Unit 9- Name that nation

Question 1

About 65% of this nation’s population live in the rural areas. Most of this nation’s people are crowded into the river valleys on the eastern side of the country. Rural families here still use hand tools because machinery is too expensive.

Answer 1

China

Question 2

This nation was a province of China for hundreds of years. In 1949 the Communists defeated the Nationalists, causing the Nationalists to flee to this nation.

Answer 2

Taiwan

Question 3

Since 1947, this nation has developed a strong industrial economy. Its companies produce textiles, ships, and electronic products, such as computers and telephones.

Answer 3

Taiwan

Question 4

This landlocked nation receives little rain, and steppe grasses and desert cover its vast landscape. Few people live here compared to its large size.

Answer 4

Mongolia

Question 5

For centuries, this nation’s people were nomads who herded animals. During the 1200s, they used their horse-riding and military skills to create the _________ Empire. This empire stretched from China to eastern Europe.

Answer 5

Mongolia

Mongol

Question 6

This nation is the world’s leader in leather processing.

Answer 6

China

Question 7

This nation had a strong military, but after the WW they were given a restriction that said they couldn’t get an army large enough to attack another country, but they could defend themselves. Also they have several US army camps there that help with protection.

Answer 7

Japan

Question 8

This nation has a strong position in the world markets, but is getting competition from South Korea, Taiwan, and China. Also this nation has had a long trade deficit with the US (US importing lots of this nation’s resources, but this nation is importing a lot less than of US’ resources).

Answer 8

Japan

Question 9

This nation attacked South Korea in June, 1950.

Answer 9

North Korea

Question 10

Japan conquered ______ in 1910 and governed until World War II

Answer 10

Korea

Question 11

Eventually this peninsula was divided along the 38th parallel, or line of latitude.

Answer 11

The Korea peninsula

Question 12

The US rushed to help this nation when North Korea attacked them.

Answer 12

South Korea

Question 13

This nation was formally called Burma. This nation’s most densely populated area is the Irrawaddy River valley. This nation became an independent republic in 1948 and since then has been a socialist country in which the government runs the economy.

Answer 13

Myanmar

Question 14

This nation, known as Siam until the 1900s, is the only Southeast Asian country that has never been a European colony.

Answer 14

Thailand

Question 15

This nation lies on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula and also on part of the island of Borneo.

Answer 15

Malaysia

Question 16

This nation is one of the world’s smallest, yet it has one of the world’s most productive economies. This nation was once covered by rain forests, but today it is filled with highways, factories, office buildings, and docks.

Answer 16

Singapore

Question 17

In this nation most people live in rural areas and grow food along the fertile banks of the Mekong River. Also industry is undeveloped here because of isolation and years of civil war.

Answer 17

Laos

Question 18

In 1975, communist rebels took control of this nation, eventually killing 2 million people leaving the country poor and ruins. This nation’s leaders hope to develop a tourist industry, which they think will help them rebuild the nation.

Answer 18

Cambodia

Question 19

This nation had a civil war that was fought in between the communists and the nationlists. Eventually the nationalists lost. Cities in this nation are growing including the capital and a city that was called Saigon during the civil war.

Answer 19

Vietnam

Question 20

This nation is made up of an archipelago of thousands of islands. This nation has the 4th largest population in the world.

Answer 20

Indonesia

Question 21

This nation is a small nation that is surrounded by Malaysia. This nation has the smallest population in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Answer 21

Brunei

Question 22

This nation has the second smallest population in East Asia and Southeast Asia. This small nation is the newest in Southeast Asia, having gained its independence in 2002.

Answer 22

East Timor

Question 23

This nation is made up of about 7,000 islands in the South China Sea. This nation was ruled by Spain for more than 300 years beginning in the 1500s. The country is named after a Spanish king during that time, Philip I.

Answer 23

Philippines