Question 1

Which of the following was not a factor that promulgated Taiwanese industrial development?

Accepted Answer

A)  effective governmental support of economic development 
B)  U.S.-aided national security 
C)  acceptable level of infrastructure development 
D)  a poorly educated and unmotivated populace 
E)  a manageable population size 
A)  effective governmental support of economic development 
B)  U.S.-aided national security 
C)  acceptable level of infrastructure development 
D)  a poorly educated and unmotivated populace 
E)  a manageable population size

Question 2

Due to Cold War fears,the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  urged Japan to develop an army of twenty divisions after the outbreak of the Korean War. 
B)  acquiesced when the Japanese government established an organized labor movement. 
C)  established large military bases in China and Singapore in the late 1960s. 
D)  backed away from its policy of breaking up the zaibatsu. 
E)  urged the Japanese navy to patrol the Formosa Straits. 
A)  urged Japan to develop an army of twenty divisions after the outbreak of the Korean War. 
B)  acquiesced when the Japanese government established an organized labor movement. 
C)  established large military bases in China and Singapore in the late 1960s. 
D)  backed away from its policy of breaking up the zaibatsu. 
E)  urged the Japanese navy to patrol the Formosa Straits.

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Rajiv Gandhi

Accepted Answer

Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician wh

Question 4

India seized most of Kashmir in 1948 because of its largely Hindu population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Benazir Bhutto

Accepted Answer

Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politicia

Question 6

Indira Gandhi

Accepted Answer

A)  developed a policy of forced sterilization to try to cut population growth. 
B)  abandoned her father's activist policies to aid the poor. 
C)  used troops to attack and secure the Hindu Golden Temple in Agra. 
D)  was assassinated by her Buddhist bodyguards. 
E)  was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi. 
A)  developed a policy of forced sterilization to try to cut population growth. 
B)  abandoned her father's activist policies to aid the poor. 
C)  used troops to attack and secure the Hindu Golden Temple in Agra. 
D)  was assassinated by her Buddhist bodyguards. 
E)  was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi.

Question 7

One of the challenges facing East Asia and beyond is South Korea's development of nuclear weapons and the threat to use them against North Korea in order to unify the peninsula.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-East Timor

Accepted Answer

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, i

Question 9

The customary "government party" in Japan between the 1950s and 1993 was the

Accepted Answer

A)  People's Action Party. 
B)  Liberal Democratic Party. 
C)  Socialist Party. 
D)  Social Democratic Party. 
E)  Party of the Republic. 
A)  People's Action Party. 
B)  Liberal Democratic Party. 
C)  Socialist Party. 
D)  Social Democratic Party. 
E)  Party of the Republic.

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Jawaharlal Nehru and "democratic socialism"

Accepted Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru was a central figure in

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Congress Party

Accepted Answer

The Congress Party, officially known as

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Japan's Liberal Democrats and Socialists

Accepted Answer

Japan's Liberal Democrats refer to the L

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-harijans/dalits

Accepted Answer

Harijans and Dalits are terms used to de

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Hyderabad and Kashmir

Accepted Answer

Hyderabad and Kashmir are two distinct r

Question 15

Which of the following statements is not correct about the role of women in India today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Female children are less likely to be educated than are their male counterparts. 
B)  There is a more positive attitude toward female education and employment. 
C)  Gender relationships in urban India have been affected by the consequences of independence. 
D)  Traditional domestic behavior is still an accepted part of Indian female deportment. 
E)  Rural Indian women often have greater advantages than urban women. 
A)  Female children are less likely to be educated than are their male counterparts. 
B)  There is a more positive attitude toward female education and employment. 
C)  Gender relationships in urban India have been affected by the consequences of independence. 
D)  Traditional domestic behavior is still an accepted part of Indian female deportment. 
E)  Rural Indian women often have greater advantages than urban women.

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-communalism

Accepted Answer

Communalism is a term used to describe a

Question 17

What kinds of environmental problems are currently being faced by the nations of southern and eastern Asia? How have the region's political leaders sought to deal with the problems?

Accepted Answer

Southern and eastern Asia are currently

Question 18

Which of the following statements best characterizes the nature of India today?

Accepted Answer

A)  India, unlike China, has rejected its cultural traditions and adopted those of the West. 
B)  The majority of India's population is part of a large and growing middle class. 
C)  India's economy is a perfect model of the modern, successful socialist state. 
D)  India today is a nation of contrasts, with nearly one-third of its population living in poverty. 
E)  Rural and urban poverty in India is rapidly becoming the norm for the first time in Indian history. 
A)  India, unlike China, has rejected its cultural traditions and adopted those of the West. 
B)  The majority of India's population is part of a large and growing middle class. 
C)  India's economy is a perfect model of the modern, successful socialist state. 
D)  India today is a nation of contrasts, with nearly one-third of its population living in poverty. 
E)  Rural and urban poverty in India is rapidly becoming the norm for the first time in Indian history.

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Urdu and Bengali

Accepted Answer

Urdu and Bengali are both languages spok

Exam 30: Toward the Pacific Century

Which of the following was not a factor that promulgated Taiwanese industrial development?

Due to Cold War fears,the United States

Identify the following terms. -Rajiv Gandhi

India seized most of Kashmir in 1948 because of its largely Hindu population.

Identify the following terms. -Benazir Bhutto

Indira Gandhi

One of the challenges facing East Asia and beyond is South Korea's development of nuclear weapons and the threat to use them against North Korea in order to unify the peninsula.

Identify the following terms. -East Timor

The customary "government party" in Japan between the 1950s and 1993 was the

Identify the following terms. -Jawaharlal Nehru and "democratic socialism"

Identify the following terms. -Congress Party

Identify the following terms. -Japan's Liberal Democrats and Socialists

Identify the following terms. -harijans/dalits

Identify the following terms. -Hyderabad and Kashmir

Which of the following statements is not correct about the role of women in India today?

Identify the following terms. -communalism

What kinds of environmental problems are currently being faced by the nations of southern and eastern Asia? How have the region's political leaders sought to deal with the problems?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the nature of India today?

Identify the following terms. -Urdu and Bengali

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism Revolution and Dictatorship: Asia the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

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