Geography and History of the World © 2010 Indiana Edition

Chapter 27: Cultural Geography of East Asia

Cultural Geography of East Asia

1
Most of China’s more than 1.3 billion people belong to the __________, an ethnic group named for a powerful ancient Chinese ruling family.
A)Han
B)Ainu
C)Middle Kingdom
D)Tibetans
2
Of the countries in East Asia, __________ has the lowest population density with only 4 people per square mile (2 people per sq. km).
A)Taiwan
B)North Korea
C)China
D)Mongolia
3
In recent decades, challenges for growth in China have included all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A)increasing urbanization
B)rapid population growth
C)farm labor shortages in rural areas
D)an ongoing successful population control program
4
The earliest East Asian civilization emerged in __________, which became the region’s culture hearth.
A)Japan
B)China
C)Korea
D)Mongolia
5
China’s best-known philosopher, Confucius (Kongfuzi), lived during the __________ dynasty.
A)Shang
B)Zhou
C)Qui Shi Huang Di
D)Qing
6
Beginning in the 1890s, Japan built an empire that included __________ and led Japan to fight the United States and other Allied countries in World War II.
A)all of China
B)Outer Mongolia
C)Siberia
D)Manchuria
7
Following World War II and the Korean War, Korea was divided into American-backed South Korea and communist-ruled North Korea along the __________.
A)thirty-eighth parallel
B)Yalu River
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Chinese border
8
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and ____________________.
A)Tokyo
B)Ōsaka
C)Kyōto
D)Nagasaki
9
The Korean language is related to ________________.
A)Chinese
B)Mandarin
C)Japanese
D)Mangolian
10
Japan’s lively __________ theater uses costumes, song, and dance.
A)haiku
B)Kabuki
C)pagoda
D)Noh
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