Asia Test

Question 1

______ is caused by slash and burn farming and the need for lumber in the rain forests of Asia.

Accepted Answer

Deforestation

Question 2

Most people in India follow the religion of ________.

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 3

Which of the following is the majority religion of India?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a sacred text of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Torah

Question 5

What group of people is at the top of the Indian cast system?

Accepted Answer

Brahmans (Priests and Scholars)

Question 6

What beliefs do Hinduism and Buddhism share?

Accepted Answer

Karma and reincarnation

Question 7

What is IR8?

Accepted Answer

A strain of rice that produces 5 tons of rice per hectare

Question 8

Which country relies heavily on seafood as a food source?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 9

Why are India and Pakistan fighting over the Kashmir region?

Accepted Answer

Ethnic and religious differences as well as water disputes

Question 10

What is the most important food product of Asia?

Accepted Answer

Rice

Question 11

Which of the following religions are older than Christianity?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 12

What are Kami?

Accepted Answer

Spirits

Question 13

Why do many people from rural areas move to the cities?

Accepted Answer

Cities have more jobs

Question 14

Why might Buddhism be especially attractive to people in poor countries?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism stresses the importance of not wanting things

Question 15

Which statement best describes the population distribution of China?

Accepted Answer

Most of China's population lives in the east

Question 16

Which one of the following countries is primarily Muslim?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia

Question 17

Which of the following religions did NOT originate in Asia?

Accepted Answer

Christianty

Question 18

______ is the idea that the universe punishes evil and rewards good.

Accepted Answer

Karma

Question 19

Which statement best describes the economy of China?

Accepted Answer

China is transitioning from centrally planned to free market

Question 20

Which of the following is the founder of Confucianism?

Accepted Answer

Confucius

Question 21

_____ is the idea that a soul is reborn in a new body after the former body dies.

Accepted Answer

Reincarnation

Question 22

Taoism is based on the teachings of ________.

Accepted Answer

Laozi

Question 23

Japan has to _______ many of its resources due to its small size and large population.

Accepted Answer

import

Question 24

The economic union ASEAN stands for _________.

Accepted Answer

Association of Southeastern Asian Nations

Question 25

Which of the following countries is NOT densely populated

Accepted Answer

Mongolia

Question 26

Which of the following countries is the economic leader of the region?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 27

The ______ was the new farming practices were introduced in India to increase crop yields.

Accepted Answer

Green Revolution

Question 28

Which of the following is the founder of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

There is no founder of Hinduism

Question 29

Which one of the following countries is developed?

Accepted Answer

South Korea

Question 30

Which of the following is the founder of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha

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