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By 2100, Japan's current population of 128 million is expected to shrink to about _____ million: a) 50 b) 65 c) 95 d) 105 e) 120

North and South Korea may be said to be in a situation of _______________. a) joint state capitalism b) high-mass-consumption economic development c) areal functional specialization d) regional complementarity e) industrial inertia

The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was _______________. a) defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the control of Japan b) victory for the South, which soon became communist c) a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country d) a short pause, followed by renewed war that still drags on to this day

South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as ________________. a) communism b) laissez-faire capitalism c) globalization d) state capitalism e) socialism

Taiwan was at one time a colony of ______________. a) Russia b) the United States c) Japan d) the Netherlands e) Britain

Taiwan is located off the coast of ______________. a) Russia b) China c) Korea d) Vietnam e) Japan

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger? a) Hong Kong b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Taiwan e) Singapore

There is a dispute among China, Japan, and Taiwan over these islands in the East China Sea: a) Kurile Islands b) Okinawa Islands c) Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands d) Ryukyu Islands e) the Philippine Islands

The Huang He: A) drains the Xi/Pearl River Basin B) flows into the South China Sea C) almost encircles the Ordos Desert D) flows from the Loess Plateau eastward toward its mouth at Shanghai E) originates in the Sichuan Basin

The main river serving the hinterland of Shanghai is the: A) Xi/Pearl B) Huang He C) Chang-Yangzi D) Amur E) Songhua

The southernmost of China's three great rivers is the: A) Huang He B) Chang-Yangzi C) Xi/Pearl D) Liao E) Amur

. Taiwan is currently ___________.A) an Autonomous Region in China B) an independent political entity in East Asia C) a Chinese Shi D) a Special Economic Zone in China E) a Chinese concession

Which river is found in Guangdong Province? A) Huang He B) Yangzi C) Songhua D) Chang Jiang E) Pearl

Which of the following is not located in Northeast China? A) the Liao River basin B) the country's Rustbelt C) the Songhua River basin D) the city of Harbin E) the ancient city of Xian

The North China Plain is dominated by the: A) lower Huang He B) Loess Plateau C) city of Shanghai D) Pearl River estuary E) Ordos Desert

The two major cities on the North China Plain are: A) Beijing and Shanghai B) Beijing and Tianjin C) Harbin and Xian D) Seoul and Osaka E) Singapore and Hong Kong

The Gobi Desert is most closely associated with which Chinese region? A) the North China Plain B) Northeast China C) Inner Mongolia D) Xinjiang E) Xizang

. The dominant economic region of China, propelled by forces of globalization, is: A) the Sichuan Basin B) the Russian border zone C) the Pacific Rim D) the Three Gorges Dam area E) the Jakota Triangle

Which of the following statements is incorrect? A) Hong Kong is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. B) Hong Kong possesses no mineral resources. C) Hong Kong has many persons with entrepreneurial skills who originally came as refugees from Communist China. D) Before 1997 a significant proportion of China's foreign trade went through Hong Kong. E) As soon as China took over Hong Kong, the economies of both Hong Kong and Shenzhen took off.

The Meiji Restoration _________________________. A) marked the demise of the Shogun Dynasty B) marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and military transformation C) triggered the shift of the country's capital city to Kyoto D) halted Japan's explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since about 1890 E) occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered in World War II

. Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's capital city was: A) Honshu B) Tokyo C) Edo D) Kansai E) Kyoto

The capital of Japan was moved: A) from Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948 to assert claims to the Kurile islands lost to Russia at the end of World War II B) from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers C) to Hiroshima after World War II D) has always been located in Osaka E) to the newly-planned city of Nippon in 1946

Which of the following statements is incorrect? A) Most Japanese are live in northern most Hokkaido island. B) Japan has one of the most homogenous populations of its size in the world. C) The Ainu were the first inhabitants of Japan. D) Shoguns were military rulers in Japan. E) Japan remained isolated for many years until U.S. warships sailed into Japanese harbors in the 1850s.

Japan's largest and main island, containing the Japanese capital and almost all of its core area, is: A) Kyushu B) Honshu C) Shikoku D) Hokkaido E) Sakhalin

The largest metropolitan complex in Japan is: A) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki B) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto C) Kyoto-Nagoya D) Hiroshima-Nagasaki E) Osaka-Hokkaido

Japan's recent economic problems are a result of all of the following except: A) heavy dependence on foreign oil B) the rise of competing economic powers in East Asia C) financial mismanagement D) losses in investments made in other countries E) three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in 200,000 deaths and billions of yen in losses

Which of the following statements about Japan is incorrect? A) Relations with Russia are strained as a result of a longstanding dispute over the Kurile islands closest to Japan B) Relations with China are difficult because of memories of Japanese (unapologized-for) behavior during World War II C) The population of Japan is aging, thereby creating labor shortages D) Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life in Japan E) Japan has numerous ethnic minorities that create significant internal strife

Which of the following statements is incorrect? A) The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. B) Taiwan exports personal computers. C) More than 23 million people live on Taiwan. D) The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese. E) The Chungyang Mountains .

Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was first proclaimed in 1912: A) Hong Kong B) Lhasa C) Taipei D) Macau

IncorrectQuestion 22

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The most recent Special Economic Zone (SEZ) created by the Chinese government is _____________.

Pudong

Binhai

Xiamen

Chongqing

Zhuhai

Question 23

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According to Figure 10-7, which of these locations was not designated as an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)?

Beijing

Pudong

Shenzhen

Hainan Island

Binhai New Area

IncorrectQuestion 24

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According to Figure 10-7:

Both Mongolia and North Korea are nuclear powers.

China, South Korea, and Japan have nuclear weapons.

China lags behind Japan and South Korea in the number of nuclear energy generation sites.

South Korea and Japan have enough nuclear weapons to destroy China.

North Korea isn’t even close to developing a nuclear weapon.

Question 25

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Which of the following is NOT a Special Economic Zone?

Shenzhen

Hainan Island

Xiamen

Hong Kong

Shantou

Question 26

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South Korea has developed under a socialist system since 1945.

True

False

IncorrectQuestion 27

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Although the Communist Party controls the government of China, its economic policies are generally capitalist.

True

False

Question 28

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China’s population has many more females than males.

True

False

Question 29

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North and South Korea are now in the process of reuniting into a single country.

True

False

Question 30

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Mongolia is a classic example of a buffer state.

True

False

Question 31

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Xinjiang and Xizang are two of the most densely populated regions of China.

True

False

Question 32

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The island of Hokkaido lies outside of Japan's core area.

True

False

Question 33

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The economies of North and South Korea are complementary, and both states would have much to gain by reunification.

True

False

Question 34

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China falls far short of producing all of its fossil fuel needs.

True

False

Question 35

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According to Figure 10-7, it appears that China has the greatest number of nuclear power plants in East Asia.

True

False

IncorrectQuestion 36

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Mao Zedong launched a movement of great upheaval in the late 1960s known as the ___ to prevent “revisionism” and to rekindle enthusiasm for the Chinese communist system.

IncorrectQuestion 37

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The leader named ________________ guided China into a new economic era following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.

Question 38

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The bulk of the population of China lives in the ___ part of the country.

IncorrectQuestion 39

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The name “Yangzi” is given to the lower course of the ___ River.

Question 40

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The region of China formerly known as Manchuria, is today called the ___.

Quiz Score: 34 out of 40

In the first stage of the demographic transition both birth rates and death rates are high.

True

The demographic transition model describes changes in birth rates, death rates, and population growth over time.

True

The first indigenous empire in the South Asian realm was the:

Mauryan

The approximate percentage of India s population that lives in urban areas is:

The Buddhist majority population of Sri Lanka is known as the:

Sinhalese

Nepal is currently considered to be a failed state.

True

Which city lost a good part of its hinterland to (then) Pakistan in the partitioning of British India?

Calcutta (Kolkata)

Pakistan s Baluchistan s province borders Iran to the west.

True

In the second stage of the demographic transition, the population expands.

True

The former state of East Pakistan, which separated from West Pakistan after a brief war in 1971, is now called ____________.

Bangladesh

The partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into the modern states of India and Pakistan occurred in the year ___________.

1947

Sex ratios in India are most skewed in poorer parts of the country.

False

Which of the following is the core area of Pakistan?

Punjab

Hindi is part of the Dravidian language family.

False

Which of the following is not located in Pakistan?

Deccan Plateau

Much of Bangladesh s land lies close to sea level, leaving the country prone to frequent flooding.

True

Bangladesh has one of the highest arithmetic densities in the world today.

False

The mountain range containing Mt. Everest, the world s highest peak, is called the _________.

Himalayas

The population of Bangladesh is nearly 50 percent larger than that of Pakistan.

False

The Sikhs are concentrated in India s Punjab.

True

Which of the following is not an Indo-European language?

Telugu

Sikhism is a blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs.

True

The majority of Kashmir s population is Hindu.

False

India s Muslim population now constitutes less than 2% of the country s population.

False

India today is probably in the ______ stage of its demographic transition.

third

he caste system is most associated with which of the following religions:

Hinduism

The reason for Bangladesh s vulnerability to natural disasters is because of its ______________________.

lowland physiography

India today is the world s second most populous state.

True

The majority of Sri Lanka s people are Hindus.

False

Which of the following provinces of Pakistan received largest groups of refugees from Afghanistan?

North West Frontier

The social stratification that dominates Hindu India is known as the ________ system.

caste

The plateau extending across most of India is known as the ________.

Deccan

The two countries of South Asia s Mountainous North are:

Nepal and Bhutan

Under certain circumstances a high population can be considered a human resource.

True

Which of the following statements about Napal is incorrect?

Agriculture is a success story.

Question 33

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The Indian coastal city long known as Bombay is today officially named Kolkata.

True

False

Question 34

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The Indo-Europeans were also known as Aryans.

True

False

Question 35

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According to Figure 9-16, Pakistan's current capital is smaller in population size than its former capital, Karachi.

True

False

Question 36

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Bhutan is a buffer state between India and ___

Question 37

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The mountain range containing Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, is called the ___.

Question 38

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The plateau extending across most of India is known as the ___.

Question 39

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The social stratification that dominates Hindu India is known as the ___ system.

Question 40

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The partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into the modern states of India and Pakistan occurred in the year ___.

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The country located immediately northwest of India is __________. a) China b) Kashmir c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan e) Pakistan

e) Pakistan

The leading river of Pakistan is the ________. a) Tigris b) Ganges c) Brahmaputra d) Indus e) Irrawaddy

d) Indus

The huge volcanic plateau that extends across most of southern India is known as the ________. a) Ghats b) Double Delta c) Sindh d) Deccan e) Malabar

d) Deccan

The belt of river lowlands that extends across northern South Asia lies between _________ and ________. a) the Himalaya; the Deccan plateau b) the Ganges; Indus rivers c) the Eastern Ghats; Western Ghats d) Pakistan; Bangladesh e) Punjab; Afghanistan

a) the Himalaya; the Deccan plateau

The coastal edges of the Deccan plateau are marked by highlands known as the _______________. a) Afghans b) Ghats c) Aryans d) Muslim Kushes e) Hindu Kushes

b) Ghats

The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions: a) Taliban b) Islam c) Buddhism d) Hinduism e) Sanskrit

d) Hinduism

Which of the following is NOT an Indo-European language? a) Telugu b) Hindi c) Bengali d) Punjabi e) Gujarati

a) Telugu

The earliest and fullest conversion of adherents to Islam in the South Asian realm occurred in the ____________. a) Ganges Valley b) Deccan Plateau c) Indus Valley d) Double Delta e) Brahmaputra Valley

c) Indus Valley

The majority of India's languages belong to the language family known as __________. a) Indo-European b) Dravidian c) Sino-Tibetan d) Offshore Asian e) Malay-Polynesian

b) Dravidian

Figure 8-4 shows that the Indus Valley civilization was located in which of South Asia's physiographic regions? a) the Northern Mountains b) the River Lowlands c) the Southern Plateaus d) the Eastern Highlands e) the Central Grasslands

b) the River Lowlands

East Pakistan became Bangladesh in ___________. a) 1857 b) 1918 c) 1947 d) 1971 e) 1991

d) 1971

India today is probably in the ______ stage of its demographic transition. a) first b) second c) third d) fourth e) final

c) third

Which of the following pair of states emerged from the 1947 partition of British India? a) Bhutan and Nepal b) India and Pakistan c) Kashmir and Afghanistan d) Ceylon and Sri Lanka e) Bangladesh and Burma

b) India and Pakistan

The component(s) of India in which tensions continue to boil over border demarcation is ________. a) Jammu and Kashmir b) the Bombay (Mumbai) metropolitan region c) the central Gangetic Plain d) the States to the northeast of Bangladesh e) the southernmost States of the peninsula

a) Jammu and Kashmir

Figure 8-7 shows that the territory called Aksai Chin is currently under this country's political control: a) India b) Pakistan c) China d) Afghanistan e) Nepal

c) China

The physiologic density of India is ________ the arithmetic population density. a) greater than b) less than c) equal to d) the inverse of e) directly proportional to

a) greater than

Which of the following countries in the South Asian realm has NOT had a female prime minister? a) Sri Lanka b) India c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Pakistan

d) Nepal

Economic growth in the South Asian realm has come about mostly as a result of ___________. a) a free-trade agreement with the United States b) increased trade with China c) an emphasis on modernizing agriculture d) migration to the United Kingdom and the United States e) neoliberal reforms

e) neoliberal reforms

Which of the following associations is INCORRECT? a) Sri Lanka and Colombo b) Bangladesh and Dhaka c) Nepal and Kathmandu d) Pakistan and New Delhi e) Bhutan and Thimphu

d) Pakistan and New Delhi

Which of the following is located the core area of Pakistan? a) Punjab b) Sindh c) the Indus Delta d) the Tribal Areas e) Balochistan

a) Punjab

Which of the following cities is located in Pakistan's Sindh region? a) Dhaka b) Kabol c) Islamabad d) Lahore e) Karachi

e) Karachi

More than half of Pakistan's exports consist of __________ a) cotton and textiles b) oil c) automobiles d) minerals e) foodstuffs

a) cotton and textiles

The approximate percentage of India's urban population is ____________. a) 30 b) 55 c) 70 d) 85 e) 95

a) 30

Dominant crops in India's agricultural system include all but which of the following? a) wheat b) soybeans c) rice d) millet e) chickpeas

b) soybeans

India's IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it NOT significant? a) Bengaluru b) Hyderabad c) Delhi/New Delhi d) Kolkata e) Mumbai

a) Bengaluru

The Muslim minority constitutes approximately ___ percent of the total population of India. a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 30 e) 45

b) 15

Hindutva is (are) ____________________. a) a movement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/or patriotism b) a sect of the Hindu religion that practices yoga c) the holiest Hindu shrine in northern India d) recent converts from Islam e) India's dominant language

a) a movement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/or patriotism

The highest-ranking, priestly caste in India is known as the ______________. a) Hindutva b) Brahmans c) Touchables d) Sikhs e) Dalits

b) Brahmans

The Untouchable caste in India is also known as the ________________. a) Hindu Kushes b) Harijans c) Brahmans d) Sikhs e) Tamils

b) Harijans

Which of the following statements about agriculture in India is INCORRECT? a) Wheat is grown in areas that are not moist enough to support rice cultivation. b) Wheat is grown in the east while rice dominates in the west. c) About half of rural families own less than 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of land. d) India contains more than 500,000 villages that cannot be accessed by truck or car. e) India's agricultural population is still larger than its urban population

b) Wheat is grown in the east while rice dominates in the west.

Which of the following cities is NOT connected to the Golden Quadrilateral superhighway that links India's main urban centers? a) Mumbai b) Dhaka c) Delhi d) Kolkata e) Chennai

b) Dhaka

Which of the following industries spearheaded the economic development of Bengaluru (Bangalore) over the past decade? a) coal mining b) oil refining c) cotton & textiles d) gambling and tourism e) information technology

c) cotton & textiles

In comparing India with China, which statement is INCORRECT? a) India's population growth rate continues to grow, whereas China's is starting to shrink. b) India has a larger middle class than China. c) The Chinese economy employs more people in manufacturing than does India's. d) India's IT industry is more important than China's. e) India's government is open and democratic, whereas China's is communist.

b) India has a larger middle class than China.

A widening regional economic disparity in India since 2000 has opened between ____________. a) Hindu and Muslim areas b) east and west c) north and south d) the coastal zone and the interior e) the uplands and riverine lowlands

b) east and west

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