Quiz Review Eall Osu
QUIZ REVIEW NOTES (Autumn 2013)
Review Materials 1. online textbook--Modules 1 (Geography/Culture), 2 (Timeline), 3 (Worldview) 2. course packet—P3-7; p9-13; p18-27
Question Format: (35 regular questions + 2 bonus questions) 1. Multiple choice (only one answer is correct) 2. True or False 3. Matching
i. Geography of East Asian Countries
• Official names of East Asian countries / capitals (e.g., ROK – Seoul) • Major geographical features and terms (e.g., Yellow Sea Interaction Sphere, Pacific Rim, country names (and divisions), capitals, Yangzi River, Yellow River, Qinling Mts.; 4 islands of Japan; Mt. Fuji, Lake Biwa, Mt. Halla, Han River, Amnok (Yalu) River, Mt. Paektu, Cheju Island; Sea of Japan (East Sea), etc.)
• Disagreement of some names: o Sea of Japan and “East Sea” o Yalu River and “Amnok River”
• Characteristics of North and South China o Silk Road, Tibetan highlands, etc. o Yellow river, Yangzi river o Karst formations
• Definition of East Asia: which countries?
ii. Cultural and Historical Continuities * Tradition / Culture: define these terms o Cultural continuities – (examples, such as rice agriculture, Chinese characters, emphasis on self-cultivation, face, early technology and material culture)
• Timeline: East Asia (Module 2): basic summaries of each era (i.e. one sentence summary:
Example: The Silk Road era linked East Asia with India and the Middle East/Mediterranean area;
Example: During the Mongol Era, the Mongols created the largest land-based empire in history, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean
iii. Worldview
• Worldview – eclectic and syncretic • Three Teachings (Sanjiao)-form • Popular religions o Animism ▪ Hayokpe ▪ Kashin ▪ Butterfly Mother ▪ Shinto o Shamanism ▪ Shaman
Review Materials 1. online textbook--Modules 1 (Geography/Culture), 2 (Timeline), 3 (Worldview) 2. course packet—P3-7; p9-13; p18-27
Question Format: (35 regular questions + 2 bonus questions) 1. Multiple choice (only one answer is correct) 2. True or False 3. Matching
i. Geography of East Asian Countries
• Official names of East Asian countries / capitals (e.g., ROK – Seoul) • Major geographical features and terms (e.g., Yellow Sea Interaction Sphere, Pacific Rim, country names (and divisions), capitals, Yangzi River, Yellow River, Qinling Mts.; 4 islands of Japan; Mt. Fuji, Lake Biwa, Mt. Halla, Han River, Amnok (Yalu) River, Mt. Paektu, Cheju Island; Sea of Japan (East Sea), etc.)
• Disagreement of some names: o Sea of Japan and “East Sea” o Yalu River and “Amnok River”
• Characteristics of North and South China o Silk Road, Tibetan highlands, etc. o Yellow river, Yangzi river o Karst formations
• Definition of East Asia: which countries?
ii. Cultural and Historical Continuities * Tradition / Culture: define these terms o Cultural continuities – (examples, such as rice agriculture, Chinese characters, emphasis on self-cultivation, face, early technology and material culture)
• Timeline: East Asia (Module 2): basic summaries of each era (i.e. one sentence summary:
Example: The Silk Road era linked East Asia with India and the Middle East/Mediterranean area;
Example: During the Mongol Era, the Mongols created the largest land-based empire in history, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean
iii. Worldview
• Worldview – eclectic and syncretic • Three Teachings (Sanjiao)-form • Popular religions o Animism ▪ Hayokpe ▪ Kashin ▪ Butterfly Mother ▪ Shinto o Shamanism ▪ Shaman