Exam 9: East Asia

What is the name of the highly efficient manufacturing system initiated in Japan that has encouraged Japanese firms to locate the assembly of components and finished goods in a single area?

Name one of the several prosperous innovations that resulted in the success of China's urban industrial populations as early as the eleventh century.

Which statement is NOT true of the majority of internal migrants within China?

Until the twentieth century,which East Asian country was the main source of wealth,technology,and culture in the region?

What is the name of the method for transliterating Chinese words into English?

Which of the following best describes the impact of SEZs and ETDZs in China?

East Asia is home to one-quarter of the Earth's people.

The extreme variation in daily and seasonal temperatures in East Asia's western zone is a climate characteristic exhibited by which of the following?

Which of the following was among China's internal reform strategies pursued in the 1980s?

The Chinese explorer who traveled across the Indian Ocean and down the eastern coast of Africa was:

Which of the following did NOT contribute to Japan's large-scale economic growth after World War II?

The post-Mao policy that decentralized decision making and put it into the hands of farmers,households,and communes is known as the:

Throughout the twentieth century,the economies of Taiwan,Korea,and Japan all grew tremendously.

After World War II,the Communist system in China redistributed private property back to its original owners.

Tibet is the highest part of East Asia.

With a shift toward regional specialization rather than regional self-sufficiency,China's coastal urban areas now focus on which of the following industries?

What has NOT been a result of labor shortages in China in recent years?

What is the name of the system in China whereby households are required to be registered in order to receive rights to housing,schools,and health care?

China has been able to drastically improve its economy without damaging its environment.

After taking power in 1949,China's Communist government sought to reduce regional variations in prosperity by encouraging each region to develop its own industrial and agricultural sectors that were independent of those of other regions.