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Asia Quiz Study Guide

Part 1: Map Quiz
You will need to know each of the following countries and physical features
for your Asia map quiz. Use the online map games and practice map quiz to
help you study. Links to both resources are available on my website.
Countries:

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Myanmar (Burma)
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

Cities:

Bombay (Mumbai), India

New Delhi, India
Delhi, India
Calcutta, India
Beijing, China
Pyongyang, North Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Manila, Philippines
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bangkok, Thailand
Tokyo, Japan
Hanoi, Vietnam
Kabul, Afghanistan

Landforms:
Himalayas
Hindu Kush Mountains
Deccan Plateau
Bodies of Water:

Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River

Part 2: Vocabulary Matching, Multiple Choice, and Fill in

the Blanks
Quiz Format: 30 total points

India Vocabulary Matching

Chinese Religions Matching (Buddhism, Daoism, and
Confucianism): Match the statement to the religion it best describes
Multiple Choice: questions cover India, Japan, and China, including
population density and how it affects way of life
Gandhi story completion and quote interpretation: Use your
knowledge of Gandhi to fill in the blanks and complete the story. There
will be one quote that you will be asked to interpret.

Handouts and worksheets to review:

Chinas Population Challenges* (costs and benefits of one-child

policy, Three Gorges Dam, and SEZs)
Character Collage Notes on the three religions*
Chapter 31 Reading Notes* (Japans Population Density)
Population Density Simulation and Analyzing Tables HW*
Gandhi Packet*
Hinduism vocab
Monsoon video notes and worksheet

* Answer key available on my websites Asia Quiz Resources page (link

available on my HW calendar)
PLEASE BE PREPARED AND WORK HARD!!
What to Know:
Complete the crossword puzzle at the end of this packet and be familiar
with the answers to each clue! You will also be expected to know the
following:
China:
1. What are the main beliefs of each of Chinas three ancient religions?
Buddhism:
____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Confucianism:
_________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
Daoism:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Benefits of each of the following policies implemented by China to deal
with their rapidly increasing population:
One-child policy:
_______________________________________________________________
Three Gorges Dam:
_____________________________________________________________
Special Economic Zones:
_________________________________________________________
3. What do yin and yang represent?
4. What is feng shui?

Japan:
5. Ways that Japans high population density affects way of life in each
category below:
Transportation:
________________________________________________________________
Housing:
______________________________________________________________________
Land Use:
_____________________________________________________________________
Health:
_______________________________________________________________________
Arithmetic vs. Physiologic Population Density
6. How do you calculate each and which is gives you a more realistic
calculation of a countrys population density?

Arithmetic:
Physiologic:

7. Where does most of Japans population live and why?

8. Why is Japan able to have such a high standard of living and life
expectancy despite having a high population density?
9. Which factors most influence the life expectancy of a country?

India:
10. Indias approximate population:
11. How/why were the countries of Bangladesh and Pakistan formed?

12. Why are the monsoons welcomed in India despite their destructive
nature?

13. How long do monsoons last and when do the arrive?

14. Why are Indias winters hot and dry?

Gandhi:
15. What is non-violent civil disobedience and how does it work?

16. Other life facts:

* Year he was born:
* Age when he married:
* First profession:
* Country where he first started campaigning against the British:
* Country from which India ultimately gained its Independence in 1947:
* Minority religious group in India that was worried about Hindu
majority rule:
* How Gandhi died:
* Year in which Gandhi died:

Asia Quiz Study Guide

Across
2. Self-rule
4. Capital of Thailand
5. Country from which India gained
its
independence in 1947
8. Tiny nation off the southern tip of
the
Malay Peninsula
12. Sacred river of India
15. Title for Gandhi meaning "Great
Soul"
16. Land that can be farmed
18. Famous political and spiritual
leader of
India
19. The sum of a person's past lives
which is
carried into new lives
20. First month of India's monsoon

Down
1. Considered to be Gandhi's most
successful protest (2 words)
3. Non-violence to any living thing
6. Country where Gandhi first
began his
campaign of civil disobedience
7. Rebirth of the soul into another
body
9. Capital of India
10. Literally meaning "hold fast to
the
truth," was practiced by
Gandhi in
many ways
11. Traditional Hindu form of selfdiscipline and purification
often used
by Gandhi (not eating)
13. Capital of Vietnam