Neighbors clash over control of the South China Sea

May 12, 2014

Q: Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage. Where is the South China Sea?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Elsewhere in the sea, the Philippines arrested 11 Chinese fishermen for catching endangering turtles. The Philippines is on which edge of the South China Sea?

A. North

B. East

C. South

D. West

Q: Vietnam and China have a long history of conflict. They fought in the late 1970s after Vietnam invaded and occupied its western neighbor . . .

A. Cambodia

B. Burma

C. Philippines

D. Malaysia

Q: Most international law experts say China's territorial claims in the sea are baseless, but its neighbors can't compete militarily. A treaty with which nation could draw the United States into the dispute?

A. Singapore

B. China

C. Philippines

D. Vietnam

Q: China is involved in another border dispute with which U.S. ally?

A. South Korea

B. Australia

C. Britain

D. Japan

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