south asia, east asia, and australia

Question 0

3 countries that make up “Indochina”

Answer 0

Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam

Question 1

what is a tsunami? how is it formed?

Answer 1

a large wave formed by oceanic earthquakes

Question 2

Indochina was formerly a colony of which country?

Answer 2

France

Question 3

what year did the Vietnam war end?

Answer 3

1975

Question 4

where do you find the Hymillayan mountains?

Answer 4

Northern India

Question 5

Where is the Decca Plateau?

Answer 5

central India

Question 6

Where is the Gobi Desert?

Answer 6

southern Mongolia, Northern China

Question 7

where is the Indus River?

Answer 7

in between Pakistan and India

Question 8

where is the Huang he river?

Answer 8

eastern china

Question 9

what is the other name for the Huang he river?

Answer 9

the Yellow river

Question 10

name the 3 bodies of water that surround the Korean peninsula?

Answer 10

Korean strait
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan

Question 11

what country held control of Korea until 1945?

Answer 11

JAPAN

Question 12

how was Korea divided after 1945?

Answer 12

North and South

Question 13

DMZ stands for?

what is it?

Answer 13

demilitarized zone

an area agreed to not have war inside of

Question 14

how are North and South Korea economically different?

Answer 14

south is richer than north due to it’s more democratic way of government as opposed to the communistic ways of North Korea.

Question 15

dictator of NORTH Korea?

Answer 15

Kim Jong IL

Question 16

which Korea is friendly towards the U.S?

Answer 16

South Korea

Question 17

what was the Raj?

Answer 17

when INDIA WAS CONTROLLED BY THE BRITISH!

Question 18

who is Gandhi?

Answer 18

leader of the non violent protests against the british in India

(all makes sense now)

Question 19

how did the british split india?

Answer 19

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

Question 20

first president of india?

Answer 20

Jawaharlal nehru

Question 21

2 minority groups in India?

Answer 21

tamils and sikh

Question 22

Dominant religion of India?

Answer 22

Hinduism

Question 23

explain the Caste System?

Answer 23

the levels of ranking in Hindu beliefs

Question 24

what are Untouchables?

Answer 24

Damils, the lowest of the low ranking wise to the Hindu population.

Question 25

what's reincarnation?

Answer 25

the belief in a new human life after death

Question 26

karma?

Answer 26

you do good and good happens to you

Question 27

what large city was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake?

Answer 27

TOKYO:,(

Question 28

what does ASEAN mean?

Answer 28

association of south East Asian nations

Question 29

2 primary Japanese religions?

Answer 29

Shintoism and Buddhism

Question 30

founder of Buddhism?

Answer 30

Siddhartha Guatama

Question 31

primary language of China?

Answer 31

mandarin

Question 32

leader of the Communists in China?

Answer 32

Mao Zedong

Question 33

religion of Mongolia?

Answer 33

Buddhism

Question 34

what is an archepello?

Answer 34

a group of islands

Question 35

largest muslim country in the world?

Answer 35

indonesia

Question 36

2 largest countries based on population?

Answer 36

china and india

Question 37

who is Ho Chi Minh?

Answer 37

Called Vietnam independent from French when they left (but they came back later)

Question 38

who was pol pot?

Answer 38

leader of "ethnic cleansing" in cambodia

Question 39

What is the Khmer Rouge?

Answer 39

Cambodian Communist Organization

Question 40

what country removed Khmer Rouge from power?

Answer 40

Vietnam

Question 41

what was Krakatoa?

Answer 41

a small volcanic island in indonesia....had huge explosion

Question 42

who were the Maori's?

Answer 42

the first settlers of New Zealand

Question 43

name the 6 states of Australia?

Answer 43

North, south, east, new south, Queensland, and Victoria

Question 44

what country colonized Australia?

Answer 44

british

Question 45

define abergoies

Answer 45

early settlers

Question 46

2 territories of Australia?

Answer 46

New Holland, and New South Wales

Question 47

Fukushima?

Answer 47

HUGE! nuclear meltdown in Ukraine!!!!!