Unit 8 Questions

Question 1

the five major world religions that originated in Asia

Answer 1

Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, Confucianism

Question 2

a trade route between the West and the East used from the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. through the Middle Ages.

Answer 2

Silk Road

Question 3

the leader of the Indian Independence movement

Answer 3

Mohandas Ghandi

Question 4

the world’s largest mountain range

Answer 4

Himalayas

Question 5

Also known as the “Roof of the World,” the ___ is the least populated region of Asia

Answer 5

Tibetan Plateau

Question 6

mountains in Russia that divide the continents of Europe and Asia

Answer 6

Ural

Question 7

a cold desert

Answer 7

Gobi Desert

Question 8

The Taj Mahal was built by an emporerer of the ___.

Answer 8

Mughal Empire

Question 9

The two main rivers of China

Answer 9

Yellow and Yangtze

Question 10

the world’s highest mountain

Answer 10

Mt. Everest

Question 11

a program instituted in China under Mao Zedong meant to eradicate traditional customs and establish a new Communist order

Answer 11

Cultural Revolution

Question 12

80% of the world’s ___ crop is produced in Asia

Answer 12

rice

Question 13

country created in 1947 when India gained independence from Britain, as a haven for Muslim Indians

Answer 13

Pakistan

Question 14

wars between China and Britain fought during the late 19th century over trade rights between China and Europe

Answer 14

Opium Wars

Question 15

At its height, the ___ Empire covered almost all of modern-day China and Mongolia, and parts of Indochina, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Answer 15

Mongol