Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Cambodia's Khmer...

Question 2

The social problems that developed within South Korea in the second half of the twentieth century were the result of

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A)  excessive urbanization and pollution of water and air. 
B)  a lack of sufficient national economic growth. 
C)  national achievements in land reform. 
D)  conflicts between traditional and modern values and. 
E)  military threats by China. 
A)  excessive urbanization and pollution of water and air. 
B)  a lack of sufficient national economic growth. 
C)  national achievements in land reform. 
D)  conflicts between traditional and modern values and. 
E)  military threats by China.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Indira Gandhi

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Indira Gandhi...

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Indonesia's General Suharto, B.J. Habibie, and Susilo Yudhyono

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Indonesia's General...

Question 5

Women in South and Southeast Asian societies

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A)  now have the right to divorce their husbands, to inherit and control money, and obtain a free education in every nation except India. 
B)  in Pakistan and Burma women now hold forty percent of all managerial positions in business. 
C)  are truly equal to men in India, but nowhere else in the region. 
D)  have higher status and more rights than women in other parts of Asia. 
E)  do not have political rights in any nation in the region. 
A)  now have the right to divorce their husbands, to inherit and control money, and obtain a free education in every nation except India. 
B)  in Pakistan and Burma women now hold forty percent of all managerial positions in business. 
C)  are truly equal to men in India, but nowhere else in the region. 
D)  have higher status and more rights than women in other parts of Asia. 
E)  do not have political rights in any nation in the region.

Question 6

What is true of Kashmir?

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A)  Its population is primarily Hindu. 
B)  Its population is primarily Christian. 
C)  It is mostly controlled by India. 
D)  It has been a buffer against violence between India and Pakistan. 
E)  It is a coastal region. 
A)  Its population is primarily Hindu. 
B)  Its population is primarily Christian. 
C)  It is mostly controlled by India. 
D)  It has been a buffer against violence between India and Pakistan. 
E)  It is a coastal region.

Question 7

In the 1950s, India

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A)  took a neutral, third-world position in the Cold War. 
B)  opposed United States "hegemonism" in the Philippines and Manchuria. 
C)  took the side of the Soviet Union in the Cold War. 
D)  opposed Chinese independence. 
E)  rejected the Marxist policies begun by Nehru. 
A)  took a neutral, third-world position in the Cold War. 
B)  opposed United States "hegemonism" in the Philippines and Manchuria. 
C)  took the side of the Soviet Union in the Cold War. 
D)  opposed Chinese independence. 
E)  rejected the Marxist policies begun by Nehru.

Question 8

According to the agreement between Great Britain and the People's Republic of China

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A)  the British were to leave in 1997, regardless of the welfare of the Hong Kong population. 
B)  the Chinese agreed to permit a half-century of largely self-governing capitalism in Hong Kong, after British rule ended. 
C)  the true nature of Hong Kong autonomy after the British left was not discussed. 
D)  the People's Republican Government ended Hong Kong's capitalist system. 
E)  Hong Kong was recognized as an independent nation by the People's Republic of China. 
A)  the British were to leave in 1997, regardless of the welfare of the Hong Kong population. 
B)  the Chinese agreed to permit a half-century of largely self-governing capitalism in Hong Kong, after British rule ended. 
C)  the true nature of Hong Kong autonomy after the British left was not discussed. 
D)  the People's Republican Government ended Hong Kong's capitalist system. 
E)  Hong Kong was recognized as an independent nation by the People's Republic of China.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
communalism

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communalism...

Question 10

The major dichotomy in Southeast Asia is the contrast between

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A)  men and women. 
B)  Chinese and Burmese. 
C)  villages and cities. 
D)  mountains and lowlands. 
E)  coastal and inland regions. 
A)  men and women. 
B)  Chinese and Burmese. 
C)  villages and cities. 
D)  mountains and lowlands. 
E)  coastal and inland regions.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
guided democracy

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Guided democracy, also known as managed

Question 12

The new Indian government in 1947

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A)  was based on that of the Soviet Union. 
B)  had a powerful president, as Nehru was an admirer of the United States constitution. 
C)  was based on the British system, with a figurehead president and a parliamentary form. 
D)  barred only two groups, Sikhs and harijans , from voting. 
E)  allowed for only one political party, the Congress Party. 
A)  was based on that of the Soviet Union. 
B)  had a powerful president, as Nehru was an admirer of the United States constitution. 
C)  was based on the British system, with a figurehead president and a parliamentary form. 
D)  barred only two groups, Sikhs and harijans , from voting. 
E)  allowed for only one political party, the Congress Party.

Question 13

As an assertion of youthful rebellion and independence, young people in Japan have

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A)  vandalized school buildings. 
B)  engaged in anti-homework protests. 
C)  dyed their hair blue. 
D)  dyed their hair brown. 
E)  started drinking beer. 
A)  vandalized school buildings. 
B)  engaged in anti-homework protests. 
C)  dyed their hair blue. 
D)  dyed their hair brown. 
E)  started drinking beer.

Question 14

Women in Japan comprise almost half of the workforce.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Kim Il Sung

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Kim Il Sung was the founding leader of t

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The country that suffered a domestic holocaust at the hands of the Khmer Rouge is

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A)  Thailand. 
B)  Cambodia. 
C)  Laos. 
D)  Burma. 
E)  Indonesia. 
A)  Thailand. 
B)  Cambodia. 
C)  Laos. 
D)  Burma. 
E)  Indonesia.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Congress Party

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Congress Party...

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
1997 financial crisis

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1997 financial...

Question 20

Which statement about the role of women in India today is FALSE ?

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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.

Exam 30: Toward the Pacific Century

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot

The social problems that developed within South Korea in the second half of the twentieth century were the result of

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indira Gandhi

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indonesia's General Suharto, B.J. Habibie, and Susilo Yudhyono

Women in South and Southeast Asian societies

What is true of Kashmir?

In the 1950s, India

According to the agreement between Great Britain and the People's Republic of China

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). communalism

The major dichotomy in Southeast Asia is the contrast between

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). guided democracy

The new Indian government in 1947

As an assertion of youthful rebellion and independence, young people in Japan have

Women in Japan comprise almost half of the workforce.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Kim Il Sung

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

The country that suffered a domestic holocaust at the hands of the Khmer Rouge is

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Congress Party

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1997 financial crisis

Which statement about the role of women in India today is FALSE ?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

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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