Common Assessment 5 Review Key
1. Study all beliefs and teachers of Hinduism, Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.
2. Practice reading maps, charts and graphs using all of your interpreting skills.
3. Be able to identify countries such as China, Mongolia, India, etc. and physical features such as
the Ganges River, Mt. Everest, Himalayas, etc. on a map.
4. Define arable. (of land) used or suitable for growing crops
5. What would it mean for food resources if the majority of a country isn’t arable land? Where
would it come from? Food couldn’t be grown and would need to be imported
6. Japan’s population distribution is highly effected by what physical feature? Mountains
7. Define population density. The number of people that live in a specific area of land
8. Mass transportation, high rise apartment buildings and capsule hotels are all adaptations to
what population issue? Dense population
9. An example of how I could adapt life along a fertile river bed subject to monsoon flooding would
be? Growing rice
10. An example of a physical adaptation you might see among people who live in a mountainous
region would be? Learning how to use their oxygen more effectively
11. China became the People’s Republic of China when? 1949
12. What type of government does China have? communist
13. Who was China’s leader? Mao Zedong
14. What is China’s primary economy type? command
15. China is a major leader in improving technology, what would be an example of that? (Hint: it
provides electricity.) Three Gorges Dam
16. What empire was started by the descendants of Genghis Kahn? Mughal Empire
17. Why couldn’t Genghis Kahn ever fully invade India? The Himalayas
18. Define cultural diffusion. The process through which the idea(s) of a particular cultural are
spread. List some examples we’ve talked about. Western restaurants all over the eastern part
of the world, westernized clothing, signs in multiple languages
19. What are some examples of cultural diffusion in India because of Great Britain’s colonization?
80 % of India speaking English, railway systems and power lines, cricket is the national sport in
India
20. Who was the leader of the Indian National Congress? Mohandas Gandhi
21. What is the name of the holy river running through Varanasi, India? The Ganges River
22. What is a monsoon? A seasonal wind that usually brings heavy precipitation with it
23. How can you tell monsoon season has arrived in a country? The temperature declines and the
precipitation increases
24. What is a common religion practiced in North Africa and Indonesia? Islam
25. What country settled Australia? Great Britain
26. What did they make Australia when they settled it? A prison colony
27. What type of government does New Zealand have? Constitutional Monarchy
28. The Silk Road expanded which religion? Buddhism
29. Who is the leading Asian trading partner with the US? China
30. Why would Japan need to have buildings that are strong enough to withstand violent shaking?
It’s a tectonically active region
31. Which major Asian religion would require that young boys live in a monastery to better learn
their religion? Buddhism
32. Filial Piety, how the elderly should be treated, is a Chinese tradition based on which religion?
Confucianism
33. Which religion has the symbol of a shrine to house the kami or spirit? Shinto
34. McDonald’s, Starbucks and other westernized food chains expanding into China allowing people
to make purchases based on choice would be an example of what? US Free Enterprise
35. If people in China are now wearing blue jeans and Japanese cars have made their way to the US
shows examples of? Improved transportation and trade changing culture