Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures

Chapter 26: History and Cultures of East Asia and Southeast Asia

Self-Check Quizzes

1
In East Asia and Southeast Asia, education is seen as _____.
A)contributing to Westernization
B)crucial to both a child and society
C)a cause of immigration
D)a duty to ones government
2
The Shinto religion focuses on which of the following?
A)respect for one's parents
B)journeying to Mecca
C)reverence for nature
D)following the Eightfold Path
3
Which language developed from the speech of early people of the Philippines?
A)Spanish
B)Haiku
C)Dialect
D)Filipino
4
Which of the following is the official dialect of China?
A)Mandarin
B)Cantonese
C)Hunan
D)Khalkha
5
In the 1980s, why did people of Vietnam and Laos immigrate overseas?
A)affordable and easy travel
B)demand for educated workers
C)war and economic hardship
D)religious persecution
6
In East Asia, people primarily live in _____.
A)yurts
B)river valleys and coastal plains
C)high-rise apartments
D)steppes
7
The _____ policy in China has somewhat helped to slow its population growth.
A)no child left behind
B)adopt a child
C)new child
D)one child
8
Singapore's economy is strong because it has no ______ and goods can move easily.
A)laws
B)import taxes
C)mountainous areas
D)piracy
9
Which of the following has the world's second-largest economy?
A)United States
B)Thailand
C)Japan
D)China
10
Which of the following is the only Southeast Asian country that avoided European rule?
A)Japan
B)Thailand
C)Hong Kong
D)China
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