Question 1

Which of the following was NOT a Chinese invention?

Accepted Answer

A)  papermaking 
B)  gunpowder 
C)  wine 
D)  printing 
A)  papermaking 
B)  gunpowder 
C)  wine 
D)  printing

Question 2

Japan has one of the few remaining communist governments in the region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Who are the original "Overseas Chinese?"

Accepted Answer

A)  immigrants to North America from China 
B)  Chinese ethnic minorities who live in China's difficult-to-access interior 
C)  Chinese immigrants living in Great Britain and its colonies 
D)  the urban commercial class of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, who are descended from early Chinese migrants 
A)  immigrants to North America from China 
B)  Chinese ethnic minorities who live in China's difficult-to-access interior 
C)  Chinese immigrants living in Great Britain and its colonies 
D)  the urban commercial class of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, who are descended from early Chinese migrants

Question 4

Modern-day Chinese government bureaucracies were first put into place by the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ching Empire. 
B)  Qin Empire. 
C)  Yuan Empire. 
D)  Mongolian Empire. 
A)  Ching Empire. 
B)  Qin Empire. 
C)  Yuan Empire. 
D)  Mongolian Empire.

Question 5

China's involvement in the Opium Wars was an effort to prevent traders from what European country from exchanging opium for Chinese goods?

Accepted Answer

The answer of China's involvement in the Opium Wars was...

Question 6

Which series of wars led to the British taking over Hong Kong from China?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which series of wars led to the...

Question 7

Which statement is NOT true of Tibetan culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is primarily Buddhist. 
B)  It encourages female independence due to the large number of men living a short-term monastic life. 
C)  It prohibits women from riding horses. 
D)  Both men and women among Tibetan nomadic herders were allowed to have more than one spouse. 
A)  It is primarily Buddhist. 
B)  It encourages female independence due to the large number of men living a short-term monastic life. 
C)  It prohibits women from riding horses. 
D)  Both men and women among Tibetan nomadic herders were allowed to have more than one spouse.

Question 8

Which of the following strategies has NOT been used by China to dominate Tibet?

Accepted Answer

A)  execution of the Dalai Lama 
B)  the massacre of Buddhist monks and nuns 
C)  investment in tourism infrastructure in Tibet 
D)  destruction of temples and monasteries 
A)  execution of the Dalai Lama 
B)  the massacre of Buddhist monks and nuns 
C)  investment in tourism infrastructure in Tibet 
D)  destruction of temples and monasteries

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  narrow peninsula 
B)  continental interior 
C)  coastal region 
D)  equatorial region 
A)  narrow peninsula 
B)  continental interior 
C)  coastal region 
D)  equatorial region

Question 10

Which country has NOT established a state-aided market economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  North Korea 
B)  South Korea 
C)  Japan 
D)  Taiwan 
A)  North Korea 
B)  South Korea 
C)  Japan 
D)  Taiwan

Question 11

Name one of the two European countries that first visited East Asia in the mid-1400s bearing food crops endemic to the Americas.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Name one of the two European countries...

Question 12

Most of the land in East Asia can support agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Tibet is the highest part of East Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the name of the highly...

Question 15

All representatives to the National People's Congress, China's highest legislative body, are appointed by the Communist Party elite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What economic group does Confucian ideology view as a necessary evil and disruptive of the social order?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What economic group does Confucian ideology view...

Question 17

Name two manufacturing innovations pioneered in Japan following World War II.

Accepted Answer

the just-in-time sys

Question 18

China's ruling Communist Party maintains that China is a democracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a serious criticism of China's Three Gorges Dam?

Accepted Answer

A)  The hydroelectric power generated by the dam will not be significant. 
B)  The dam is constructed over a seismic fault. 
C)  The giant sturgeon's spawning grounds have been lost, and the fish may become extinct. 
D)  Cracks in the dam raise doubts regarding its structural integrity. 
A)  The hydroelectric power generated by the dam will not be significant. 
B)  The dam is constructed over a seismic fault. 
C)  The giant sturgeon's spawning grounds have been lost, and the fish may become extinct. 
D)  Cracks in the dam raise doubts regarding its structural integrity.

Question 20

Where are GDP per capita rates higher in China?

Accepted Answer

A)  on the interior 
B)  along the coastal perimeter 
C)  in the North 
D)  in the South 
A)  on the interior 
B)  along the coastal perimeter 
C)  in the North 
D)  in the South

Which of the following was NOT a Chinese invention?

Japan has one of the few remaining communist governments in the region.

Who are the original "Overseas Chinese?"

Modern-day Chinese government bureaucracies were first put into place by the:

China's involvement in the Opium Wars was an effort to prevent traders from what European country from exchanging opium for Chinese goods?

Which series of wars led to the British taking over Hong Kong from China?

Which statement is NOT true of Tibetan culture?

Which of the following strategies has NOT been used by China to dominate Tibet?

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 country has NOT established a state-aided market economy?

Name one of the two European countries that first visited East Asia in the mid-1400s bearing food crops endemic to the Americas.

Most of the land in East Asia can support agriculture.

Tibet is the highest part of 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?

All representatives to the National People's Congress, China's highest legislative body, are appointed by the Communist Party elite.

What economic group does Confucian ideology view as a necessary evil and disruptive of the social order?

Name two manufacturing innovations pioneered in Japan following World War II.

China's ruling Communist Party maintains that China is a democracy.

Which of the following is NOT a serious criticism of China's Three Gorges Dam?

Where are GDP per capita rates higher in China?

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Exam 9: East Asia

Which of the following was NOT a Chinese invention?

Japan has one of the few remaining communist governments in the region.

Who are the original "Overseas Chinese?"

Modern-day Chinese government bureaucracies were first put into place by the:

China's involvement in the Opium Wars was an effort to prevent traders from what European country from exchanging opium for Chinese goods?

Which series of wars led to the British taking over Hong Kong from China?

Which statement is NOT true of Tibetan culture?

Which of the following strategies has NOT been used by China to dominate Tibet?

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 country has NOT established a state-aided market economy?

Name one of the two European countries that first visited East Asia in the mid-1400s bearing food crops endemic to the Americas.

Most of the land in East Asia can support agriculture.

Tibet is the highest part of 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?

All representatives to the National People's Congress, China's highest legislative body, are appointed by the Communist Party elite.

What economic group does Confucian ideology view as a necessary evil and disruptive of the social order?

Name two manufacturing innovations pioneered in Japan following World War II.

China's ruling Communist Party maintains that China is a democracy.

Which of the following is NOT a serious criticism of China's Three Gorges Dam?

Where are GDP per capita rates higher in China?

Geography: an Exploration of Connections

North America

Middle and South America

Europe

Russia and the Post-Soviet States

North Africa and Southwest Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Filters