Deck 7: Asia

Question 1

India and Pakistan

A) were carved out of British India after World War II.
B) have a history of mutual animosity.
C) are unusual in that neither has had internal conflicts since achieving independence.
D) a and b above
E) b and c above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Under the leadership of the late Mao Zedong

A) China urged Third World states to use guerrilla warfare to bring about the downfall of the West.
B) China underwent a period of chaos and terror in which many moderate Chinese officials were replaced.
C) China's experiences were presented as a model for Third World states to follow.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Typically, the boundaries of Southeast Asia states

A) Were drawn by the colonizing Western powers
B) Were drawn after independence was achieved
C) Were drastically changed by the numerous was fought in Asia since independence.
D) Contain populations that are homogeneous in terms of religion and ethnic makeup.
E) Were imposed by the United Nations

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The following statement(s) describe China in recent years:

A) It refused to cooperate with its neighbors in efforts to mitigate the effects of the economic downturns of 2009.
B) It sees Taiwan as the foreign state most likely to become its enemy.
C) It sees itself both as a big, influential state, and as a leader of the Asian developing states.
D) All of the above
E) A and B are correct

Question 5

Which of the following comments accurately describe North Korea?

A) It remains a highly rigidly authoritarian Marxist state.
B) It has the capability to launch missiles.
C) It has a faltering economy and widespread famine.
D) All of the above.
E) A and B are correct.

Question 6

Hong Kong became ____________ when British rule ended in 1997.

A) An independent state
B) An autonomous part of the People's Republic of China.
C) Formed an alliance with Formosa.
D) Formed an alliance Taiwan.
E) none of the above.

Question 7

India and Pakistan

A) Are fighting over Ceylon.
B) Possess nuclear weapons.
C) Are largely Hindu.
D) Are majority Buddhist.
E) none of the above.

Question 8

China's leadership is

A) Is willing to support economic change but not political change.
B) Supportive of economic change and a loose political system of semi-independent cities.
C) Does not support either political or economic change.
D) Primarily interested in halting free speech of the internet.
E) Supportive of independence for the territory formerly called Manchukuo.

Question 9

Southeast Asia is

A) Homogeneous because the main religion is Islam.
B) Homogeneous because the main religion is Buddhism.
C) United because all of the political systems are Chinese based.
D) Armed by North Korea.
E) none of the above.

Question 10

Since the creation of Pakistan,

A) India has no Moslems.
B) The dispute with India over Kashmir has been resolved.
C) Internal disputes have been ended.
D) Is threatened with conflict both internationally and externally.
E) It has always been opposed to the United States.

Question 11

The Opium Wars of the nineteenth century were fought between Britain and

A) Afghanistan
B) China
C) Japan
D) Indochina
E) Korea

Question 12

In the Indian subcontinent the dominant climatic influence is

A) the wind of a hundred days.
B) the Gobi wind.
C) the Bengal current.
D) the monsoon.
E) none of the above.

Question 13

In 1927, Mao differed from traditional Marxist by

A) Refusing USSR support.
B) Advocating peaceful revolution in China.
C) Recognizing that in China the central role in the revolution would not occur in the industrial working class but in the rural peasantry.
D) A and B above
E) B and C above

Question 14

If limited to Southeast and East Asia, the land

A) About the size of CanadA)
B) Is the world's largest continent
C) Is about the size of Europe.
D) Is about the size of Latin America.
E) A and D.

Question 15

About ____ of China's 1.2 billion people live in

A) 30 percent
B) 50percent
C) 10 percent
D) 70 percent
E) 90 percent

Question 16

The Tibetan Plateau is

A) only 5000 feet above sea level.
B) reaches heights of 12,000 feet.
C) a huge marshland in the fall and spring because of melting snow.
D) contains the famous city of Shangri-La
E) now part of Northern India.

Question 17

The Boxer Rebellion against foreign interest too place in

A) China
B) India
C) Japan
D) Korea
E) Burma

Question 18

The Great Leap Forward in China was the policy of

A) Mao Zedong
B) Pu Ye
C) Deng Xiaoping
D) Chuang Peck Ming
E) Dennis Eng

Question 19

____________ of China is reported to have said, "To get rich is glorious."

A) Mao Zedong
B) Pu Ye
C) Deng Xiaoping
D) Chuang Peck Ming
E) Dennis Eng

Question 20

____________ opened the sea route to India.

A) Christopher Columbus
B) Vasco de Gamma
C) John Hawkins
D) Sir Francis Drake
E) Hernando Cortez

Question 21

India has

A) suffered a huge setback in the economic downturn.
B) avoided huge setbacks in the economic downturn by emphasizing domestic consumption rather than exports.
C) abandoned its car industry in favor of importing vehicles.
D) is building a huge low-cost airline to fly to Europe.
E) none of the above.

Question 22

In 1949 __________ became the new home for two million of the nationalist who fled the Chinese mainland.

A) Sri Lanka
B) Nepal
C) North Korea
D) Taiwan
E) Vietnam

Question 23

Hong Kong was founded as a trading post by the

A) British.
B) French.
C) Russians.
D) Spanish.
E) Portuguese

Question 24

Singapore is

A) the capitol of Indonesia
B) a city state.
C) located on the coast of China.
D) is part of Sri Lanka.
E) is the capitol of Cambodia.

Question 25

One of the major leadership conflicts within China in the 1990s was between followers of Teng Hsiao-ping and followers of Deng Xiaoping.

Question 26

Because of its interest in economic growth and trade, the current leadership of China views Taiwan as a separate state.

Question 27

Both the People's Republic of China and the Nationalist on Taiwan officially endorse the concept that Taiwan is part of China.

Question 28

Singapore has a higher per capita income than is found in its mother country, the United Kingdom.

Question 29

Pakistan became an independent nation after its war with India in 1950.

Question 30

By all conventional standards, North Korea is a failed state.

Question 31

The leading exporter of rockets and nuclear technology if South Korea.

Question 32

Viewed from space there is no Asia but only a single Afro-Eurasian island.

Question 33

The most populace state in Asia is now India.

Question 34

In the Korean War, the Chinese "volunteers" suffered five million deaths.

Question 35

Why has the People's Republic of China and India been able to survive the recent world economic downturn in fairly good shape?

Question 36

Outline the sources of tensions both internal and external involving Pakistan.

Question 37

How has Singapore been able to maintain the status of a successful Asian city-state?

Question 38

Why is the period of Deng Xiao Ping called the Ka-Ching Dynasty?

Question 39

Why did the 1949 defeat of the Nationalists on the Chinese mainland help Hong Kong economically?