Deck 7: Asia

Question 1

Which group continues to control prostitution in designated areas around the world, most notably in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau? ​

A)Tongs
B)Yakuza
C)Triads
D)Snakeheads

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic Chinese concepts that represent the Triad? ​

A)heaven
B)earth
C)man
D)hell

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What group was established in Taiwan in 1956 and maintains strong ties to the Kuomintang Party? ​

A)United Bamboo
B)14K
C)Flying Dragons
D)BTK

Answer 3

A

Question 4

During the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth, Tong wars occurred on: ​

A)the East Coast.
B)the West Coast.
C)both East and West Coast.
D)neither the East nor West Coast.

Question 5

What are Triad members assigned based on their position? ​

A)animals
B)numbers
C)letters
D)gods

Question 6

The Chinese _____________ embraces many concepts, some familiar to Westerners, such as connections, networks, and patron-client relations. They are built upon a series of dyadic relationships, some that are naturally present and others that must be acquired, cultivated, and maintained. ​

A)guanxi ​
B)yakuza
C)partito
D)kumiin

Question 7

What is the leader of a Triad known as? ​

A)Shan Chu
B)Fu Shan Chu
C)Heung Chu
D)Fin Fung

Question 8

To become a Triad, a __________, who is a ranking member of the organization, must nominate and back their candidate. ​

A)sponsor
B)friend
C)family member
D)lawyer

Question 9

By the early 1990s, which branch of the Triads had established criminal cells in Canada, the United States, and Europe that were highly sophisticated in their use of technology to not only thwart law enforcement, but to more importantly manufacture counterfeit credits cards and other documents along with creating routes for drug trafficking and international prostitution? ​

A)Snakeheads
B)Big Circle
C)United Bamboo
D)14K

Question 10

Tongs continue to be associated with: ​

A)drugs.
B)illegal gambling.
C)labor rackets.
D)prostitution.

Question 11

In Macau, the Triads are responsible for carrying out all of the following functions, except for: ​

A)running VIP rooms in casinos.
B)providing one-stop service, including sex service.
C)becoming absorbed by the gaming industry through guanxi .
D)carrying out hits on uncooperative government officials.

Question 12

Any member of the Chinese community is part of a latent organization because of the existence of: ​

A)guanxi .
B)yakuza .
C)partito .
D)kumiin .

Question 13

Which Chinese groups are involved in smuggling aliens for employment in garment manufacturing sweatshops, particularly in New York and California? ​

A)Ghost Shadows ​
B)Flying Dragons
C)Snakeheads
D)Pandas

Question 14

Secret societies have a long history in China, some dating back to the beginning of: ​

A)Chu Era.
B)the Common Era.
C)Tong Dynasty Era.
D)Won Era.

Question 15

Tongs were first established in the 1850s as benevolent societies in which U.S. city? ​

A)Chicago
B)New York
C)Philadelphia
D)San Francisco

Question 16

Which of the following has the largest Chinese community in the United States? ​

A)New York's Chinatown
B)San Francisco's Chinatown
C)Chicago's Chinatown
D)Los Angeles' Chinatown

Question 17

What group was founded in 1947 by a Kuomintang general who fled with hundreds of his followers to Hong Kong after the Communist victory? ​

A)United Bamboo
B)14K
C)Flying Dragons
D)BTK

Question 18

Which drug trafficking organization expanded their operations during the Vietnam War, when thousands of troops were attracted to the potent heroin of Southeast Asia? ​

A)Triads ​
B)Tongs
C)Yakuza
D)Guanxi

Question 19

Tong is an English translation of the Mandarin word tang which in turn translates back to English as ____________, referring to primarily to the organization itself, not the area in which it may be housed. ​

A)school
B)lodge
C)dojo
D)garden

Question 20

What is the primary and most important group in Chinese society? ​

A)friends
B)gang members
C)family
D)business associates

Question 21

The term yakuza is derived from a name of one of the most notorious samurai from the 1600s. ​

Question 22

Yakuza members are affiliated with all of the following groups except for: ​

A)Yamaguchi-gumi.
B)Sumiyoshi-Kai.
C)Inagawa-Kai.
D)Kobra-Gumi.

Question 23

The term triad refers to the Chinese societies' common mystical symbol: an equilateral triangle representing the three basic Chinese concepts of heaven, earth, and man.

Question 24

After Japan's defeat in WWII, the new yakuza that emerged was populated by unemployed veterans and was far more violent and materialistic than its prewar predecessors.

Question 25

What structure does each yakuza group have? ​

A)matrix
B)pyramid
C)flat
D)holacratic

Question 26

Which group has been in existence for about three hundred years in Japan and has its roots in the Tokugawa period (1600-1867), when Japan united under a central system of government? ​

A)Tongs
B)Snakeheads
C)Yakuza
D)Triads

Question 27

Yakuza members are usually well-educated, white-collar professionals.

Question 28

Triads have an "associational hierarchy" that does not allow for vertically integrated control over the members' criminal enterprises.

Question 29

The Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest of the boryokudan ("violent groups"), organizations that constitute Japanese organized crime. ​

Question 30

Resignation or expulsion is accomplished with a _____________ or "red letter" to all members of the boryokudan , which signals that the person is no longer a member. ​

A)Kumiin ​
B)Yakuza
C)Homojo
D)Jun-kumiin

Question 31

Present-day yakuza view themselves as modern: ​

A)samurai .
B)warlords.
C)drug dealers.
D)mobsters.

Question 32

Which of the following wars served to define the various yakuza groups? ​

A)WWI
B)Vietnam
C)The Gulf War
D)WWII

Question 33

Present-day yakuza view themselves as modern samurai and maintain exotic rituals. ​

Question 34

Tong groups control most organized criminal activity in Japan. ​

Question 35

Which criminal organization dominates the industrialized, densely populated region extending from Kyoto through Osaka to Kobe, as well as Tokyo and most other major centers in Japan? ​

A)Yamaguchi-gumi
B)Triad
C)Tong
D)Flying Dragons

Question 36

Which of the following terms means "violent groups"? ​

A)Boryokudan ​
B)Yakuza
C)Kumiin
D)Jun-kumiin

Question 37

The 14K Triad group is the most organized within the Triad operation, with subgroups forming actual separate societies responsible for various illicit activities.

Question 38

In 1909, a Tong war broke out in New York between which two groups, claiming an estimated 350 lives? ​

A)On Leong and Hip Sing
B)Pai Gow and Snakeheads
C)Hip Sing and Yakuza
D)Pai Gow and On Leong

Question 39

Which group controls most organized criminal activity in Japan? ​

A)Triad
B)Tong
C)Yakuza
D)Snakehead

Question 40

Secret Chinese societies have a long history in the United States, dating back to the mid-1850s in California.

Question 41

_______________ is a term used to describe Japan's organized crime syndicates. The term itself means masterless samurai . ​

Question 42

Describe the organizational structure of Triads. ​

Question 43

The organized crime group known as United Bamboo was established in _____________ in 1956 and maintains strong ties to the Kuomintang Party of Communist China. ​

Question 44

The drug-trafficking Triads expanded their operations during the _____________, when thousands of GIs were attracted to the potent heroin of Southeast Asia. ​

Question 45

Bosses in the yakuza organization are known as ________________.

Question 46

Explain the importance of family in Chinese organized crime. ​

Question 47

_____________ were first established in San Francisco in the 1850s as benevolent societies. ​

Question 48

With elaborate tattoos and clipped fingers, _____________ have a long history in Japan and view themselves as more samurai than criminal.

Question 49

After helping build the American railroad system in the 1860s, many Chinese who remained in the United States were banned from rural counties, and were forced to live in clusters on the Pacific coast where they created Chinatowns. National anger toward Chinese spread and was later codified with the passage of the __________________ in 1882 which prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers.

Question 50

Explain the "United Bamboo," including their organizational structure. What types of illicit activities do they engage in, with respect to Chinese organized criminal behavior?

Question 51

Define and explain those who call themselves yakuza . Next, how are present-day yakuza different from their historical counterparts?

Question 52

_____________ laborers were originally brought into the United States after 1848 to work in the gold fields. ​

Question 53

The infamous Triad group known as the _____________ has its origins in Communist China's Red Guard, Mao's personal militia established to enforce the "Great Cultural Revolution."

Question 54

________________ is a term used to describe a Chinese human trafficker who specializes in smuggling illegal aliens for employment into the United States and other countries.

Question 55

Explain the history of the Chinese experience in the United States. How did this affect organized criminal activity among the Chinese?