Chapter 1 Self-Quiz

The Region and People
1. Which of these has a range of climate zones and geographic features similar to China?

2. Which of these separates China from India?

3. China's major rivers typically flow ________.

4. Which of these leads to intermittent flooding of the Yellow River?

5. Which of these has been dubbed "China's Sorrow"?

6. The Three Gorges Dam complex lies on the ________ river.

7. The monsoon winds that end up in East Asia originate in ________.

8. The summer monsoons bring ________ to East Asia.

9. China has ________ miority groups.

10. Compared to China, Japan is more typified by ________.

11. Which of these has historically limited agriculture in Japan?

12. Rice plants probably originated in ________.

13. Looking at Map 1.2, the climates of Japan and Korea are ________.

14. The Han is the dominant ethnic group of ________.

15. Ethnically, China is best described as ________.

16. Like Tibetans, Mongols live ________.

17. The Zhukaigou culture is a likely ancestor of ________ groups.

18. Looking at Map 1.4, which of these is part of the Austro-Asiatic language group?

19. The ratio of Mongols living in China to Mongols living in the state of Mongolia is roughly ________.

20. Which of these indicates ties between the Korean and Altaic peoples?

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