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East Asia Map Test
World Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Policy designed to make China an economic giant by producing steel and agriculture | Great Leap Forward |
| River known as China's Sorrow | Huang He |
| Japan's largest trading partner | US |
| Part of the Pacific Rim with earth quakes and volcanoes | Ring of Fire |
| DMZ | Demilitarized Zone on the border of Korea that is heavily guarded |
| A rich region where rice and other food crops are grown | Rice Bowl |
| China has undertaken which major construction projects to increase trade | Grand Canal and Three Gorges Dam |
| Revolution, redistribution of land, taxation, decline, invasion | Dynastic Cycle |
| Founded by Laozi | Daoism |
| 2 countries that Japan invaded leading to WWII | US and China |
| Japan has a booming economy despite lack of... | resources |
| Why Taiwan is not a country | It is still under control of Mainland China and China threatens to invade Taiwan if it declares independence |
| What you have to do in Japan to enter high school and college | pass an entrance exam |
| 4 natural disasters Japan suffers from | earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, typhoons |
| Why are western nations concerned with Korea | They have nuclear weapons |
| climate zone in southeast China | humid subtropical |
| Which religions are based on nature | Daoism and Shinto |
| Leader that defeated the Nationalists and head of the Communists | Mao Zedong |
| Who is Kim II Sung | Grandfather and eternal leader |
| Who is Kim Jong Il | Father and dear leader |
| Who is Kim Jong Un | Son |
| How did relative location affect the government of Mongolia | It was ruled by China and Russia before |
| Which philosophy would condone the government actions at Tiananmen Square | Legalism |
| Policy designed to use youth to eradicate elite and western ideas and restart China | Cultural Revolution |
| Farmlands in eastern China are richer because of think deposits of... | Loess |
| Type of tent used by Mongolians | Yurt |
| Philosophy based on balance | Naturalism |
| Dalai Lama is the holy leader of... | Tibet |
| Which philosophy agrees to the saying, "A father who does not teach his son duties is equally guilty as the son who neglects them" | Confucianism |
| Given to the British after the Opium War | Hong Kong |
| Nationalist leader that set up a government in Taiwan | Chiang Kai-Shek |
| Due to their aggressive trading economies, Taiwan and Hong Kong are... | Economic Tigers |
| Believes all people experience suffering and pain | Buddhism |
| Believes the government harms the way of life and should minimize interference | Daoism |
| Which mountains divide China into two different cultures | Qinling Shandi Mountains |
| Strong underwater earthquakes cause... | Tsunamis |
| Which major East Asian economy is not an economic tiger | Japan |
| Which dynasty start the Great Wall | Qin |
| The original Chinese | The Han |