Deck 13: Korea and Taiwan: Tigers Rising

Question 1

Buddhism diffused into Korea from:

A)China
B)Russia
C)Japan
D)India
E)None of the above because Koreans are Christian

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Nearly half of South Koreans live in and around:
a)Taegu
b)Kwangju
c)Busan
d)Seoul
e)Kaeson

Answer 2

Seoul

Question 3

The major port on South Korea's southern coast is:

A)Inchon
B)Masan
C)Ulsan
D)Busan
E)Taedok

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The largest group of Koreans living outside Korea reside in:

A)China
B)Japan
C)The United States
D)Taiwan
E)Kazakhstan

Question 5

Hangul is:

A)A city outside Seoul
B)A school of Buddhism
C)The Korean alphabet
D)A type of radish
E)None of the above

Question 6

Power developed along the Yalu River is shared with:

A)Japan
B)Russia
C)China
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 7

There are an estimated 200,000 _____ in North Korea.

A)Urban dwellers
B)Farmers
C)State farms
D)Factories
E)Political prisons

Question 8

Most South Koreans live in ____ families.

A)Nuclear
B)One child
C)Extended
D)Network

Question 9

South Korea is developing _____ as an international business and tourism hub.

A)Seoul
B)Cheju
C)Kyongju
D)Pusan
E)Kumsan

Question 10

Which of the following characterizes South Korean agriculture?

A)Vegetables grown in greenhouses
B)Intensive cropping
C)Market gardening
D)All of the above

Question 11

_____ has characterized its relationship with North Korea as,"close as lips and teeth."

A)South Korea
B)Russia
C)Japan
D)China
E)The United States

Question 12

Southwest Korea's and Cheju's climates are:

A)Tropical
B)Marine West Coast
C)Mid-latitudinal
D)Continental
E)None of the above

Question 13

In 1945,the Korean Peninsula was divided at the ____ parallel.

A)25th
B)38th
C)44th
D)50th

Question 14

South Korea's capital city is:

A)Silla
B)Seoul
C)Inchon
D)Pyongyang
E)Kyongju

Question 15

South Korea is the world's number one:

A)Rice producer
B)Vehicle manufacturer
C)Ship-builder
D)Flat panel producer
E)Appliance manufacturer

Question 16

It is said that Korea is the most ????_____ of Asian nations.

A)Daoist
B)Confucian
C)Buddhist
D)Christian

Question 17

The capital of North Korea is:

A)Hamhung
B)Nampo
C)Seoul
D)Chongju
E)None of the above

Question 18

Only _____ percent of the Korean Peninsula is level land.

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 19

South Korea is said to be product of:

A)Democracy
B)Communism
C)Socialism
D)State industrialism
E)State capitalism

Question 20

Korea was annexed by ????____ in 1910.

A)China
B)Japan
C)Manchukuo
D)The United States
E)Russia

Question 21

The main difference between South and North Korea is political.

Question 22

"Native Taiwanese" derive from:

A)Malay-Polynesian immigrants from the Philippines
B)The aboriginal mountain dwellers
C)Immigrants from southeastern China
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 23

South Korea's population has doubled since 1949 due to natural increase.

Question 24

South Korea has more natural resources than North Korea.

Question 25

Taiwan's "Southward Policy" included investment in:

A)Southeast Asia
B)ASEAN
C)Such countries as Vietnam and the Philippines
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 26

The majority of overseas Koreans living in the United States are Christian.

Question 27

After 1895,Taiwan's development was accelerated by:

A)Japan
B)China
C)The United States
D)Korea Russia

Question 28

The Southern part of the Korean Peninsula is warmer because of its continentality.

Question 29

Most people in Taiwan live:

A)On the western coastal plain
B)On the eastern coastal plain
C)In the Taipei Basin
D)On the central Chung Yang Plain
E)In the Taitung Rift Valley

Question 30

In northern Taiwan,the rainy season is from:

A)October to March
B)May to September
C)July through August
D)It rains all year long
E)There is no rainy season in the north

Question 31

Taiwan's industrial corridor is anchored by:

A)Taipei and Tainan
B)Chilung and Tainan
C)Taipei and Kaohsiung
D)Hsinchu and Kaohsiung

Question 32

Taiwan's largest trading partner is:

A)The United States
B)Japan
C)China
D)South Korea
E)Vietnam

Question 33

Seoul is a mono-centric city because its population is concentrated in the city center.

Question 34

Because of globalization,women have achieved equality with men in South Korea.

Question 35

Three-quarters of South Koreans are engaged in some form of agriculture.

Question 36

Since 1990,South Korea has become a major investor in China and Southeast Asia.

Question 37

South Korea is affected by the monsoon.

Question 38

Taiwan was known as _____ until after World War II.

A)Bao Dao
B)Zeelandia
C)Formosa
D)Providentia

Question 39

Throughout much of its history,Korea was influenced by China.

Question 40

In 1949,after the civil war in China,_____ and his two million Kuomintang loyalists fled to Taiwan.

A)Mao Zedong
B)Sun Yat-sen
C)Hu Jintao
D)Chiang Kai-shek

Question 41

North Korea is more urbanized than South Korea.

Question 42

Ancient Chinese maps portray the island of Taiwan as Penghu.

Question 43

Taiwan's export-driven economy is dominated by medium and small size farms.

Question 44

North Korea has a command economy.

Question 45

In 2006,North Korea conducted a nuclear missile test.