Georgia's Exploring Our World: Africa, Southwest Asia, and Southern and Eastern Asia © 2012

Chapter 8: History and Cultures of Southern and Eastern Asia

Self-Check Quizzes

1
In East Asia and Southeast Asia, education is seen as _____.
A)contributing to Westernization
B)crucial to both a child and society
C)a cause of immigration
D)a duty to ones government
2
The Shinto religion focuses on which of the following?
A)respect for one's parents
B)journeying to Mecca
C)reverence for nature
D)following the Eightfold Path
3
Which of the following is the official dialect of China?
A)Mandarin
B)Cantonese
C)Hunan
D)Khalkha
4
In the 1980s, why did people of Vietnam and Laos emigrate overseas?
A)affordable and easy travel
B)demand for educated workers
C)war and economic hardship
D)religious persecution
5
In Eastern Asia, people primarily live in _____.
A)yurts
B)river valleys and coastal plains
C)high-rise apartments
D)steppes
6
The _____ policy in China has somewhat helped to slow its population growth.
A)no child left behind
B)adopt a child
C)new child
D)one child
7
Which of the following has the world's second-largest economy?
A)United States
B)Thailand
C)Japan
D)China
8
Which of the following is the only Southeast Asian country that avoided European rule?
A)Japan
B)Thailand
C)Hong Kong
D)China
9
Unlike Christianity or Islam, Hinduism recognizes _____.
A)one supreme being
B)the godliness of a king
C)thousands of deities
D)no gods or goddesses at all
10
Which religion teaches that attachment leads to suffering?
A)Hinduism
B)Buddhism
C)Sikhism
D)Islam
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