Deck 8: Asian Organized Crime

Question 1

he ________ is a criminal organization that 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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

ongs continue to be associated with:

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

ecret societies have a long history in China, some dating back to the beginning of __________.

A) WWII
B) the Common Era
C) WWI
D) the Vietnam War

Answer 3

B

Question 4

________ was established in Taiwan in 1956 and maintains strong ties to the Kuomintang Party.

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

Question 5

hat is the primary and most important group to a Chinese individual?

A) Friends
B) Gang members
C) Family
D) Business associates

Question 6

he ________ 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) 14 K
C) Flying Dragons
D) BTK

Question 7

uring the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth, tong wars occurred on the:

A) East Coast
B) West Cost
C) Both East and West Coast
D) None of these

Question 8

ongs were first established in ____________ in the 1850s as benevolent societies.

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

Question 9

hen was the Chinese Exclusionary Act repealed?

A) 1882
B) 1902
C) 1943
D) 1963

Question 10

he term yakuza is derived from:

A) a family name
B) an old card game
C) an old dice game
D) an old samurai

Question 11

hat is the leader of the triad called?

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

Question 12

hat is the name of the confederation of Vietnamese gangs in the New York City metropolitan area?

A) Ghost Shadows
B) Flying Dragons
C) BTK
D) 14K

Question 13

7. he term triad refers to an equilateral triangle representing the three basic Chinese concepts of all but which one of the following?

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

Question 14

riad members are assigned _______ based on their position.

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

Question 15

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 16

embership requires a ________ who is a ranking official of the Triad.

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

Question 17

ny 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 18

ho of the following formed a confederation of the Vietnamese gangs in the New York City metropolitan area?

A) David Thai
B) Al Capone
C) Kazuo Taoka
D) Kamea Mea

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

hat do snakeheads do?

A) sell counterfeit snakeskin purses.
B) smuggle illegal aliens
C) tattoo yakuza members
D) operate VIP rooms at casinos

Question 21

hich of the following terms means "violent groups?"

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

The term yakuza is derived from an old samurai name.

Question 24

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

Question 25

The 14K triad is the most organized of the triads, with subgroups forming separate societies.

Question 26

hich of the following began his criminal career as a bouncer in Kobe?

A) David Thai
B) Al Capone
C) Kazuo Taoka
D) Kamea Mea

Question 27

esignation 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 28

ith which of the following groups are the Yakuza members affiliated?

A) Yamaguchi-Gumi
B) Sumiyoshi-Kai
C) Inagawa-Kai
D) All of these

Question 29

Secret societies have a long history in China, some dating back to the beginning of the Common Era.

Question 30

ypically, Yakuza members are ____________.

A) Lower working class.
B) High school dropouts.
C) One or two parents of Korean or Chinese extraction.
D) All of these

Question 31

riads have an associational hierarchy that does not exert vertically integrated control over the members' criminal enterprises.

Question 32

resent-day yakuza view themselves as modern:

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

Question 33

n Macau, Triads _____________.

A) run VIP rooms in casinos.
B) provide one-stop service, including sex service.
C) through guanxi, became absorbed by the gaming industry.
D) All of these

Question 34

___________ control most organized criminal activity in Japan.

A) Triad groups
B) Tong groups
C) Yakuza groups
D) Mafia groups

Question 35

hich of the following wars served to delineate yakuza groups?

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

Japan has a serious drug problem, particularly the abuse of _________, which the yakuza also produce in clandestine laboratories in Japan, the Philippines, and Korea.

A) amphetamines
B) marijuana
C) morphine
D) PCP

Question 38

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

Question 39

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 40

Tong groups control most organized criminal activity in Japan.

Question 41

Describe the organizational structure of Triads.

Question 42

In 1989, Thai formed a confederation of Vietnamese gangs in the New York City metropolitan area and adopted the name _______________.

Question 43

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

Question 44

How are present day yakuza different from their historical counterparts?

Question 45

Discuss what your text tells us about the yakuza. he well-written answer will include discussions of background, rituals, and relationship with the police.

Question 46

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

Question 47

Who is David Thai, and why is he important to Asian organized crime?

Question 48

Not all Asian gangs have a ________ connection, but some form around a _________ member, typically a martial arts master who helps train the gang members.

Question 49

The ______________has its origins in Communist China's Red Guard, Mao's personal militia established to enforce the "Great Cultural Revolution."

Question 50

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

Question 51

ow did the Triads evolve? What role did the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 play in that evolution? How did Mao Zedong's regime affect the Triads? What effect has globalization had on Triad criminal activity? Discuss some criminal activities of the Triads, using particular Triads to illustrate.

Question 52

How are Vietnamese gangs different from Chinese gangs?

Question 53

Explain the importance of family in Chinese organized crime.

Question 54

______________ were originally brought into the United States after 1848 to work in the gold fields.

Question 55

Dating back to the 1960s, the original mission of the Ghost Shadows and the Flying Dragons ____________, was to fend off attacks by non-Asian outsiders..

Question 56

United Bamboo was established in ____________ in 1956 and maintains strong ties to the Kuomintang Party.

Question 57

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

Question 58

Describe the organizational structure of United Bamboo.

Question 59

In 1882, the _____________ banned the entry of Chinese laborers into the United States.

Question 60

Contrast the self-image of the yakuza with that of the American counterparts.