QUESTION 1 China\'s physiography and relative location have enabled it to ______

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QUESTION 1

China's physiography and relative location have enabled it to _______.

QUESTION 2

Below are a list of terms and defintions for each term. Match each term with the best definition that represents that term.

               

Loess                                                                     A.            The rooting out of dissidents in China over the fear of                                                                                                    contamination of Maoist Communism .

Extraterritoriality                                              B.            The modernizing and transformation of Japan from a                                                                                                     feudal society with pre-machine age technology to an                                                                                                   industrial power.

The Meiji Restoration                                    C.            The process of rapid development achieved through the                                                                                              complete reorganization of Chinese society.

                               

The Great Leap Forward                                               D.            Fertile, windblown sediment deposit composed of rock                                                                                                                pulverized by glaciers.

The Great Proletarian Revolution             E.            A doctrine that states that foreign states and                                                                                                                     representatives are immune from the jurisdiction                                                                                                            of the country in which they are based.

QUESTION 3

By 1937, a new element had been added to the mix of groups vying for the control of China. What was this element? (choose ONE)

                               

Koreans

                               

Communists

                               

Mongolians

                               

Nationalists

                               

Japanese

QUESTION 4

All of the following are problems Japan faces except (check all that apply):

                               

the dispute with Mongolia over the Kurile islands

                               

the desire for rearmament in the face of geopolitical strife

                               

the divide between the eastern and the western portion of the country

                               

the youthful population and larger workforce

                               

the maximization of agricultural productivity

QUESTION 5

China would be considered ethnically homogenous as more than 90% of its population is Han Chinese.

True

False

QUESTION 6

The majority of the population in China lives in the _________ portion of the country.

                               

Northern

                               

Southern

                               

Eastern

                               

Western

                               

Central

QUESTION 7

What person s teachings have dominated Chinese customs, beliefs, and life for more than twenty centuries?

                               

Shinto

                               

Buddha

                               

Confucius

                               

Hu Jintao

                               

Mao Zedong

QUESTION 8

What state does China claim is one of its errant provinces?

                               

Macao

                               

Hainan

                               

Taiwan

                               

Hong Kong

                               

Guangdong

QUESTION 9

What two countries were divided along the 38th parallel (line of latitude)?

                               

Brazil

                               

North Korea

                               

Peru

                               

India

                               

Mongolia

                               

Russia

                               

South Korea

                               

China

QUESTION 10

Where did the Nationalists create the Republic of China when they fled mainland China in 1949?

                               

Hainan

                               

Honshu

                               

Taiwan

                               

Guangdong

                               

Hong Kong

QUESTION 11

Along what four rivers do three-quarters of China's population reside?

                               

Liao-Songhua

                               

Chang Jiang

                               

Irrawaddy

                               

Huang He

                               

Xi Jiang

                               

Mekong

QUESTION 12

What country in East Asia has one of the world's oldest, continuous civilization (4,000+ years)?

                               

Japan

                               

China

                               

South Korea

                               

North Korea

                               

Mongolia

QUESTION 13

China has experienced an unfavorable relative location throughout the centuries.

True

False

QUESTION 14

China began to flourish as a great civilization, military power, and unified empire during which dynasty?

QUESTION 15

What event ended the period of Chinese exploration and colonial aims during the Ming Dynasty?

                               

The First Opium War

The collapse of fisheries along the coastline due to the Medieval Warm Period

The destruction of the wheat/rice harvest due to the Little Ice Age

The lowered cost and improved quality of European manufactured goods

The Second Opium War

QUESTION 16

What central issue destroyed the fabric of Chinese society, opened China to European colonization, and led to two wars being fought between the British and the Chinese?

QUESTION 17

What large-scale revolt overthrew the last Chinese Dynasty (the Manchus), but failed to oust the Europeans?

QUESTION 18

Between 1934-1935,______(number) communist-leaning peasants, soldiers, and leaders marched

miles to avoid being encircled by Nationalist forces. By the time this ragtag group reached their communist stronghold in______ , only ____ people (number) were left. This event has been termed the

______.

QUESTION 19

After the fall of the Manchu Dynasty in China, what two political groups fought against one another for control of the country?

                               

The Manchus

The Europeans

The Communists

The Nationalists

The Japanese

QUESTION 20

What are China's Special Administrative Regions (SAR's)? (choose all that apply)

                               

Beijing

Hong Kong

Xizang

Macau

Xijiang

QUESTION 21

Even though population restrictions have been eased in China, couples are still only allowed to have _____ child [children].

                               

Four

Two

Three

Zero

One

QUESTION 22

What problems is China now facing due to their restrictive population policies? (choose all that apply)

                               

Female Infanticide

4 Grandparents, 2 parents, 1 child

Normal sex ratio

More young people to care for the elderly

Economic progress due to increased working class

QUESTION 23

What population center in China was a battleground between the Japanese and the Russians, and became a Japanese colony?

                               

North China Plain

Chang/Yangzi Basins

Xi/Pearl River Basins

Northeast China Plain

QUESTION 24

Special Economic Zones were created in China in an attempt to wed Communism with Capitalism, an attempt that has been highly successful. Which of the following are common characteristics of these SEZ's? (choose all that apply)

                               

Complicated land leases

0

High taxes

Selling of products to foreign markets not allowed

Easing of import/export regulations

Contract labor allowed

QUESTION 25

Many countries in the East Asian realm are _____________________, countries that have experienced significant modernization, industrialization, and western-style economic growth.

QUESTION 26

The Chinese-controlled region of Xizang is also known as ______.

QUESTION 27

What is happening in China's autonomous region known as Xinjiang?

                               

Separatist Buddhists are protesting against Chinese occupation.

Militant Muslim Uyghurs are fighting against Chinese domination.

Nothing is happening.

Resentful Chinese are rebelling against the European presence.

Sovereign-seeking Nationalists are trying to gain independence from China.

QUESTION 28

What country in East Asia functions as a buffer state between China and Russia?

QUESTION 29

In terms of Japan's physiography, which of the following are true? (choose all that apply)

                               

Japan was formed by the subduction of one tectonic plate.

There are no active or dormant volcanoes.

Only 18% of the land is habitable.

Japan is mountainous and geologically old.

Earthquakes, and tsunamis, are common.

QUESTION 30

Japan was an imperial power, and colonized much of Asia before World War II.

True

False

Explanation / Answer

1) China's physiography and location enabled it to not expose to entire world.

2) Option B i.e the extraterritoriality is correct answer.

3) The correct answer is Japan. By 1837 Japanese intervention increased for controlling china.

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