Deck 48: The New Asia

Question 1

What was the main problem of the farm communes in Mao's China?

A) They had foreign supervisors directing work.
B) They were too large to managed properly.
C) It was too small to gain from economies of scale.
D) The religious concerns of the peasants were ignored.
E) The communes would not share food during famines.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

During the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union

A) tried to aid the insurgents in every way possible.
B) consistently tried to bring peace by acting as middleman.
C) took a bystander's role rather than assisting the insurgents.
D) healed the conflict with China, to assist Ho Chi Minh.
E) chose to support Cambodia but not Vietnam.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which U.S.president simultaneously mismanaged the Vietnam War and the War on Poverty so badly that it led to his political downfall?

A) Dwight D.Eisenhower.
B) John F.Kennedy.
C) Lyndon B.Johnson.
D) Jimmy Carter.
E) Richard M.Nixon.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was the form of government in Japan following World War II?

A) Japan's government was an emperor-based monarchy.
B) It was a native civilian government supervised by Americans.
C) Japan adopted a communist dictatorship like China.
D) The Japanese government held on to their military leaders.
E) The Japanese adopted a theocracy based on Shintoism.

Question 5

In 1997, China regained control of which of the following?

A) Taiwan
B) Singapore
C) Macao
D) Hong Kong
E) Manchuria

Question 6

After the death of Mao, how has China's economy developed?

A) It has been in a perpetual recession.
B) It is the world's largest economy based on GDP.
C) It has dramatically increased.
D) Their economy is stagnant.
E) It regressed to a feudal system.

Question 7

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

A) aimed to undo the bureaucracy that had crept into Mao's communist regime.
B) targeted the intellectuals Mao so distrusted.
C) witnessed the burning of thousands of books from libraries in China's largest cities.
D) provided funds for the children of poor peasants to attend university.
E) only lasted for one five-year term.

Question 8

Who were the main targets of Mao and the Red Guards during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution?

A) Students.
B) Book publishers.
C) Foreigners.
D) Intellectuals.
E) Farmers.

Question 9

What is the greatest cause of tension between the U.S.and modern China?

A) American support for an independent Taiwan and China's determination to hold the island.
B) American outrage at the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
C) Chinese insistence that Americans recognize the Republic of China.
D) Chinese support for the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.
E) Chinese and American language barriers.

Question 10

The poorest country on the Indian subcontinent is

A) India.
B) Pakistan.
C) Tibet.
D) Bangladesh.
E) Nepal.

Question 11

The United States became involved in Vietnam during the presidency of

A) John F.Kennedy.
B) Lyndon Johnson.
C) Harry Truman.
D) Richard Nixon.
E) Dwight Eisenhower.

Question 12

Farm communes in Mao's China

A) were much too large to be effective.
B) were established along the lines of the traditional Chinese village.
C) caused the peasants to question Mao's policies.
D) produced more rice than the same number of people farming separately could have.
E) provided good steady work for the young people, who continued to be Mao's strongest supporters.

Question 13

Under Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and the majority Congress Party, India moved toward what form of government?

A) Democratic socialism.
B) Fascists corporatism.
C) A Hindu dictatorship.
D) A benevolent monarchy.
E) A Muslim theocracy.

Question 14

Since attaining independence, India has

A) been a military dictatorship.
B) maintained a large degree of democracy.
C) been steadily at war with one or another of its neighbors.
D) become a single-party, quasi-fascist society.
E) established itself as one of the most autocratic nations in the world.

Question 15

The greatest long-term problem for Southeast Asia is

A) financial inexperience.
B) Marxist ideology.
C) population growth.
D) AIDS.
E) lack of investment capital.

Question 16

In comparison to most former leaders of China, perhaps Mao's most unusual attitude was

A) love of the land.
B) dependence on the peasantry to support him.
C) a sense of unity with the Soviet Union.
D) a strong distrust of all intellectuals.
E) acceptance of China's important role in world affairs.

Question 17

What territorial problem has been the largest point of contention between Pakistan and India?

A) The borders with Myanmar.
B) Foreign economic concessions.
C) Who should live in the Punjab.
D) The status of Kashmir.
E) Control of Afghanistan.

Question 18

What was the outcome of China's Great Leap Forward plan in the late 1950s?

A) The plan tried but failed to transform China into an industrialized society overnight.
B) The Great Leap forward brought China into the industrial revolution with great success.
C) The plan allowed Chinese farmers to improve crop production and ease food shortages.
D) The Great Leap Forward allowed the communists to take over the country.
E) The approach was modeled on the Soviet Five-Year Plans so the results were successful.

Question 19

China's attempt to make itself industrially independent of outside aid during the 1950s is called the

A) Red Guard challenge.
B) China First movement.
C) Great Five-Year Plan.
D) Great Leap Forward.
E) Self-Strengthening movement.

Question 20

Failure to simultaneously wage the Vietnam War and the War on Poverty contributed to the downfall of whose presidential administration?

A) Johnson.
B) Ford.
C) Eisenhower.
D) Nixon.
E) Carter.

Question 21

The greatest tension between China and the United States exists because of

A) an aviation accident that forced a U.S.Navy fighter plane to land on China's Hainan Island.
B) American outrage at the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
C) American support for an independent Taiwan and China's determination to hold the island.
D) China's distrust of the United States for ongoing involvement in Southeast Asia.
E) American admonitions that China must improve its human rights record.

Question 22

All of the following are true of Indira Ghandi, EXCEPT

A) She is Asia's first female leader.
B) She has proved to be an adept politician.
C) She is the daughter of Mahatma Ghandi
D) She was assassinated by Sikh fanatics.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 23

The Pacific Rim economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong have earned the title of ____________________.

Question 24

The war in Vietnam began as a(n) ____________________ against ____________________ colonialism.

Question 25

The Chinese leader ____________________ had the idea to encourage some aspects of capitalism while keeping China basically socialistic.

Question 26

In Southern India, conflict between the ____________________ and ____________________ resulted in the 1991 assassination of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Question 27

India's second leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, differed from its first, Mahatma Gandhi, in that he believed

A) India needed to work harder to reach an agreement with Pakistan over Kashmir.
B) Western-style industrialization was the way for India to avoid social anarchy at home.
C) true Marxism was preferable to following in the socialistic steps of the strongly disliked British Labour Party.
D) lowering the rate of population increase would be as helpful to India's development as anything else.
E) a nuclear attack against Pakistan would be disastrous for India.

Question 28

The event that gave the U.S.President the ability to become intensely involved in Vietnam with a massive military force was

A) the Tet Offensive.
B) the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
C) the Great Leap Forward.
D) the Great Cultural Revolution.
E) the development of the Taliban.

Question 29

Upon attaining power, Mao modeled China's government and institutions upon those of the USSR under the rule of ____________________.

Question 30

Mao's ___________________________________ was aimed first against the ____________________, rather surprisingly.

Question 31

Which of the following statements was not true of Deng Xiaoping?

A) He had been a prisoner of the Cultural Revolution.
B) His most important achievement was to allow free market incentives.
C) He sought to improve relations with foreign capitalists and to bring investment capital into the country.
D) He vowed to take China forward, past "normal" socialism, into a bright future.
E) He began to allow more freedom of expression, but he ordered the massacre of demonstrating students in 1989.

Question 32

What challenges did Japan face after World War II?

Question 33

Which of the following best describes China's economic development since Mao?

A) Dramatically increasing
B) In decline
C) In serious recession
D) Feudal
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 34

Discuss Mao Zedong's China from 1949 until his death in 1976.

Question 35

For a time during the Cultural Revolution, one could easily obtain a government position by

A) appealing to Mao personally.
B) memorizing the Thought of Chairman Mao in the little red book.
C) spending two years in the Red Guards.
D) openly criticizing Stalin and communism.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 36

Economically speaking, the most prosperous areas of Southeast Asia are the city-states of ____________________ and ____________________.

Question 37

Under post-World War II arrangements, the Japanese government effectively allowed the ____________________ to assume its military defense.

Question 38

The War in Vietnam was most significant to which of the following societies?

A) France
B) Great Britain
C) Italy
D) United States
E) Canada

Question 39

Which of the following nations has caused China to ally itself with the west in recent years?

A) South Korea
B) North Korea
C) Japan
D) Vietnam
E) India

Question 40

Which of these did not help Japan achieve economic prosperity after World War II?

A) Being able to purchase cheap oil for years after the war ended.
B) Being protected by the U.S.military and thus being able to invest what would have been spent on a military.
C) The high rate of savings among its citizens that allowed for loans and reinvestment in industry.
D) A declining population that meant less food had to be purchased.
E) A disciplined and skilled labor force.

Question 41

Compare and contrast South Asian and Southeast Asian nations in their experience with independence.

Question 42

What specific issues did South Asia face as it gained its independence?

Question 43

Assess the progress and future outlook for Southeast Asian nations in terms of the global economy and domestic prosperity.