer 30

Islam

Question 31

What is a belief to Buddhism?

Answer 31

There is a path to move beyond suffering.

Question 32

How did Gandhi promote Indian independence?

Answer 32

Civil Disobedience (form of nonviolent protest).

Question 33

How has the Caste System changed in the last 50 years in India?

Answer 33

The outlaw of discrimination by India's constitution.

Question 34

Why is India improving it's infrastructure?

Answer 34

Rapid population growth in India.

Question 35

What is a big part of India's economic growth?

Answer 35

The outsourcing of US service jobs.

Question 36

What is a pull factor which has changed India's rural and urban population?

Answer 36

Urban factory jobs.

Question 37

What is a Pakistani characteristic which has been an obstacle to unity?

Answer 37

Division into provinces.

Question 38

Why has Bangladesh had difficulty finding products to export?

Answer 38

No surplus Bangladeshi crops.

Question 39

What is the defining difference between Southwest Asian mountains and deserts?

Answer 39

The mountains are colder.

Question 40

What is a major difference between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Answer 40

The Tigris River carries more water.

Question 41

What makes the Arabian Peninsula important to the rest of the world?

Answer 41

The vast amounts of oil reserves on the peninsula.

Question 42

What causes a rain shadow on the Anatolian and Iranian peninsulas?

Answer 42

High mountains?

Question 43

What is a similarity between the teachings of Judaism and Christianity?

Answer 43

The Christian Old Testament is part of the Torah.

Question 44

What factor in the Ottoman Empire's location made it more wealthy and powerful?

Answer 44

The trade routes than ran through the empire.

Question 45

What makes Istanbul a cultural bridge between Europe and Asia?

Answer 45

Istanbul's location

Question 46

Why do most guest workers go to Saudi Arabia?

Answer 46

To get jobs.

Question 47

What does the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) want?

Answer 47

A free Palestinian state.

Question 48

What group of Muslims represents a majority of Iraq's population?

Answer 48

Shi'ites

Question 49

Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan in 1979?

Answer 49

To suppress rebels against the Communist government.

Question 50

What organization built schools in Afghanistan?

Answer 50

UNICEF