Exam 9: East Asia

Name one benefit that SEZs offer to foreign investors.

Discuss the general impact of the one-child-per-family policy in China on the social fabric of the family as well as the burden it places on the offspring of a one-child family.

In what region of China would you find the original SEZs?

For much of the twentieth century,East Asia was dominated economically and politically by:

What country was responsible for the establishment of the North Korean regime?

Which East Asian country has been criticized for overfishing and for consuming endangered fish species?

Explain China's special economic zones.Why were these enacted and how have they impacted the cities where they have been established?

Most of China's Muslims are found in:

Since the introduction of the one-child-per-family policy,the birth rate in China has not declined appreciably.

China's government has enforced the one-child-per-family policy through monetary fines.

Name the two contrasting climate zones that dominate in East Asia.

In which East Asian indigenous group does a husband move in with his wife's family at marriage,and then inherit from his wife's family rather than his birth family?

From 1895 until 1945,Japan controlled an empire designed to provide a larger resource base to fuel its economy.

Complex civilizations first appeared in China about 1000 years ago.

Explain how China's Nationalist and Communist Parties vied for power in the twentieth century,and who was ultimately victorious and why.

Which of the following are the most characteristic of the western part of East Asia?

The policy initiated by Mao Zedong that discriminated against intellectuals,sent professionals to work in the mines,and encouraged children to turn in their parents was known as the:

What is the name of the primary river on the North China Plain?

Which of the following was NOT a change made to the Chinese economy following the death of Chairman Mao in the 1980s?

Economic reforms instituted in China following the death of Mao have generally not been successful at improving China's growth rate and presence in world markets.