Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Geography of Asia
Chapter Number: 01
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) The most important characteristic of South, East, and Southeast Asia is
its:
a) Ancient history
b) Diversity
c) Huge population
d) Different political systems
e) Environmental transformation
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Introduction
2) Which of the following does NOT apply to the concept of landscape?
a) Cultural and physical landscapes are interrelated.
b) It is only the world we see.
c) It includes our entire world of experience.
d) It is expressed at both local and global scales.
e) It includes the content of of our lived world.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Introduction
3) The notion of “dragons and tigers” represent the dynamic forces of:
a) Chinese Emperors
b) Luck and protection
c) Light and dark
d) Power and change
Answer: d
, Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
4) Which of the following terms is NOT related to the others?
a) Naga
b) Snake
c) Eagle
d) Varuna
e) Dragon
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
5) There are 5 types of tigers that represent:
a) Colors
b) Directions
c) Natural phenomena
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
6) Asia is the world’s largest continent stretching from the _____ to the
_____.
a) Pacific Ocean; Mediterranean Sea
b) Pacific Ocean; Arabian Sea
c) Atlantic Ocean; Arabian Sea
d) Indian Ocean; South China Sea
e) Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
,7) The inhabited world is known as the:
a) Geographic realm
b) Functional realm
c) Ecosystem
d) Biome
e) Ecumene
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
8) The term “Asia came from the Greek word for:
a) Myth
b) Sunrise
c) Sunset
d) Orient
e) Occident
Answer: b
Difficulty: Mediium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
9) The notion that civilization and progress diffuse from European countries
to the “culturally barren” periphery is called the _____ model.
a) Colonizers
b) Cultural integration
c) Civilizing
d) Evolutionary
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
10) A xenophobic person is afraid of:
a) Asians
b) Europeans
c) Foreigners
, d) Animals
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
11) The Congress of Vienna in 1815 divided Europe and Asia at the:
a) Western end of the Mediterranean Sea
b) Arabian Peninsula
c) Ural Mountains in Russia
d) Volga River in Russia
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
12) Which of the following is the LEAST significant of Asia’s religions?
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Islam
d) Animism
e) Christianity
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Religion and Belief Systems
13) Which of the following is the oldest religion?
a) Confucianism
b) Islam
c) Hinduism
d) Buddhism
e) Taoism
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Religion and Belief Systems
Course Title: Geography of Asia
Chapter Number: 01
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) The most important characteristic of South, East, and Southeast Asia is
its:
a) Ancient history
b) Diversity
c) Huge population
d) Different political systems
e) Environmental transformation
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Introduction
2) Which of the following does NOT apply to the concept of landscape?
a) Cultural and physical landscapes are interrelated.
b) It is only the world we see.
c) It includes our entire world of experience.
d) It is expressed at both local and global scales.
e) It includes the content of of our lived world.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Introduction
3) The notion of “dragons and tigers” represent the dynamic forces of:
a) Chinese Emperors
b) Luck and protection
c) Light and dark
d) Power and change
Answer: d
, Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
4) Which of the following terms is NOT related to the others?
a) Naga
b) Snake
c) Eagle
d) Varuna
e) Dragon
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
5) There are 5 types of tigers that represent:
a) Colors
b) Directions
c) Natural phenomena
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
6) Asia is the world’s largest continent stretching from the _____ to the
_____.
a) Pacific Ocean; Mediterranean Sea
b) Pacific Ocean; Arabian Sea
c) Atlantic Ocean; Arabian Sea
d) Indian Ocean; South China Sea
e) Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
,7) The inhabited world is known as the:
a) Geographic realm
b) Functional realm
c) Ecosystem
d) Biome
e) Ecumene
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
8) The term “Asia came from the Greek word for:
a) Myth
b) Sunrise
c) Sunset
d) Orient
e) Occident
Answer: b
Difficulty: Mediium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
9) The notion that civilization and progress diffuse from European countries
to the “culturally barren” periphery is called the _____ model.
a) Colonizers
b) Cultural integration
c) Civilizing
d) Evolutionary
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
10) A xenophobic person is afraid of:
a) Asians
b) Europeans
c) Foreigners
, d) Animals
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
11) The Congress of Vienna in 1815 divided Europe and Asia at the:
a) Western end of the Mediterranean Sea
b) Arabian Peninsula
c) Ural Mountains in Russia
d) Volga River in Russia
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Dragons and Tigers
12) Which of the following is the LEAST significant of Asia’s religions?
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Islam
d) Animism
e) Christianity
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Religion and Belief Systems
13) Which of the following is the oldest religion?
a) Confucianism
b) Islam
c) Hinduism
d) Buddhism
e) Taoism
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Religion and Belief Systems
