Deck 1: The Region and People

Question 1

Mongolia is comprised primarily of ________.

A) mountains
B) river valleys
C) steppe
D) desert

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of these forms a boundary between modern China and Russia?

A) the Ural Mountains
B) the Mecong River
C) the Yangzi River
D) the Amur River

Answer 2

D

Question 3

-Looking above at Map 1.1, which of these separates the heart of Mongolia from China?

A) the Gobi Desert
B) the Yellow River
C) the Himalayas
D) the Ordos Desert

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of these best describes the loess that characterizes the Yellow River?

A) oxidized minerals
B) wind-borne soils
C) rocky beds
D) flood waters

Question 5

The Grand Canal system links the ________ and ________ rivers.

A) Beihe; Yangzi
B) Yangzi; Yellow
C) Mecong; Yangzi
D) Salween; Mecong

Question 6

Which of these best characterizes the monsoon system?

A) a region typified by tropical vegetation
B) periods of flooding caused by unusually high precipitation
C) a period of heavy rains followed by drought
D) regional wind patterns that shift seasonally

Question 7

In most of East Asia, the winter months are ________.

A) dry
B) marked by tropical storms
C) hurricane season
D) warm and rainy

Question 8

In general, China's north has been it's ________, while it's south has been its ________.

A) cultural center; military stronghold
B) most dynamic region; least populated region
C) political center; breadbasket
D) ethnically diverse heartland; Han center

Question 9

Which of these is nicknamed "The Furnace of China"?

A) the Gobi Desert
B) Turpan Depression
C) the Ordos Desert
D) the Tarim Basin

Question 10

Compared to northern China, the climate of Korea is ________.

A) the exact opposite
B) more given to extremes
C) generally warmer
D) very similar

Question 11

Prior to around 2000 BCE, Japan was typified by ________.

A) large agricultural estates
B) small rice farms
C) fishing villages
D) nomadic hunter-gatherers

Question 12

The Khmer are one of the peoples of ________.

A) Korea
B) Vietnam
C) Japan
D) Tibet

Question 13

Prior to the arrival of Chinese immigrants, Taiwan was culturally ________ China.

A) closely related to
B) distinct from
C) nearly identical to
D) diverse compared to

Question 14

As a member of the Sino-Tibetan language group, Tibet's languages are ________ Chinese languages.

A) distantly related to
B) the ancestors of
C) descended from
D) unrelated to

Question 15

Which of these has the largest Tibetan population?

A) China
B) Tibet
C) Nepal
D) India

Question 16

-According to Map 1.4 above, Korean and Japanese are most closely related to what other language?

A) Chinese
B) Vietnamese
C) Russian
D) Mongolian

Question 17

The Shiji are ________ works.

A) literary
B) historical
C) religious
D) philosophical

Question 18

Which of these belongs to the Altaic language family?

A) Korean
B) Japanese
C) Mongolic
D) Han

Question 19

Which of these provides evidence that Korea and Japan may have ancient cultural ties?

A) language
B) pottery
C) climate
D) Chinese records

Question 20

The Utari are Japan's ________.

A) first settlers
B) dominant ethnicity
C) most recent immigrants
D) main linguistic group