2. Chapter 23 Homework Quiz Chapter 24 Homework Quiz
1. What language was developed by the Aryans?
2. Name the two religions that were developed in South Asia:
3. What is the term for being born into a new body after dying?
4. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
5. Who was the popular Indian ruler who opposed all forms of violence in the 1900’s?
6. Name the region where India and Pakistan have been unable to settler their dispute:
7. What is the biggest ongoing challenge in South Asia?
8. Between the U.S., India, and Bangladesh which country has the highest population density?
9. What is the main language in India?
10. What is the main language in Pakistan?
11. What is the main language in Bangladesh?
Where is the Taj Mahal located?
13. Name the two sports introduced by the British that people in South Asia excel in:
1. How many people live in India?
2. What is the capital of India?
3. What is the name of the changes that modernized agriculture and increased food production in the 1970’s.
4. Type of industry when people work in their homes and use their own equipment to make goods.
5. When American businesses hire overseas workers to do certain jobs.
6. What did Pakistan and India do in 1998 that worried many world leaders?
Chapter 24 Homework Quiz

3. Chapter 24 Homework Quiz cont..
7. What are the 2 dominant religions of Bhutan?
8. What natural disaster occurred in Sri Lanka in December 2004 killing more than 30,000 people?
9. How many islands make up the Maldives?
10. What is the largest industry in the Maldives?
Chapter 25 Homework Quiz
1. Nickname for the Plateau of Tibet:
2. What is beneficial about the volcanic areas?
3. The other name for the Huang He River
4. What is the name for the yellow-brown soil that blows in from the deserts in western China?
5. The unfortunate nickname of the Huang He.
6. The two names for China’s longest river:
7. How wide is the Three Gorges Dam?
8. What major crop is grown around the Mekong River?
9. What does “Gobi” mean?
10. What kind of storm killed 80,000 people in Myanmar in 2008?

4. Chapter 26 Homework Quiz
1. What was the name of the trading network that stretched from China to Southwest Asia?
2. Name two inventions of China:
3. Name the empire in mainland Southeast Asia that became wealthy by growing rice:
4. What was the name of the large temple built by the empire in question #3?
5. What name was given to the Chinese mainland after the civil war ended in 1949?
6. Which Korea is Communist ruled?
7. Why do many goods pass through Singapore?
8. How much of the world’s population live in this region?
9. Where do most people in East Asia live?
10. Young people in this region are taught to show respect to which group of people?
11. What do you call the traditional form of housing in Mongolia?

5. Chapter 27 Homework Quiz
1.  In 1950, China took control of what country?
2. In which area do most people in China live?
3. In the late 1990’s what two territories did China take control of?
4. Which part of China enjoys the highest standard of living?
5. The capital of Japan is Tokyo. On which of the Japanese islands would you find Tokyo?
6. How many people live in Tokyo?
7. Korea is divided as which parallel?
8. What is South Korea’s capital?
9. What is Myanmar’s former name?
10. What is Thailand’s former name?
11. What tall buildings are found in Malaysia?
12.. Most people in Laos practice what religion?
13. What major architectural structure is found in Cambodia?
14.  Why does Indonesia have so many earthquakes?
15.  What method do farmers use to make use of steep hillsides?

6. Chapter 28,29,30 Homework Quiz
1. Who were the first people to settle Australia?
2. What is the name of the world’s largest coral reef found off of Australia’s northeastern coast?
3 Name the three types of islands found in this region:
3. How much of Australia is a desert?
4. What is the name of the sturdy plants that live in the rocky areas along the coast of Antarctica?
5. What was the British government's original use of the colony in Australia?
6. In 1959 this was signed by many countries agreeing to share Antarctica for peaceful scientific research:
7. Name the two cities in Australia that are thriving commercial centers with modern buildings and transportation.
8. What is the official language of both Australia and New Zealand?
9. What is the name of the homes found in Samoa?
10. Who were the first people to settle New Zealand?
11. Name the three main island regions of Oceania:
12. Thousands of these show up during the summer to study the land, plants, and ice of Antarctica: