NAME: ________________________________________
1.
My class number is __________.
2.
_______ Asia lies almost entirely in the low latitudes.
A. East
B. South
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C. Southeast
3.
Which of the following statements about the rivers of Monsoon Asia is NOT TRUE?
A. Chinese civilization began along the Yellow River (Huang He) in northern China.
B. The Brahmaputra River joins with the Ganges to form a common delta that makes up most of Bangladesh.
C. The Indus River is an exotic stream through much of Pakistan.
D. Indian civilization began along the Ganges River in northern India.
E. The most important commercial waterway of mainland Southeast Asia is the Mekong River.
4.
Monsoon Asia is dominated by _______________ landforms.
A. Alpine
B. Remnant Mountain
C. Rifted Shield
D. Sedimentary
E. Shield
Sri Lanka is dominated by _______ landforms.
A. Alpine
B. Remnant Mountain
D. Sedimentary
E. Shield
5.
6.
C. Rifted Shield
What type of plate boundary is associated with the Ganges River?
A. Convergent
B. Divergent
C. Transform
7.
What area of Monsoon Asia is MOST likely to have large reserves of gemstones and other non-fuel minerals?
A. Deccan Plateau
B. Himalayan Mountains
C. Inner Mongolia
D. Sunda Shelf
E. Tibet
8.
Which of the following statements about monsoons is NOT TRUE?
A. In the summer, the prevailing wind direction is from sea to land because of low pressure over Central Asia.
B. In the winter, the prevailing wind direction is from land to sea because of high pressure over Siberia.
C. Monsoons are the heavy rains common in much of Asia.
D. Summer brings the highest precipitation levels in most of Monsoon Asia.
E. Wind blows from high pressure to low pressure.
9.
Which of the following statements about the islands of Southeast Asia is NOT TRUE?
A. Most of the islands of Southeast Asia are in the middle latitudes
B. Most of the islands of Southeast Asia lie on or near convergent plate boundaries..
C. Most of the islands of Southeast Asia are volcanic islands.
D. Most of the islands of Southeast Asia have tropical rainforest climates.
E. The dominant landform of the islands of Southeast Asia is alpine.
10. The dominant climate of Cambodia is
A. Desert and Steppe
D. Tropical Rainforest
B. Humid Continental
E. Tropical Savanna
11. What is the approximate population of Monsoon Asia?
A. Over 1 billion
B. Over 2 billion
C. Humid Subtropical
C. Over 3 billion
12. Which of the following statements about Monsoon Asia is NOT TRUE?
A. Compared to the rest of the world, Monsoon Asia has a higher arithmetic population density.
B. Compared to the rest of the world, Monsoon Asia has a lower percent urban.
C. Most people in Monsoon Asia are employed in the tertiary sector of the economy?
D. Compared to the world on average, Monsoon Asia has a higher percent arable land.
13. Which subregion of Monsoon Asia has the highest percent arable land?
A. East
B. South
C. Southeast
14. Which subregion of Monsoon Asia is the poorest and least urban?
A. East
B. South
C. Southeast
15. Which subregion of Monsoon Asia has the lowest growth rates?
A. East
B. South
16. By far, the biggest ethnic group in the world are the
A. Han Chinese
B. Hindis
D. Malays
E. Mandarin Chinese
C. Southeast
C. Indonesians
17. Which of the following religions is the best example of a universalizing religion?
A. Hinduism
B. Islam
C. Shintoism
18. Which of the following religions is the best example of an ethnic religion?
A. Hinduism
B. Buddhism
C. Christianity
19. The religion of Monsoon Asia with the most followers is
A. Buddhism
B. Christianity
C. Hinduism
D. Islam
E. Shintoism
20. Which of the following statements about religion in Monsoon Asia is NOT TRUE?
A. Buddhism is the dominant religion of most of East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia.
B. In the late 19th Century, Shintoism became the national religion of China.
C. Islam is the dominant religion of Afghanistan, Brunei Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh
D. Roman Catholicism is dominant in the Philippines and East Timor.
E. The dominant religion of India is Hinduism.