Deck 7: Asia and Eurasia

Question 1

The Confucian Cultural Circle includes

A) The entire Asia
B) Some countries in East and Southeast Asia
C) China and Japan

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following religious traditions did not originate in China?

A) Buddhism
B) Confucianism
C) Daoism

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is stressed as an important value in Confucianism?

A) Rule of law
B) Benevolent government
C) Individual rights and equality

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not included in the caste system of Hinduism as a distinct class?

A) The priests
B) The warriors
C) The merchants

Question 5

Which of the following factors did not contribute to China's Republican revolution of 1911 ?

A) Inept governance of the Qing Dynasty
B) Violations of Chinese sovereignty by Western powers
C) Spread of Communism

Question 6

Manchukuo was set up by

A) The Nationalists
B) Remaining forces of the Qing royal house
C) The Japanese

Question 7

Who led the economic reform in China in the late 1970s?

A) Mao Tze-tung
B) Deng Xiaoping
C) Sun Yat-sen

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Hindu tradition?

A) Rule by elders in villages
B) Caste system
C) Centralized government in the national capital

Question 9

Which of the following is true about the Muslim population in India?

A) Over several centuries, they merged with the Hindu population into a highly homogeneous society and culture
B) They left India when the Mughal Dynasty collapsed
C) The Muslim population and the Hindu population never fully reconciled over their conflictual relationship.

Question 10

What was the main purpose of the Indian nationalist movement?

A) To integrate the Muslim population fully into the Indian society
B) To completely democratize India
C) To articulate the interests of the Indian elites

Question 11

Which of the following is not a main theme in India's path of political modernization?

A) Quick industrialization
B) A 'love/hate' relationship with British colonial legacies
C) A weak national identity

Question 12

In Confucianism, the idea of "people as the roots" means

A) People's welfare is the basis of the government's political legitimacy
B) People are at the bottom of the society
C) People are the roots of economic development

Question 13

Which of the following is true about the fate of Confucianism in China's political development in the past century?

A) Confucianism has been completely eliminated and replaced by the Communist ideology
B) There is a substantial overlap between key values in Confucianism and those in Communism
C) Confucianism is not discussed at all in contemporary Chinese politics and society.

Question 14

Which of the following model is adopted by a Developmental State?

A) Plan rational
B) Plan ideological
C) Market rational

Question 15

Which of the following factors most directly accounts for Japan's economic miracle?

A) Collaboration between the bureaucracy, the parliament, and the industry
B) Economic aid from the US
C) Politics of the Cold War

Question 16

Which of the following groups founded the Indian National Congress party?

A) A group of Indian elites who fought to be included in civil service of the British colonial government
B) Enlightened politicians in Britain
C) Mohandas Gandhi and his followers

Question 17

Which is true about the democratic political structure established in India when it gained independence in 1947?

A) The British influences are patently manifested in India's design of modern political institutions.
B) This new Indian political structure tried to adopt the decentralized, village-based governance embraced in Hinduism.
C) This new system would witness a truly multiple-party democracy where different parties take turns to govern the country.

Question 18

The split of the North and South Koreas took place

A) During the Japanese colonial rule
B) During WWII
C) at the beginning of the Cold War

Question 19

In China, the revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen established

A) The Nationalist Party
B) The Communist Party
C) The Congress Party

Question 20

The division between mainland China and Taiwan was a results of

A) Decades-long power struggle between the Nationalists and Communists
B) Power struggle between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War
C) Power struggle between China and Japan

Question 21

In Confucianism, the government's political legitimacy is based on the idea of

A) Hierarchy
B) Harmony
C) People's livelihood

Question 22

Which political leader declared emergency rule in India in the mid-1970s?

A) Indira Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mohandas Gandhi

Question 23

Asia as a concept was invented by

A) The Asians
B) The Europeans
C) The United Nations

Question 24

This chapter discusses the developmental paths of Asian countries. Which of the following statement is not true?

A) All Asian states share an identical path of political and economic modernization.
B) Modernization in all major Asian countries exhibit significant influences from the West.
C) The traditional culture and history of each country has established strong cultural and social foundations and context for their political modernization.

Question 25

In China, Mao Tse-tung led the 1911 revolutionary that established the Republic of China.

Question 26

The Great Leap Forward was a movement initiated by the Chinese government in 1958 to quickly modernize the country's industry and agriculture.

Question 27

Indira Ghandi is the daughter of Mohandas Gandhi.

Question 28

Historically, Asia has been referred to as the Orient

Question 29

Two of the BRICS countries are in Asia.

Question 30

Islam is one of the major religions developed during the Axial age in Asia.

Question 31

In Hinduism, dharma denotes a set of principles that regulate political and interpersonal relations.

Question 32

Supporters of the Indian nationalist movement unanimously advocated for expelling the British colonizers.

Question 33

From the mid-19^th century, Russia began to actively incorporate Central Asia into its territory or sphere of influence.

Question 34

In the second half of 20^th century, China, Japan, and India have all been governed by one dominant party.

Question 35

What are the major similarities and differences between the paths of political development of India, China, and Japan?

Question 36

How is political legitimacy defined in Confucianism?

Question 37

What are the major themes of political development in India? How has each shaped India's political modernization processes in the past century or so?

Question 38

How has the West influenced political development in Asia? How would you evaluate such influences?

Question 39

What are the legacies of colonialism in political development in Asia?