4. 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.

5. Are You Smarter Than a 7 th Grader? ASIA $10,000 Economy Political Features Physical Features Major Religions Climate History Government Types of Governments Population distribution Environmental issues $1,000 $900 $800 $700 $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100

6. Economy $100  What are the four basic economic systems used by countries?

7. Answer  Traditional, command, market and mixed

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

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

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

12. Answer  What will be produce?, How it will be produced?, and For whom it will be produced?

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14. Economy $300  What are the basic units of currency used in India, China and Japan?

15. Answer  India uses the rupee, China uses the Yuan and Japan the Yen

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17. Economy $400  What farming practices have allowed the China and Japan to increase production?

18. Answer  Terrace farming (farming on hill sides)

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

21. 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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23. Economy $600  Compare and contrast the economic systems in India, China, Japan, and North Korea.

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

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26. Economy $700  Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.

27. 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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29. Economy $800  Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargos.

30. Answer  Tariffs are taxes on imports, quotas place limits on trade, and embargos are ban on trade.

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32. Economy $900  Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.

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

36. 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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38. 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?

39. 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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41. Economy $1,000  Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

42. Answer  Entrepreneurship typically benefits a country’s economy because it creates jobs and spending which helps to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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44. Economy $1,000  Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.

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

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47. Physical Features $100  What natural feature forms most of India’s northern border and separates the country from the rest of Asia

48. Answer  Himalayan Mountains

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

51. Answer  Gobi

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53. 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?

54. Answer  Mekong

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56. Physical Features $400  What is the name of the desert located in Western China, north of the Himalayan Mountains?

57. Answer  Taklimakan

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59. Physical Features $500  What body of water is west of Japan?

60. Answer  Sea of Japan

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62. Physical Features $600  What two major rivers support China’s eastern region?

63. Answer  Huang He (Yellow) River and Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River

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65. Climate $100  What is the reason for low populations in the desert regions of India and China?

66. Answer  The regions has limited water resources

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68. 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?

69. 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.

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71. Government $100  What are the types of governments in India, China and Japan?

72. Answer  India has federal republic, China has communist and Japan a constitutional monarchy

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74. Government $200  What is common among India, China and Japan governments?

75. Answer  All have three branches and citizens vote in some capacity

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77. Population distribution $100  Where is Asia most heavily populated? Where is Asia most heavily populated?

78. Answer  Near the coasts, rivers and other water resources

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80. Political Features $100  What two countries make up the Korean Peninsula?

81. Answer  North Korea and South Korea

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83. Political Features $200  What is the name of the largest country in Southern Asia

84. Answer  India

85. Political Features  What is the name of the country in Southeastern Asia whose capital is Hanoi?

86. Answer  Vietnam

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

89. Answer  Higher literacy rates results in increased economy and standard of living.

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91. Major Religions $100  What is the most practiced religion in India?

92. Answer  Hinduism

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94. 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).

95. Answer  Shintoism

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

98. Answer  Confucianism

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100. 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.

101. Answer  Buddhism

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103. Major Religions $500  Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.

104. 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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106. History $100  What is nationalism?

107. Answer  devotion and loyalty to one's own nation; patriotism.

108. History $100  Describe how nationalism led to independence in India and Vietnam.

109. 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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111. History $200  Describe the impact of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s belief in non-violent protest?

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

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114. History $300  Why did the United States get involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

115. 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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117. History $400  What reason did the United States occupied Japan after World War II?

118. Answer  To help rebuild Japan’s infrastructure (public systems and services) and become a peaceful democratically governed nation

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120. History $100  What is communism?

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

122. History $500  Describe the impact of Communism in China in terms of Mao Zedong

123. 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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125. History $600  What was the Great Leap Forward?

126. 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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128. History $700  Describe China’s Cultural/Communist Revolution under leader, Mao Zedong

129. 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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131. History $800  What led to the events that occurred at Tiananmen Square in 1989?

132. 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.

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

135. Answer  Republic

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137. 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.

138. Answer  Parliamentary

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

141. Answer  Absolute Monarchy

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143. Types of Governments $400  A government system where the federal and local level governments work together to run the country

144. Answer  Federal

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146. Environmental Issues $100  What are causes and effects of pollution on the Yangtze and Ganges Rivers?

147. Answer  The daily use, religions practices and industry wastes has caused pollution, many diseases and deaths among China and India’s people

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

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

151. $10,000 Question Topic  Governments

152. $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.

153. $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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