<p> Geographic Understandings of Southern and Eastern Asia Study Guide</p><p>Fill in the blank.</p><p>1. The Ganges River is the most sacred river in ______. </p><p>2. An ______group is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. </p><p>3. The countries North Korea and South Korea are located on a ______.</p><p>4. China’s longest river is the ______River. </p><p>5. The two deserts that are found in China are the ______and ______.</p><p>Circle the correct answer.</p><p>6. Hinduism/Shinto is one of the oldest religions in the world.</p><p>7. The Huang He flows into the Sea of Japan/Yellow Sea. </p><p>8. Literacy/GDP is the ability to read and write. </p><p>9. The founder of Buddhism was Confucius/Siddhartha Gautama. </p><p>10. The major cause of death is India and China is respiratory disease/AIDS. </p><p>Explain the following.</p><p>11. What are the Five Pillars?</p><p>12. What are the Four Noble Truths? </p><p>13. How do monsoons affect eh people of India?</p><p>14. What is the Three Gorges Dam? </p><p>15. What is the caste system? True/False. Rewrite the entire sentence if the underlined statement is false. </p><p>16. The Hindu sacred text is called the Vedas. ______</p><p>17. The Ganges River flows into the Yellow Sea. ______</p><p>18. India’s most important natural resource is fish. ______</p><p>19. Reincarnation is the belief that one’s actions determine one’s fate. ______</p><p>20. Polytheism is the belief in many gods. ______</p><p>21. Indonesia is a peninsula. ______</p><p>Multiple Choice.</p><p>22. What was the purpose of the Ganges Action Plan in the 1980’s?</p><p> a. To try and clean up the river</p><p> b. To bring an end to the cremations</p><p> c. To end using the river for drinking water</p><p> d. To slow down the building of new factories</p><p>23. Why are India’s urban areas having a problem with air pollution?</p><p> a. Few people in India feel air pollution is a problem</p><p> b. There are no government efforts to control air pollution</p><p> c. There is really no effective way to control air pollution in the world today</p><p> d. The rapidly growing population, heavy industry, and thousands of automobiles have caused the problem</p><p>24. Which contributes to the air pollution problems in China?</p><p> a. The shrinking population</p><p> b. Use of coal-burning power plants for energy</p><p> c. The gradual drop in the number of factories d. Lack of automobiles and trucks in rural areas </p><p>25. Which has a major effect on the climate of Japan?</p><p> a. Ocean currents</p><p> b. Monsoon rains from India</p><p> c. Winds coming off the desert</p><p> d. Cold air sweeping off large glaciers </p><p>26. Which describes a religious group?</p><p> a. People that like to grow food</p><p> b. People that like to read books</p><p> c. People who share the same religious beliefs</p><p> d. People with a shared, language, or culture </p><p>Short response </p><p>27. If you practice Islam, what are you called? ______</p><p>28. Siddhartha Gautama is also known as what? ______</p><p>29. What country was Shintoism founded? ______</p><p>30. What are divine spirits that Shinto followers believe live in nature? ______</p><p>31. The belief in only one God is? ______</p><p>32. What is the sacred text of Islam? ______</p><p>33. What is the one-child policy?</p><p>34. What is a nomadic herder? </p><p>35. What are causes of the Asian Brown Cloud? 36. What are causes and effects of pollution in the Ganges River?</p><p>37. What is nirvana? </p><p>38. Why are rivers so important?</p><p>39. Confucius believed there were five basic relationships among men. What were they? </p><p>40. What is literacy rate? </p><p>41. What is Gross Domestic Product? </p><p>42. What is GDP per capita? </p><p>Describe the climate of these countries. </p><p>China-</p><p>India-</p><p>Indonesia-</p><p>Japan- North Korea-</p><p>South Korea-</p><p>Vietnam- </p>