Korea and Iran
1. What continent does Iran lie in?
Africa Oceania Europe Asia
2. What is the capital city of Iran?
Baghdad Ankara Islamabad Tehran
3. What is the population of Iran?
66,128,965 26,128,965 16,128,965 36,128,965
4. True or False-Iran is slightly larger than the state of Alaska.
5. What is Iran's official name?
Islamic Republic of Iran
State of Iran
Republic of Iran
Democratic Republic of Iran
6. True or False-The form of government that Iran has, would be best described as a military regime.
7. What is the official language of Iran?
Urdu Arabic Farsi Bahasa
8. True or False-The monetary unit used in Iran is the Iranian dinar.
9. True or False-The Azeri make up the biggest ethnic group in Iran with 24% of the ethnic composition.
10. True or False-The population density for Iran is 1140.3 persons per sq km.
11. What is the most popular sport in Korea?
Ssirum T'aekwondo Soccer Baseball
12.What is the name of the traditional Korean costume?
hanbok sari kimino dragon robe
13.True or False-The invention of the world's first movable metal type came from Korea.
14. What is a 'National Living Treasure'?
an occupant of the Korean National Zoo
a rare type of conifer in the north-west of Korea
a performer or craftsman
a black-billed magpie
15. Rice is the traditional main dish in Korea. Next to rice comes kimchi. What is kimchi?
pieces of chicken with herbs
a spicy vegetable dish
a soup with seafood in it
a curried lamb dish.
16.True or False- Korean custom forbids people marrying within their own clan.
17. There are many festivals and rituals in Korea, including the infant celebration of 'Tol'. What is its significance?
it will be the last ceremony before the child turns ten years old
to ward off spirits that may cause blindness in infancy
it is a time of sadness because the infant will soon be put up for adoption
it is a celebration that the baby has reached one year old without dying
18.True or False-Shamanism in Korea is practiced mostly by men.
19. When do Koreans celebrate their birthdays?
Taeborum - First full moon
Ch'usok - Harvest Moon
Festival
Ch'ilsok - Seventh day of the seventh month
Lunar New Year's Day
ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!
1. Whose writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other nonviolent civil rights protesters?
(A) James Meredith
(B) Mohandas Gandhi
(C) Henry David Thoreau
2. Which earlier decision did the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision reverse?
(A) Milliken v. Bradley
(B) Dred Scott v. Sanford
(C) Plessy v. Ferguson
3. The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that
(A) Affirmative action constituted reverse discrimination
(B) Poll tax requirements for voting in federal elections were illegal
(C) Segregated public facilities were unconstitutional
4. During what event did Martin Luther King Jr. first become a nationally prominent figure?
(A) The Selma campaign
(B) Freedom Summer
(C) The Montgomery bus boycott
5. During what event did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I have a dream” speech?
(A) The Selma campaign
(B) The Birmingham campaign
(C) The March on Washington
6. Who was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court?
(A) Clarence Thomas
(B) Earl Warren
(C) Thurgood Marshall
7. In the early twentieth century, civil rights activist Marcus Garvey pushed for
(A) Resettling all American blacks in Africa
(B) Additional constitutional amendments to protect black rights
(C) A race war
8. Which methods did the NAACP primarily employ in order to achieve civil rights goals?
(A) Nonviolent methods of protest such as the sit-in tactic
(B) Violence to push for social change
(C) Legal tactics to win victories for the movement
9. Eisenhower sent federal troops to desegregate public high schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 mainly because
(A) He agreed with the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education
(B) Governor Faubus’s use of the National Guard to prevent integration challenged federal authority
(C) He feared riots would erupt throughout the South
10. What was President Eisenhower’s response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
(A) He said nothing
(B) He publicly denounced it
(C) He tacitly supported it
11. What happened during the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964?
(A) Civil rights activists boarded interstate buses in the South to protest racial segregation
(B) White activists from the North held voter registration drives in the South
(C) Martin Luther King Jr. led 200,000 people in the March on Washington
12. In which city did the most infamous and destructive race riots of the mid- to late 1960s occur?
(A) Los Angeles
(B) Detroit
(C) Atlanta
13. What was the main reason Lyndon B. Johnson promoted civil rights?
(A) He wanted to distract the public from the war in Vietnam
(B) He wanted to unite the Democratic Party after Kennedy’s assassination
(C) He had always supported civil rights throughout his political career
14. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from all previous pieces of civil rights legislation and Supreme Court decisions in that it
(A) Specifically protected blacks’ right to vote in federal elections
(B) Banned segregation in federal offices
(C) Also outlawed gender discrimination
15. Why did Malcolm Little change his surname to “X”?
(A) To represent his spiritual transformation after becoming a Muslim
(B) To represent the black people’s ancestry lost due to slavery
(C) To represent all black Americans who had died at the hands of white supremacists
16. James Meredith was the first African-American
(A) Student to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
(B) Student to attend the University of Mississippi
(C) Secretary of state
17. What did Rosa Parks protest in 1955?
(A) A black code
(B) A poll tax
(C) A Jim Crow law
