Mongolia and Taiwan - Ch 28

Question 1

What is the least densely populated counrty and why?

Answer 1

Mongolia because of nomads

Question 2

What % of Mongolia is Buddhist?

Answer 2

51%

Question 3

What % of Mongolia is athiest?

Answer 3

41%

Question 4

What is the economy of Mongolia/

Answer 4

mainly herding

Question 5

What % of land in Mongolia is arable?

Answer 5

0.4%

Question 6

How much of Mongolia is permanent pasture?

Answer 6

73%

Question 7

When did Mongolia become independent from China?

Answer 7

1911

Question 8

What animal is important to Mongolian culture?

Answer 8

Horses

Question 9

What desert is here?

Answer 9

The Gobi - 3rd largest hot desert

Question 10

What did Ghengis Khan do?

Answer 10

United Mongol tribes and conquered much of Asia - created largest empire at the time

Question 11

How long did Ghengis Khan live?

Answer 11

1162-1227

Question 12

Was it better to surrender or fight the Mongols?

Answer 12

surrender

Question 13

Who is Batu (important one)?

Answer 13

Genghis Khan grand-son

Question 14

What is Batu do?

Answer 14

he conquered Russia - Khanate of the Golden Horde

Question 15

Who is Chagatai?

Answer 15

Genghis Khan son

Question 16

What did Chagatai do?

Answer 16

conquered part of China and Central Asia - Chagatai Khanate

Question 17

Who is Ogedei (important one)?

Answer 17

Genghis Khan 3rd son

Question 18

What did Ogedei do?

Answer 18

he was Genghis successor - sonquered Mongolia and China; greatly expanded Mongol territory

Question 19

Who is Kublai Khan (important one)?

Answer 19

Genghis Khan grandson

Question 20

What did Kublai Khan do?

Answer 20

He ruled the Yuan dynasty - Marco Polo visited

Question 21

Who was Hulago?

Answer 21

Genghis Khan grandson

Question 22

What did Hulago do?

Answer 22

established the Ilkhanate - Kublia’s brother; conquered most of South West Asia

Question 23

When did the Mongol empire break up?

Answer 23

in the 1300’s

Question 24

How many men today are still related to Genghis Khan?

Answer 24

16 million - 1 in 200

Question 25

How long was Mongolia ruled by communists and why?

Answer 25

because of Soviet influence, Mongolia was ruled by communists for over 70 years

Question 26

How long has Taiwan had human settlement?

Answer 26

tens of thousands of years

Question 27

When did Japan make Taiwan a colony?

Answer 27

in the late 1890's

Question 28

When did Japan return Taiwan to China?

Answer 28

1945

Question 29

When were the Nationalists overthrown and where did they go?

Answer 29

1949, fled to Taiwan

Question 30

Is Taiwan technically independent?

Answer 30

No, but the people claim sovereignty

Question 31

What % of Taiwanese practice blend of 3 Chine belief systems?

Answer 31

90%

Question 32

What country has the lowest brith rate in the world?

Answer 32

Taiwan - 1 child

Question 33

What sport is big in Taiwan?

Answer 33

Baseball

Question 34

What is an 'economic tiger'?

Answer 34

a country with a rapidly growing economy

Question 35

What countries are the 4 economic tigers?

Answer 35

Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Question 36

How are the workers in Taiwan?

Answer 36

highly trained