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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. $10,000 $1,000 Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? ASIA $900 $800 $700 Economy Political Features Physical Features Major Religions Climate History Government Types of Governments Population distribution Environmental issues $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 Economy $100 What are the four basic economic systems used by countries? Answer Traditional, command, market and mixed Economics Other than mixed economic systems, what does India and China have in common in terms of their economic systems? Answer The both have major rural areas and depend on farming which are traditional economic systems Return Return Economy $200 What are the three basic economic questions for which every country must consider to run their economy? Answer What will be produce?, How it will be produced?, and For whom it will be produced? Return Return Economy $300 What are the basic units of currency used in India, China and Japan? Answer India uses the rupee, China uses the Yuan and Japan the Yen Return Return Economy $400 What farming practices have allowed the China and Japan to increase production? Answer Terrace farming (farming on hill sides) Return Return Economy $500 Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command. 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. Return Return Economy $600 Compare and contrast the economic systems in India, China, Japan, and North Korea. Answer India, China and Japan has mixed economic systems. North Korea has a command economy. Return Return Economy $700 Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries. 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 Return Return Economy $800 Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargos. Answer Tariffs are taxes on imports, quotas place limits on trade, and embargos are ban on trade. Return Return Economy $900 Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations. 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. Return Return Economy $1000 Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP). 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. Return Return 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? Answer Asian countries investment in capital will increase production of quality goods and services thereby providing increased consumer spending which will increase the GDP. Return Return Economy $1,000 Describe the role of entrepreneurship. Answer Entrepreneurship typically benefits a country’s economy because it creates jobs and spending which helps to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Return Return Economy $1,000 Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy. Answer Natural resources are developed by nations to provide income through trade (imports and exports) to support their economies. Return Return Physical Features $100 What natural feature forms most of India’s northern border and separates the country from the rest of Asia Answer Himalayan Mountains Return Return Physical Features $200 The coldest desert on Earth that covers more than 500,000 square miles located in northern China Answer Gobi Return Return 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? Answer Mekong Return Return Physical Features $400 What is the name of the desert located in Western China, north of the Himalayan Mountains? Answer Taklimakan Return Return Physical Features $500 What body of water is west of Japan? Answer Sea of Japan Return Return Physical Features $600 What two major rivers support China’s eastern region? Answer Huang He (Yellow) River and Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River Return Return Climate $100 What is the reason for low populations in the desert regions of India and China? Answer The regions has limited water resources Return Return 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? Answer 1. Southern Asia’s 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. Return Return Government $100 What are the types of governments in India, China and Japan? Answer India has federal republic, China has communist and Japan a constitutional monarchy Return Return Government $200 What is common among India, China and Japan governments? Answer All have three branches and citizens vote in some capacity Return Return Population distribution $100 Where is Asia most heavily populated? Answer Near the coasts, rivers and other water resources Return Return Political Features $100 What two countries make up the Korean Peninsula? Answer North Korea and South Korea Return Return Political Features $200 What is the name of the largest country in Southern Asia Answer India Political Features What is the name of the country in Southeastern Asia whose capital is Hanoi? Answer Vietnam Return Return Political Features $300 In general, what assumption can be made about countries like Japan and China with higher literacy rates? Answer Higher literacy rates results in increased economy and standard of living. Return Return Major Religions $100 What India? is the most practiced religion in Answer Hinduism Return Return 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). Answer Shintoism Return Return Major Religions $300 Most importantly, this tradition was instrumental in shaping Chinese social relationships and moral thought. Answer Confucianism Return Return 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. Answer Buddhism Return Return Major Religions $500 Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group. 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 Return Return History $100 What is nationalism? Answer devotion and loyalty to one's own nation; patriotism. History $100 Describe how nationalism led to independence in India and Vietnam. 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. Return Return History $200 Describe the impact of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s belief in non-violent protest? Answer Gandhi became the most important leader of the Indian independence movement and used a strategy of nonviolent mass protest. Return Return History $300 Why did the United States get involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars? 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 Return Return History $400 What reason did the United States occupied Japan after World War II? Answer To help rebuild Japan’s infrastructure (public systems and services) and become a peaceful democratically governed nation Return Return History $100 What is communism? Answer A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy in which all goods are equally shared by the people. History $500 Describe the impact of Communism in China in terms of Mao Zedong Answer The Chinese leader who brought communism to China and instituted several government programs to strengthen its support among its people Return Return History $600 What was the Great Leap Forward? Answer Economic polices aimed at making China equal to leading world powers in industry and agriculture instituted by Mao Zedong in 1958. Return Return History $700 Describe China’s Cultural/Communist Revolution under leader, Mao Zedong 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. Return Return History $800 What led to the events that occurred at Tiananmen Square in 1989? Answer Human rights abuses by China’s 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. Return Return Types of Governments $100 Government where representatives are freely elected to serve the interest of the people. Answer Republic Return Return 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. Answer Parliamentary Return Return Types of Governments $300 Government that has a king or queen with unlimited power and citizens have little participation in the political process Answer Absolute Monarchy Return Return Types of Governments $400 A government system where the federal and local level governments work together to run the country Answer Federal Return Return Environmental Issues $100 What are causes and effects of pollution on the Yangtze and Ganges Rivers? Answer The daily use, religions practices and industry wastes has caused pollution, many diseases and deaths among China and India’s people Return Return Environmental Issues $200 Describe the causes and effects of air pollution and flooding in India and China. Answer Industry and vehicle pollute the air. The rivers regularly flood over its banks, often destroying crops, homes and lives. $10,000 Question Topic Governments $10,000 Question Compare and contrast India, China, and Japan’s governments distinguishing the type of government, structure, and the role of the citizen in terms of voting rights and personal freedoms. $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. Thanks for Playing! Return Return
