Deck 49: The New Asia

Question 1

One of the most important reasons given for Japan's postwar success is

A) the high degree of Japanese savings.
B) governmental support for business enterprises.
C) the Japanese work ethic.
D) help from the International Monetary Fund.
E) an excellent school system.

Answer 1

governmental support for business enterprises.

Question 2

After the United States ended its occupation of Japan,the Japanese people

A) expressed their deep hatred of the Americans.
B) accepted American economic dominance over their country.
C) refused to ratify a proposed treaty between the two countries.
D) requested that the Americans establish military bases to protect them.
E) signed a treaty that provided U.S. military protection for their islands.

Answer 2

signed a treaty that provided U.S. military protection for their islands.

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

Dwight Eisenhower.

Question 4

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

Question 5

According to Mao,the Soviet leadership after Stalin

A) gave too much assistance to North Vietnam, and not enough to China.
B) abandoned the true path of Marxism.
C) was too extreme in its application of Communist principles.
D) tried to undermine the Chinese economy.
E) created tension between Communists and the free world.

Question 6

India and Pakistan have been at odds with each other the most over

A) the Punjab.
B) Bhutan.
C) Kashmir.
D) Myanmar.
E) Bannan.

Question 7

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

Question 8

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 9

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

Question 10

What challenges did Japan face after World War II?

Question 11

Indira Gandhi was assassinated by members of what extremist group?

A) Sikhs
B) Tamils
C) Sinhalese
D) Muslims
E) Kashmiris

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

The poorest country on the Indian subcontinent is

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

Question 16

Mao was convinced that the only path to successful Marxist socialism lay through the

A) small shopkeepers.
B) Communist party elite.
C) urban manufacturing laborers.
D) revolutionary peasantry.
E) organized government.

Question 17

Compare and contrast Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.Which do you believe had the greatest impact on modern China.

Question 18

The Great Leap Forward

A) markedly increased China's agricultural production.
B) tried but failed to transform China into an industrialized society.
C) led to the re-establishment of relations between the United States and China.
D) was strongly supported by the Soviet Union, since it mimicked their Five Year Plans.
E) led to the deaths of many intellectuals.

Question 19

In the aftermath of World War II,

A) Japan was forced to unseat its emperor.
B) Japan had a native civilian government operated under American supervision.
C) General MacArthur treated the Japanese much like the Germans were treated after World War I.
D) the Japanese turned their backs on their native religion.
E) the Japanese experienced a lengthy recession.

Question 20

Indian political orientation under Nehru and the Congress party might best be described as

A) Marxist socialism.
B) liberal democracy.
C) fascist corporatism.
D) democratic socialism.
E) parliamentary democracy.

Question 21

In 1989,a democratic student protest against the Chinese government was violently crushed at ____________________.

Question 22

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 23

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 24

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 25

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 26

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.

Question 27

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

Question 28

By 1960,a split had occurred in the Communist world between Mao Zedong and Soviet leader ____________________.

Question 29

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 30

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 31

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 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

The ____________________ used the thought of Chairman Mao to spearhead their radical revolutionary campaign.

Question 36

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 37

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 38

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 39

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 40

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 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

India and Pakistan have a long-running feud over the region known as ____________________.