Deck 11: China: Great Dragon Rising

Question 1

As Chinese peasants devoted more time to private plots,_____ production declined as a preferred crop.

A)Cotton
B)Wheat
C)Rice
D)Millet
E)Tea

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 1992,Xinjiang's capital _____ was designated a port.

A)Kasha
B)Turfan
C)Tianjin
D)Urumchi
E)Lanzhou

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Xinjiang can be considered a strategic region in light of:

A)Its connection with Central Asian regions
B)Pan-Islamic movements
C)Historic Russian interests
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the double-cropping areas south of Beijing,_____ is the dominant crop>

A)Rice
B)Wheat
C)Potatoes
D)Millet
E)Maize

Question 5

In 1949,most of China's industry was concentrated in the:

A)Northeast
B)Northwest
C)Southeast
D)Southwest

Question 6

The highest railway in the world connects:

A)Beijing and Shanghai
B)Shanghai and Hong Kong
C)Beijing and Lhasa
D)Sichuan and Lhasa
E)Shanghai and Sichuan

Question 7

One way to address regional imbalances in China is to:

A)Extend rail lines
B)Improve communications
C)Reduce the rich-poor gap
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 8

As affluence increases,Chinese are demanding more:

A)Meat and vegetables
B)Meat and dairy
C)Rice and dairy
D)Rice and wheat
E)Grains and vegetables

Question 9

Today,the vast majority of Chinese travels by:

A)Automobile
B)Train
C)Truck
D)Boat
E)Bicycle

Question 10

Deng Xiaoping initially focused his economic policies on:

A)Urban development
B)The Pacific Rim provinces
C)Development of China Frontier
D)Rural development

Question 11

China's most important cash crops are:

A)Jute and hemp
B)Sugar cane and sugar beets
C)Rice and wheat
D)Tea and coffee
E)Cotton and tobacco

Question 12

China's largest autonomous region (AR)is the_____ AR.

A)Nei Mongol
B)Xinjiang Uyghur
C)Guangxi Chuang
D)Ningxia
E)Sichuan

Question 13

In China,mobility is largely controlled by the _____ system.

A)Hanzhou
B)Hakka
C)Hanming
D)Hukou
E)Household

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a Shi?

A)Beijing
B)Tianjin
C)Guangzhou
D)Shanghai
E)Chongqing

Question 15

Today,the essence of Chinese agriculture is:

A)Double-cropping
B)Beef production
C)Large-scale commodity production
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 16

China has 22:

A)Shi's
B)SARs
C)Autonomous regions
D)Provinces

Question 17

TVEs were designed to provide:

A)Larger plots for agriculture
B)Employment on farms
C)Employment in the countryside
D)Employment in city slums

Question 18

The most important animal in China's meat production is the:

A)Goat
B)Sheep
C)Cow
D)Pig
E)Camel

Question 19

In the early 1950s,China's government put an end to private land ownership.This was called:

A)Communization
B)Collectivization
C)Industrialization
D)The Great Leap Forward

Question 20

In the mid-1980s,the Chinese government started experimenting with new farming systems.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A)Collective system
B)Commune system
C)Share holding system
D)Two land system

Question 21

China's population is close to:

A)1 million
B)1 billion
C)1)3 billion
D)6 billion

Question 22

China gave its first vehicle manufacturing contract to:

A)Ford
B)General Motors
C)Volkswagon
D)Toyota
E)Audi

Question 23

The Basic Law gives Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy in all except matters of:

A)Agriculture and industry
B)Population growth and migration
C)Economic and foreign policy
D)Foreign policy and defence

Question 24

The high cost of land and labor in Shanghai has forced it into:

A)Eliminating its slum communities
B)Heavy industrial production
C)Importing educated workers from abroad
D)Focusing on textile and automobile industries
E)Focusing on high-tech and high-value industries

Question 25

The wealthiest place in Guangdong is:

A)Hong Kong
B)Shenzhen
C)Zhuhai
D)Guangzhou
E)Dalian

Question 26

One of China's most important investments in Southeast Asia is in:

A)Drug smuggling
B)Dams to generate hydroelectric power
C)Dams to create irrigation channels
D)Mining for silver and gold
E)Agriculture to increase food supply

Question 27

The spread of SARS from Guangdong can be explained in large part by:

A)Globalization
B)Regionalization
C)Chicken exports
D)Duck exports
E)Rural-urban migration

Question 28

Deng Xiaoping's economic policies resulted in an increase in:

A)Tourism
B)Foreign investment
C)Imports and exports
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 29

When Shenzhen SEZ was established,thousands of factories moved from Hong Kong to take advantage of:

A)Free land
B)More liberal economic policies
C)The highly educated labor force
D)The available cheap labor force
E)The vast market of Guangdong

Question 30

More than 60 percent of inter-provincial migrants in China have gone to:

A)The northeast
B)The coastal regions
C)Interior regions
D)River cities
E)Guangdong and Hong Kong

Question 31

Mongolia is:

A)Arid
B)Sparsely populated
C)Landlocked
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 32

China sees Tibet as a storehouse of:

A)Monasteries
B)Agricultural land
C)Natural resources
D)Tourist attractions
E)Lamaistic Buddhism

Question 33

Hong Kong was a _____ colony until 1997.

A)Indian
B)Portuguese
C)British
D)Dutch
E)American

Question 34

China gets most of its oil from:

A)The United States
B)The Middle East
C)South America
D)Africa

Question 35

China emphasizes "top-down" development.This idea appeals to:

A)Democratic governments
B)Countries that are attempting political reform
C)Countries that want cultural exchanges
D)Authoritarian regimes
E)Countries that want economic reform

Question 36

Tibetans practice:

A)Buddhism
B)Hinduism
C)Islam
D)Confucianism
E)Daoism

Question 37

Investment in interior cities,such as Wuhan and Chongqing,has resulted in _____ being called "China's Soaring Dragon."

A)The Huang He
B)Sichuan Province
C)The Yangze River
D)The Gansu Corridor
E)The Xi River

Question 38

Because of out-migration from Yunnan and other border provinces,ethnic Chinese now dominate entire towns in:

A)Cambodia
B)Laos
C)Myanmar
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 39

____ rivals Beijing as China's cultural capital.

A)Shanghai
B)Hong Kong
C)Guangzhou
D)Chongqing
E)Tianjin

Question 40

Politically correct text messages in China are:

A)Black
B)White
C)Red
D)Yellow
E)Green

Question 41

Ninety percent of Mongolia's exports are

A)Food products
B)Animals and animal products
C)Minerals
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 42

China is the world's largest exporter.

Question 43

China's largest cities are concentrated in the interior for strategic reasons.

Question 44

With rising incomes in China,regional inequities have decreased.

Question 45

Until 1990,Mongolia was under the influence of:

A)Russia
B)China
C)North Korea
D)The United State

Question 46

Chinese society is becoming increasingly stratified.

Question 47

"Gobi" means:

A)Dry basin
B)Vast steppe
C)No man's land
D)Desert
E)Waterless place

Question 48

China has the world's fourth largest economy after the United States,Japan and Germany.

Question 49

In the early days of Communist China,agriculture was promoted as the foundation of socialist society.

Question 50

Non-Han minorities are spread out over a small percentage of Chinese territory.

Question 51

Although the Chinese do not like the Japanese,Japan is a major investor in China.

Question 52

One of the most significant problems in China today is unemployment.

Question 53

In 1989,a huge protest against corruption took place in Tiananmen Square in Shanghai.

Question 54

Most minorities live near international borders.

Question 55

Since the 1980s,many TVEs have been privatized.

Question 56

China has tried to Sinicize its frontier regions throughout history.

Question 57

Urumchi is now a city of more than two million people.This is due mainly to natural increase.

Question 58

Despite the household registration system,millions of Chinese have moved to cities to work on construction projects.

Question 59

Crop yields are higher in the coastal regions because of the ability of the land to hold water.

Question 60

China's 53 metropolitan regions produce more than half the country's GDP.

Question 61

Every family in China is allowed only one child.

Question 62

Cultural Mongolia is defined by the country's political boundaries.

Question 63

China has the world's largest hydro-power development.

Question 64

People who get permission to stay in a Chinese city to work are called "floating populations."

Question 65

China has surpassed the United States in carbon dioxide emissions.

Question 66

China's rust belt is in former Manchuria in the northeast.

Question 67

As communism gives way to capitalism,most Chinese women are gaining equality with Chinese men.

Question 68

Population mobility in China is significantly higher than in most western countries.

Question 69

Hong Kong is a free port with a deep-water harbor.

Question 70

Tibet was invaded by the Chinese army in the 1950s.