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1
Many people claim that you can see which structure from space?
Great Wall of China
Tokyo Skytree
Sydney Opera House in Australia
Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
2
What Mongol conqueror of China did Marco Polo do business with on the Silk Road?
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Chiang Kai-shek
Tamerlane
3
What body of water is between Korea and Taiwan?
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
South China Sea
Sea of Japan
4
What territory has been fought over by India and Pakistan? It is claimed by both countries.
Baluchistan
Waziristan
Kashmir
Tibet
5
What country has the largest population?
China
United States
Russia
India
6
Tibet's people are primarily followers of what religion?
Sikhism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
7
The Korean War occurred in which decade?
1950s
1970s
1940s
1960s
8
Who is the current leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong-Un
Lil Kim
Kim Il-Sung
Kim Jong-Il
9
Which of these has not ruled Communist North Korea?
Kim Jong-Il
Kim Il-Sung
Kim Jong-Un
Kim Possible
10
What body of water separates Japan from Korea?
South China Sea
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
East China Sea
11
The Mongols founded which dynasty of China?
Yuan
Ming
Qing
Han
12
In what event did Chairman Mao aim to outdo Great Britain in productivity?
Cultural Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
Tienanmen Square Movement
Great Leap Forward
13
What former leader of China fled to Taiwan when the Communists came to power?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lin Biao
Deng Xiaoping
14
Which of these disease outbreaks did NOT originate in Asia?
Avian Flu
Black Plague
SARS
Ebola
15
Which of these gained independence from the United States in 1946?
Philippines
Guam
Thailand
Japan
16
Who was the founder of the world's largest empire in history?
Tamerlane
Genghis Khan
Babur
Alexander the Great
17
Which of these countries is the least-densely populated?
Mongolia
Thailand
Philippines
Japan
18
Who occupied Japan for several years following World War 2?
USA
China
United Kingdom
Russia
19
What body of water is directly east of India?
Caspian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Black Sea
20
The "One China" policy debate concerns the status of which Chinese province?
Taiwan
Shandong
Tibet
Guangxi
21
A shogunate was a military state in which country?
Japan
China
Vietnam
Indonesia
22
Mao wanted to out-produce the British in what resource?
Cotton
Copper
Steel
Silk
23
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading the fight for democracy in Myanmar?
Dalai Lama
Xi Jinping
Jiang Qing
Aung San Suu Kyi
24
How many people died in the Great Leap Forward?
2-5 million
5-10 million
More than 20 million
Less than 1 million
25
What semi-autonomous region of western China has a large concentration of Buddhists?
Dagestan
Taiwan
Tibet
Kashmir
26
What is the only country in the world to suffer an attack by nuclear bombs?
Vietnam
China
Japan
South Korea
27
What is the largest and longest river in Indochina?
Yangtze River
Yalu River
Yellow River
Mekong River
28
Because of its frequent flooding, what river is known as "China's Sorrow"?
Mekong River
Yalu River
Yangtze River
Yellow River
29
The Aral Sea is along the border of what two countries?
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
30
In what year did the Communists take over China?
1979
1949
1989
1947
31
What group in China tried to violently expel foreigners in the late 1800s?
Duelists
Jousters
Wrestlers
Boxers
32
What country has the fastest-growing GDP in the world?
USA
Japan
India
China
33
Which capital city is the most populous in the world?
Tokyo
Beijing
New Delhi
Seoul
34
Who is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists?
Dalai Lama
Mohandas Gandhi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Dolly the Sheep
35
Which Chinese dynasty expelled the Mongols?
Yuan
Ming
Han
Qing
36
What country unified in 1975 after a civil war, when its southern capital, Saigon, was seized?
Vietnam
Cambodia
Myanmar
Laos
37
Who was the original leader of Communist China?
Deng Xiaoping
Lin Biao
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
38
Which of these rivers was NOT home to some of the world's earliest civilization?
Ural River
Euphrates River
Indus River
Yellow River
39
Who forced Japan to open itself up to foreign merchants in 1852?
The Russian Navy
The British Navy
The United States Navy
No outside pressure. Japan chose to open itself up.
40
What Asian state is only recognized as independent by 22 other countries?
Taiwan
Laos
Bhutan
Bangladesh
41
What country has the largest Muslim population in the world?
Iran
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Philippines
42
Mao attempted to reassert control of the Communist Party in what event?
Tienanmen Square Movement
Boxer Rebellion
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
43
How many nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan in World War 2?
1
2
3
4
44
What body of water is west of the Korean Peninsula?
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
45
35% of China's population lives near the country's longest river, which is what?
Mekong River
Yellow River
Yangtze River
Yalu River
46
Much of what we know about the Silk Road comes from the account of what Italian merchant?
Lorenzo de Medici
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
47
What is the name of the semi-autonomous region in the southwest of China?
Taiwan
Siberia
Kashmir
Tibet
48
What major city is found near the mouth of the Yangtze River?
Hong Kong
Pyongyang
Shanghai
Beijing
49
What body of water is south of Taiwan, east of Indochina, and west of the Philippines?
South China Sea
East China Sea
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
50
Who was the founder of Communist North Korea?
Kim Jong-Il
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong-Un
Kim Il-Sung
51
Which leader took China through drastic economic reforms in the 1980s?
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Deng Xiaoping
Lin Biao
52
What ancient trade route linked China and India to the Mediterranean world?
Silk Road
Nylon Lane
Cotton Highway
Cashmere Boulevard
53
What is the former name of the country of Myanmar?
Burma
Golden Horde
Siam
Bohemia
54
What was the collection of Mao's sayings, which were published by Lin Biao?
Little Green Book
Green Eggs and Ham
Little Blue Book
Little Red Book
55
What river forms the border between China and North Korea?
Yellow River
Mekong River
Yangtze River
Yalu River
56
What is the barren, largely frozen region of eastern Russia called?
Kaliningrad
Siberia
Kamchatka
Dagestan
57
What is the largest desert in Asia, found in China and Mongolia?
Kalahari Desert
Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
Arabian Desert
58
What is the highest mountain chain in the world?
Alps
Urals
Andes
Himalayas
59
China and which other country have populations of over 1 billion people?
Afghanistan
Pakistan
South Korea
India