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Title: INSTRUCTIONS 1) Choose a category 2) Correctly answer questions/statements 3) If your wrong you loose the amount of money you were playing for 4) Whoever has the most money at the end of the game wins.


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INSTRUCTIONS1) Choose a
category2) Correctly answer questions/statements
3) If your wrong you loose the amount of money
you were playing for4) Whoever has the most
money at the end of the game wins.
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Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? ASIA
10,000
1,000
900
Economy
Political Features
800
700
Physical Features
Major Religions
600
Climate
History
500
400
Government
Types of Governments
300
200
Population distribution
Environmental issues
100
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Economy 100
  • What are the four basic economic systems used by
    countries?

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Answer
  • Traditional, command, market and mixed

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Economics
  • Other than mixed economic systems, what does
    India and China have in common in terms of their
    economic systems?

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Answer
  • The both have major rural areas and depend on
    farming which are traditional economic systems

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Economy 200
  • What are the three basic economic questions for
    which every country must consider to run their
    economy?

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Answer
  • What will be produce?, How it will be produced?,
    and For whom it will be produced?

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Economy 300
  • What are the basic units of currency used in
    India, China and Japan?

14
Answer
  • India uses the rupee, China uses the Yuan and
    Japan the Yen

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Economy 400
  • What farming practices have allowed the China and
    Japan to increase production?

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Answer
  • Terrace farming (farming on hill sides)

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Economy 500
  • Explain how most countries have a mixed economy
    located on a continuum between pure market and
    pure command.

20
Answer
  • A mixed economy has elements of command and
    market economic systems. There is government
    control and individual freedoms to decide the
    three basic economic questions.

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Economy 600
  • Compare and contrast the economic systems in
    India, China, Japan, and North Korea.

23
Answer
  • India, China and Japan has mixed economic
    systems. North Korea has a command economy.

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Economy 700
  • Explain how specialization encourages trade
    between countries.

26
Answer
  • Countries specialize in trading because of
    unequal distribution of global resources.
    Exporting and importing certain goods and
    services they need helps to successfully run
    their economies

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Economy 800
  • Compare and contrast different types of trade
    barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargos.

29
Answer
  • Tariffs are taxes on imports, quotas place
    limits on trade, and embargos are ban on trade.

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Economy 900
  • Explain why international trade requires a system
    for exchanging currencies between nations.

32
Answer
  • The prices that one country has for currency have
    different values compared to others. Without an
    exchange rate, global trade would be practically
    impossible.

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Economy 1000
  • Explain the relationship between investment in
    human capital (education and training) and gross
    domestic product (GDP).

35
Answer
  • Asian countries investment in workers education,
    training, healthcare and positive working
    environments will increase production of products
    and services and spending to produce more income
    for businesses. This will increase the GDP.

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Economy 1,000
  • Explain the relationship between investment in
    capital (factories, machinery, and technology)
    and gross domestic product (GDP). How do they
    relate to one another?

38
Answer
  • Asian countries investment in capital will
    increase production of quality goods and services
    thereby providing increased consumer spending
    which will increase the GDP.

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Economy 1,000
  • Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

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Answer
  • Entrepreneurship typically benefits a countrys
    economy because it creates jobs and spending
    which helps to increase the Gross Domestic
    Product (GDP).

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Economy 1,000
  • Describe the role of natural resources in a
    countrys economy.

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Answer
  • Natural resources are developed by nations to
    provide income through trade (imports and
    exports) to support their economies.

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Physical Features 100
  • What natural feature forms most of Indias
    northern border and separates the country from
    the rest of Asia

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Answer
  • Himalayan Mountains

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Physical Features 200
  • The coldest desert on Earth that covers more
    than 500,000 square miles located in northern
    China

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Answer
  • Gobi

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Physical Features 300
  • What is the name of the river located in East
    Asia and flows through Laos, Cambodia, and
    Vietnam and empties into the South China Sea?

53
Answer
  • Mekong

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Physical Features 400
  • What is the name of the desert located in Western
    China, north of the Himalayan Mountains?

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Answer
  • Taklimakan

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Physical Features 500
  • What body of water is west of Japan?

59
Answer
  • Sea of Japan

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Physical Features 600
  • What two major rivers support Chinas eastern
    region?

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Answer
  • Huang He (Yellow) River and Yangtze (Chang
    Jiang) River

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Climate 100
  • What is the reason for low populations in the
    desert regions of India and China?

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Answer
  • The regions has limited water resources

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Climate 400
  • Describe how the mountain, desert, and water
    features affect population in terms of where
    people live, type of work they do and how they
    travel?

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Answer
  • Southern Asias mountains and deserts are less
    populated than other areas. People in theses
    regions work as farmers or herders and travel by
    walking or animal. The water features areas more
    populated, people work as fisherman, farmers,
    merchants or traders. They travel using water
    vehicles.

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Government 100
  • What are the types of governments in India,
    China and Japan?

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Answer
  • India has federal republic, China has communist
    and Japan a constitutional monarchy

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Government 200
  • What is common among India, China and Japan
    governments?

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Answer
  • All have three branches and citizens vote in
    some capacity

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Population distribution 100
  • Where is Asia most heavily populated?

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Answer
  • Near the coasts, rivers and other water resources

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Political Features 100
  • What two countries make up the Korean Peninsula?

80
Answer
  • North Korea and South Korea

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Political Features 200
  • What is the name of the largest country in
    Southern Asia

83
Answer
  • India

84
Political Features
  • What is the name of the country in Southeastern
    Asia whose capital is Hanoi?

85
Answer
  • Vietnam

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Political Features 300
  • In general, what assumption can be made about
    countries like Japan and China with higher
    literacy rates?

88
Answer
  • Higher literacy rates results in increased
    economy and standard of living.

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Major Religions 100
  • What is the most practiced religion in India?

91
Answer
  • Hinduism

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Major Religions 200
  • This religion originated and is practice by many
    people in Japan. It believes in Kami (a spirit
    exist in things of nature).

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  • Shintoism

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Major Religions 300
  • Most importantly, this tradition was instrumental
    in shaping Chinese social relationships and moral
    thought.

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  • Confucianism

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Major Religions 400
  • A belief in reincarnation and after many life
    cycles, if a person releases their attachment to
    desire and the self, they can attain Nirvana.
    This is a state of liberation and freedom from
    suffering.

100
Answer
  • Buddhism

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Major Religions 500
  • Explain the differences between an ethnic group
    and a religious group.

103
Answer
  • An ethnic group has the language, religion,
    history and customs that bonds people, whereas
    religion has the belief or religious practices as
    the connection

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History 100
  • What is nationalism?

106
Answer
  • devotion and loyalty to one's own nation
    patriotism.

107
History 100
  • Describe how nationalism led to independence in
    India and Vietnam.

108
Answer
  • The nations used nationalism work to free
    themselves by uniting to seek independence from
    European control. Leaders often ask all ethnic
    groups to bond together in based on pride and
    loyalty for their nations freedom.

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History 200
  • Describe the impact of Mohandas K. Gandhis
    belief in non-violent protest?

111
Answer
  • Gandhi became the most important leader of the
    Indian independence movement and used a strategy
    of nonviolent mass protest.

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History 300
  • Why did the United States get involved in the
    Korean and Vietnam Wars?

114
Answer
  • The United States believed if the countries fell
    to communism, then other nations would also, so
    its mission was stop the spread of communism

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History 400
  • What reason did the United States occupied Japan
    after World War II?

117
Answer
  • To help rebuild Japans infrastructure (public
    systems and services) and become a peaceful
    democratically governed nation

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History 100
  • What is communism?

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Answer
  • A system of government in which the state plans
    and controls the economy in which all goods are
    equally shared by the people.

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History 500
  • Describe the impact of Communism in China in
    terms of Mao Zedong

122
Answer
  • The Chinese leader who brought communism to China
    and instituted several government programs to
    strengthen its support among its people

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History 600
  • What was the Great Leap Forward?

125
Answer
  • Economic polices aimed at making China equal to
    leading world powers in industry and agriculture
    instituted by Mao Zedong in 1958.

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History 700
  • Describe Chinas Cultural/Communist Revolution
    under leader, Mao Zedong

128
Answer
  • From 1966-1976 in China, Mao Zedong launched
    programs to wipe out past culture and history as
    well as foreign influence. The Cultural
    Revolution resulted in beatings, terror, mass
    jailing, and the deaths of thousands.

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History 800
  • What led to the events that occurred at
    Tiananmen Square in 1989?

131
Answer
  • Human rights abuses by Chinas Communist
    government led to protest led by students in the
    capital of Beijing. The event resulted in
    hundreds of deaths, thousands injured and many
    more imprisoned.

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Types of Governments 100
  • Government where representatives are freely
    elected to serve the interest of the people.

134
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  • Republic

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Types of Governments 200
  • A government system that may have a Prime
    Minister elected, real power is in a cabinet
    composed of members of the legislature.

137
Answer
  • Parliamentary

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Types of Governments 300
  • Government that has a king or queen with
    unlimited power and citizens have little
    participation in the political process

140
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  • Absolute Monarchy

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Types of Governments 400
  • A government system where the federal and local
    level governments work together to run the country

143
Answer
  • Federal

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Environmental Issues 100
  • What are causes and effects of pollution on the
    Yangtze and Ganges Rivers?

146
Answer
  • The daily use, religions practices and industry
    wastes has caused pollution, many diseases and
    deaths among China and Indias people

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Environmental Issues 200
  • Describe the causes and effects of air pollution
    and flooding in India and China.

149
Answer
  • Industry and vehicle pollute the air. The rivers
    regularly flood over its banks, often destroying
    crops, homes and lives.

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10,000 Question Topic
  • Governments

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10,000 Question
  • Compare and contrast India, China, and Japans
    governments distinguishing the type of
    government, structure, and the role of the
    citizen in terms of voting rights and personal
    freedoms.

152
10,000 Answer
  • India is a federal republic, China is communist
    and Japan has a constitutional monarchy. All
    three nations have three branches and citizens
    participate in voting.

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