RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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Midterms Examination on Asian Studies

NAME:_________________________________ SCORE:_____________

IDENTIFICATION (1 point each)

1. The final struggle in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto Clans that resulted in the
Minamoto’s establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
2. He is the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty
3. The Indian Term for Worship.
4. The management of trees and other vegetation in forests.
5. This mountain range stretches for about 2400 kilometers straddling the border between
Kyrgyzstan and China.
6. The Indian Term for Devotion.
7. The deepest lake in the world, reaching a depth of 5,315 ft.
8. The Largest Urban Area in Asia which consists of 37.8 million people.
9. Called the “Rooftop of the World”
10. The highest elevation in Asia and the world.
11. This gulf borders Iran, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq.
12. These factors refer to things that happen at the individual company or consumer level.
13. A piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but it is connected to the
mainland on one side.
14. These factors refer to things that affect the entire economy.
15. This plateau is bordered by three mountain ranges: Satpura Range, Eastern Ghats and
Western Ghats.
16. This is considered to be made up of the Asian part of Russia solely.
17. He had visions of the Angel Gabriel who told him to recite the word of God.
18. This consists of Mainland China, Hongkong, Macau, Japan, Mongolia, North and South
Korea, and Taiwan.
19. This consists of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, and the OPEC countries.
20. This consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka.
21. The sumerians called themselves as ________ and their land as ________. (Answers in
Sumerian Language)
22. This comprises of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, East Timor,
Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore.
23. A patron deity of Babylon who eventually became regarded as the head of Babylonian
pantheon.
 24. This consists of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
25. This tower was built for the sole purpose of reaching God. This tower was said to be the
Ziggurat of Etemenanki.

Jumbled letters (1 point each)

26. Uksohot Aihtis He is regarded as the Father of Japanese Buddhism.

27. Rhmke They build a powerful state that once inhabited the region of Cambodia,
Thailand, Laos and Southern Vietnam
28. Kitaa on Nkaisih This is a reform for new government and administrative system that will
be established after the Chinese Model.
29. Orsnigpa The county with the top GDP in Southeast Asia.
30. Waauktgo Ayisue He became the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
31. Aod Nnbougaa A powerful Daimyo who won many war against other daimyos because
he copied the guns being brought by Portuguese traders in 1543.
32. Nsaea Group formed by Southeast Asian countries.
33. Ttyooim Dheiosyih He is the successor of Nobunaga after the latter was killed by an
assassin.
34. Eplhpinpsi The country with the 3rd biggest GDP in Southeast Asia.
35. Lcna A group of families related by blood or marriage

Modified True or False (1 point each)

Instruction: Draw a Star if the statement is True. If the statement is False, change the underlined word
and write the term that would make the statement true.

36. Mesopotamia was located in the basin of the river Indus, which flows through present day
Pakistan.
37. The Veda Sutras recognize three sources of Veda: Revelation, Tradition and Good Custom
38. Buddhists called themselves as Sakyan-s or Sakyabhiksu
39. Samudaya means the truth of suffering.
40. According to legend, Korea’s first kingdom was called Baekje.
41. Nirhodha means the truth of the end of suffering
42. Mining was the basic activity in ancient Mesopotamia.
43. Magga means the truth of the cause of suffering
44. Nihonggo has been used to write the Korean Language.
45. Dukkha means the truth of the path that frees us from suffering
46. Babylon was derived from the Bav-ilim which means gate of the gods.
47. The Seleucid Empire was the largest that the ancient world had seen.
48. The government of the Parthians Empire was called Republic.
49. Nebuchadnezzar became king of the Chaldeans in 630.
50. Every government in the Parthians Empire was led by a Satrap.
51. Aria was the capital of the Parthian Empire.
52. The center of each city in Mesopotamia has a large temple called Pyramids.
 53. Xerxes I gave special importance to three things: Centralization of Power, Installing
Zoroastrianism and paying attention to the rivalry of Persia with Rome.
54. The Achaeminid Empire was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire.
55. The Akkadians were Semitic Nomads originating from the Arabian Peninsula.

Enumeration

56 – 60: Five Pillars of Islam

61 – 71: Major Islands of the Malay Archipelago

72 – 74: The Three Kingdoms of Korea

75 – 80: Dynasties of Ancient China you’ve discussed

Prepared By: Recommending Approval:

Florencio B. Puerto, Jr, Prof. Roberto Martin L. Sing

Faculty In-charge Head, Social Studies Department

Approved By:

Dr. Marc DG Garvida

Dean, College of Education