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Honors World Geography Asia Megaspore Test Review
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1
What do China, North Korea, Vietnam and Laos have in common?
capitalism
communism
export economies
Buddhist majority
2
Which of the following is NOT claimed by China?
Taiwan
South China Sea
South Korea
Tibet
3
Which part of MENA was part of the Soviet Union?
Middle East
North Africa
Central Asia - The Stans
South Asia
4
Which of these describes the similarities across MENA?
desert, oil, Islam
tundra, fishing, Daoism
mountains, gold, Hinduism
tropical, agriculture, Buddhism
5
Who is targeting the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang?
North Korea
China
Tibet
India
6
Which landform holds the sources of a majority of Asia's river sources?
Hindu Kush
Plateau of Tibet
Atlas Mountains
Bay of Bengal
7
What is the main driver of deforestation in Indonesia?
palm oil
mining
cattle ranching
overpopulation
8
Which former UK port city was returned to Chinese control in 1997?
Taiwan
Singapore
Hong Kong
Macau
9
What kind of government did Tibet have before it was seized by China and the Dalai Lama fled?
theocracy
dictatorship
monarchy
democracy
10
Why does the US have sanctions on North Korea?
nuclear weapons
bad hair
trade violations
communism
11
Who led China into capitalism and reduced overpopulation with the One Child Policy?
Deng Xiooping
Mohammad Yunus
Kim Jong Un
Mao Zedong
12
What do Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia have in common?
former British colonies
Islamic majorities
port cities
high income
13
Why did the US invade Afghanistan?
Pol Pot and genocide
OPEC oil embargo
Osama bin Laden and 9/11
Saddam Hussein and WMDs
14
The Taliban shot Malala because she was promoting what?
democracy
religious freedom
theocracy
education for girls
15
Which event increased international support for the creation of Israel after WWII?
Rise of ISIS
Afghanistan War
Holocaust
Arab Spring
16
Which place is governed by an international treaty?
Australia
Saudi Arabia
Antarctica
Tibet
17
What is the holiest city in Islam?
Mesopotamia
Riyadh
Cairo
Mecca
18
Which leader brought communism to China and was responsible for more deaths than anyone in history?
Gandhi
Mao Zedong
Sun Yat Sen
Deng Xioping
19
What do Hong Kong, Singapore, and India have in common?
high income
former British colonies
Islamic majorities
port cities
20
What is being bleached due to rising ocean temperatures?
Borneo rainforests
Outback
South China Sea Islands
Great Barrier Reef
21
What is the most similar trait among Southeast Asian countries?
former French colonies
tropical wet climate
Buddhist majority
high income
22
Where did Gandhi develop his protest methods?
India
England
South Africa
US
23
What was the largest recorded natural disaster?
Japan tsunami
Himalayas earthquake
Indian Ocean tsunami
Yellow River flood
24
What do Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have in common?
polytheism
reincarnation
theocracy
monotheism
25
Which poor country spends much of its money on developing nuclear weaspons?
South Korea
Mongolia
North Korea
China
26
A secular country has a government that avoids the influence of what?
corruption
wealth
violence
religion
27
Who is the world's largest producer of hydroelectricity?
China
Egypt
India
Cambodia
28
Which religion is symbolized by the yin yang symbol and promotes going with the flow?
Confucianism
Shinto
Daoism
Islam
29
What do Australia and Antarctica have in common?
religion
deserts
native people
temperatures
30
Which event causes nuclear waste to leak into the ocean in 2011?
Japan tsunami
Taiwan typoon
North Korea nukes
China earthquake
31
Which social concern is shared by most countries in East Asia?
overpopulation/ rapid growth
shrinking populations/ negative growth
lack of access to affordable medical care
shrinking literarcy rates
32
What does desalination produce?
cool temperatures
salt water
refined oil
fresh water
33
Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia make up what?
Ring of Fire
Oceania
Pacific Rim
Australasia
34
Where is Mt. Everest, the world's tallest?
Bhutan
Tibet
Nepal
India
35
Why did OPEC put an oil embargo on the US in the 1970s?
US support for Shah of Iran
to increase global competition
trade war
US support for Israel
36
Which belief is shared by Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs?
monotheism
spirits in nature
reincarnation
obedience
37
Which two countries are enemies but also Islamic theocracies?
Saudi Arabia, Iran
Egypt, Israel
Iraq, Afghanistan
India, Pakistan
38
Why do Pacific coastal areas experience so many tectonic impacts like mountain formation, earthquakes, and tsunamis?
el Nino
Ring of Fire
Cyclones
Pacific Rim
39
What influenced Gandhi's use of non-violence?
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
40
Which country has the world's highest population?
India
China
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
41
What has changed the most about China in recent decades?
the culture
the geography
the government
the economy
42
What is Shinto?
India's native religion, focus on kindness
Japan's native religion, focus on spirits
Saudi Arabia's religion, focus on submission to God
China's native religion, focus on obedience
43
What is the world's largest stateless nation with people spread across Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran?
Pashtun
Kurdish
ISIS
Arab
44
Which country was torn apart by a civil war since the Arab Spring involving the US, Russia and ISIS?
Iraq
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
45
What was the Arab Spring?
series of revolutions across MENA
war between Iran and Iraq
social media platform
yearly religious festival
46
What was NOT an impact of microloans in Bangladesh?
decreased gender inequality
favored male borrowers
decreased poverty
supported rural communities
47
Why is western China sparsely populated?
flooding
mountains and deserts
coastal plains
dragons
48
When did Israel seize military control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip?
Six Days War
WWII
Arab Spring
Yom Kippur War
49
Which countries have clashed over control of Kashmir since their independence?
Vietnam and Laos
North and South Korea
India and Pakistan
Iran and Iraq
50
How was Japan able to get rich despite a lack of resources?
KPop
producing cheap consumer goods
focus on tech exports
free trade