Question 1

One of the most tangible results of Nehru's Socialist policies in India was ​

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A) ​rebellion against his Five Year Plans. 
B) ​Industrial growth stalled out in the 1960's as a "scissors crisis" made consumer goods unaffordable for most. 
C) ​per capita income rose approximately 50 percent between 1950-1980. 
D) ​national medical care led to increasing life spans and a larger population. 
E) ​more efficient farming to support a massive population through Machine Tractor Stations. 
A) ​rebellion against his Five Year Plans. 
B) ​Industrial growth stalled out in the 1960's as a "scissors crisis" made consumer goods unaffordable for most. 
C) ​per capita income rose approximately 50 percent between 1950-1980. 
D) ​national medical care led to increasing life spans and a larger population. 
E) ​more efficient farming to support a massive population through Machine Tractor Stations.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Syngman Rhee and Chung Hee Park

Accepted Answer

Syngman Rhee and Park Chung-hee are two

Question 3

The treaties signed in September 1951 restored Japanese independence, ended Japanese claims to its former colonies and territories, and

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A) permitted the Soviet Union to control Hokkaido. 
B) created a defensive alliance between the Soviet Union and Japan. 
C) provided the United States with military bases in Japan. 
D) ended the entrenched social discrimination of Koreans resident in Japan. 
E) established Christianity along with Buddhism and Shintoism as Japan's official religions. 
A) permitted the Soviet Union to control Hokkaido. 
B) created a defensive alliance between the Soviet Union and Japan. 
C) provided the United States with military bases in Japan. 
D) ended the entrenched social discrimination of Koreans resident in Japan. 
E) established Christianity along with Buddhism and Shintoism as Japan's official religions.

Question 4

One of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia, the Petronas Towers, was built over the site of a British cricket club. ​

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Due to Cold War fears, the United States

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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 6

Identify the following terms.
-Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses

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Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" a

Question 7

How have the "everyday" options for women in Japan changed since World War 2? With what results? Have these changes been advantageous for women and/or Japan as a whole? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Since World War 2, the everyday options

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Hyderabad and Kashmir

Accepted Answer

Hyderabad and Kashmir are two distinct r

Question 9

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

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

Identify the following terms.
-zaibatsu and keiretsu

Accepted Answer

Zaibatsu and keiretsu are terms that ref

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Yukio Mishima and "Coca-Colonization"

Accepted Answer

Yukio Mishima was a prominent Japanese a

Question 13

Which of the following happened on July 1, 1997?

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A) Mao Zedong died. 
B) A military coup brought down the government of Singapore. 
C) Australia, New Zealand, and the United States formed a trade compact. 
D) Taiwan voted to form an independent republic. 
E) Hong Kong returned to mainland authority. 
A) Mao Zedong died. 
B) A military coup brought down the government of Singapore. 
C) Australia, New Zealand, and the United States formed a trade compact. 
D) Taiwan voted to form an independent republic. 
E) Hong Kong returned to mainland authority.

Question 14

What have been the most significant developments in India since the achievement of independence? Do recent events augur well for the future? Why or why not?

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Since achieving independence in 1947, In

Question 15

Unlike the other economies of East Asia, Hong Kong's economic development has taken place in a system employing

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A) unrestrained, free-market capitalism. 
B) direct state control of the economic sector. 
C) Communist Chinese support. 
D) massive British foreign aid programs. 
E) a socialist economic philosophy. 
A) unrestrained, free-market capitalism. 
B) direct state control of the economic sector. 
C) Communist Chinese support. 
D) massive British foreign aid programs. 
E) a socialist economic philosophy.

Question 16

President Sukarno of Indonesia

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A) was actually from Sri Lanka and arrived in the Dutch East Indies only in 1941. 
B) was a boring speaker, but was supported because of fear of his konfrontasi gangs. 
C) used economic aid from China and the Soviet Union to counter Western influence, and used domestic Indonesian Communists to counter domestic Muslim opponents. 
D) was pro-Western in both his domestic and foreign policies. 
E) was radically pro-Muslim. 
A) was actually from Sri Lanka and arrived in the Dutch East Indies only in 1941. 
B) was a boring speaker, but was supported because of fear of his konfrontasi gangs. 
C) used economic aid from China and the Soviet Union to counter Western influence, and used domestic Indonesian Communists to counter domestic Muslim opponents. 
D) was pro-Western in both his domestic and foreign policies. 
E) was radically pro-Muslim.

Question 17

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

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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.

Question 18

What evidence are there of the survival of Confucian values in the nations of East Asia? What Confucian values seem to have been lost? Why?

Accepted Answer

The evidence of the survival of Confucia

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and General Ne Win

Accepted Answer

Aung San Suu Kyi and General Ne Win are

Question 20

Which Korean term is equivalent to the Japanese term zaibatsu?

Accepted Answer

A) Cobola. 
B) Chaebol. 
C) Migheo. 
D) Pusana. 
E) Taegu. 
A) Cobola. 
B) Chaebol. 
C) Migheo. 
D) Pusana. 
E) Taegu.

Exam 30: Toward the Pacific Century

One of the most tangible results of Nehru's Socialist policies in India was ​

Identify the following terms. -Syngman Rhee and Chung Hee Park

The treaties signed in September 1951 restored Japanese independence, ended Japanese claims to its former colonies and territories, and

One of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia, the Petronas Towers, was built over the site of a British cricket club. ​

Due to Cold War fears, the United States

Identify the following terms. -Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses

How have the "everyday" options for women in Japan changed since World War 2? With what results? Have these changes been advantageous for women and/or Japan as a whole? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Hyderabad and Kashmir

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.

The major dichotomy in Southeast Asia is the contrast between

Identify the following terms. -zaibatsu and keiretsu

Identify the following terms. -Yukio Mishima and "Coca-Colonization"

Which of the following happened on July 1, 1997?

What have been the most significant developments in India since the achievement of independence? Do recent events augur well for the future? Why or why not?

Unlike the other economies of East Asia, Hong Kong's economic development has taken place in a system employing

President Sukarno of Indonesia

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

What evidence are there of the survival of Confucian values in the nations of East Asia? What Confucian values seem to have been lost? Why?

Identify the following terms. -Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and General Ne Win

Which Korean term is equivalent to the Japanese term zaibatsu?

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One of the most tangible results of Nehru's Socialist policies in India was

One of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia, the Petronas Towers, was built over the site of a British cricket club.