Name: Gage Grommesh

Human Geography: Unit 6 Asia

Test Review
1. Where are the highest concentrations of population in India?
Gangetic Plain and monsoon-watered coasts of southern India
2. A Tibetan Buddhist monk is called a?
Lama
3. The British practiced ________, or political and economic domination, to control markets
in India for their products.
Imperialism
4. In traditional India, everyone is born into a social and occupational position called a?
Jati
5. What was the situation between North and South Korea following the Korean War?
Fighting ended in a truce
6. How does Japan rank among the world's economies?
3rd largest
7. What happened when large government farms took over agricultural production in
China?
Caused famine and economic collapse
8. The separation of places by distance or political conflict can cause them to become
different through what?
Cultural divergence
9. Although it has had an emperor for hundreds of years, Japan was ruled by military
leaders called _____ from the late 1100's until the late 1800's?
Shoguns
10. Chinese is written in ________, symbols that stand for words rather than sounds?
Ideograms
11. A ______ is a family whose members rule a country for a long period of time?
dynasty
12. China's economic system has seen dramatic changes; its political system has
Remained tightly controlled
13. What is most land in Mongolia used for?
Livestock grazing
14. Japan has a _____ because its exports exceed its imports?
Trade surplus
15. In the 1950's the Chinese government organized the country-side into farming
communities called_______?
Communes
16. What problems do farmers in most parts of South Asia face?
They struggle to produce enough food for their families
17. The last Chinese dynasty ended in 1911. What may have contributed to its fall?
A revolution by Sun-Yat-sen pressed for nationalism
18. What happened to the island countries of Southeast Asia after the defeat of the
Japanese in WWII?
The islands briefly returned to european rule and then became independent
19. The military rules the country of ______
a. Vietnam
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. Myanmar

20. Population in Southeast Asia is concentrated in____?

River valleys and coastal plains
21. A single urban center that leads all others in attracting people, resources, and money
is___?
Primate city
22. A_______ is a temple built in the style of Indian architecture?
Wat
23. A_______ is a neutral country between two powerful rival countries?
Buffer state
24. The absorption of popular culture from another country?
Cultural assimilation
25. A collective farming community whose members share work and products is called a?
Commune
26. A violent tropical storm that forms in the Pacific ocean, usually in the late summer?
Typhoon
27.