Question 1

What is the primary function of the Japanese governmental agency,MITI?

Accepted Answer

A) promote trade and export production 
B) promote and preserve Japanese culture 
C) provide food and housing for the elderly 
D) provide standards for education,especially higher education 
E) none of these

Question 2

The belief that the physical attributes of places can be analyzed and manipulated to improve the flow of cosmic energy that binds all living things is called:

Accepted Answer

A) feng shui 
B) Confucianism 
C) Shintoism 
D) pinyin 
E) manga

Question 3

Japanese print cartoon books are called:

Accepted Answer

A) Anime 
B) Manga 
C) Pokemon 
D) feng shui 
E) hutongs

Question 4

Which dynasty extended the Chinese empire westward?

Accepted Answer

A) Han 
B) Sui 
C) Xia 
D) Ming 
E) none of these

Question 5

The Daimyos were the Japanese ________ during feudalism.

Accepted Answer

A) nobility 
B) barons 
C) warriors 
D) peasants 
E) none of these

Question 6

Currently,the youngest head of state in the world is ________ of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Kim Jong Il/North Korea 
B) Kim Jong Il/South Korea 
C) Kim Il Sung/North Korea 
D) Kim Jong-un/North Korea 
E) Kim Jong-up/South Korea

Question 7

Which of the following Outer China regions is dominated by rugged mountains with intermontane basins of needle-leaf forests,alpine meadows and marshes?

Accepted Answer

A) Tibetan Plateau 
B) Inner Mongolia 
C) Northwestern China 
D) Pearl River delta 
E) none of these

Question 8

The first leader of China under a Communist government was:

Accepted Answer

A) Mao Zedong 
B) Chiang Kai-shek 
C) Kim Il Sung 
D) Sun Yat-Sen 
E) Chou En-Lai

Question 9

All of these countries are mostly urban,except:

Accepted Answer

A) China 
B) Japan 
C) South Korea 
D) North Korea 
E) Taiwan

Question 10

What parallel was agreed to as the border between North Korea and South Korea?

Accepted Answer

A) 28th parallel 
B) 38th parallel 
C) 48th parallel 
D) A parallel is not the basis for the border between North Korea and South Korea. 
E) none of these

Question 11

Most people in China speak this Chinese language.

Accepted Answer

A) Mandarin 
B) Cantonese 
C) Pinyin 
D) Hui 
E) Wu

Question 12

What is silk?

Accepted Answer

A) synthetic fiber produced from cellulose or petroleum 
B) a fine quality of cotton 
C) a fine quality of wool 
D) fiber produced by the caterpillar of a moth 
E) none of these

Question 13

China has offered to give Taiwan this political status if it rejoins the mainland under one government.

Accepted Answer

A) national capital 
B) province 
C) autonomous region 
D) special administrative region 
E) internal republic

Question 14

Hydraulic Civilizations are those that survive,thrive,and expand based on their ability to control water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Where are most of the Special Economic Zones in China located?

Accepted Answer

A) along the coast 
B) deep in the interior 
C) surrounding the capital 
D) The Special Economic Zones have no particular geographic orientation. 
E) none of these

Question 16

In China,boys are considered more worthy than girls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

This belief system is distinctly Japanese,and most of its followers are Japanese.

Accepted Answer

A) Daoism 
B) Confucianism 
C) Shinto 
D) Animism 
E) Daimyo

Question 18

The Shoguns were the Japanese warriors during the feudal period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Hong Kong was a ________ colony during most of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Accepted Answer

A) British 
B) Japanese 
C) American 
D) Korean 
E) Chinese

Question 20

The Northern Regime in East Asia is:

Accepted Answer

A) subhumid 
B) humid 
C) semiarid 
D) temperate 
E) none of these

Exam 8: East Asia

What is the primary function of the Japanese governmental agency,MITI?

The belief that the physical attributes of places can be analyzed and manipulated to improve the flow of cosmic energy that binds all living things is called:

Japanese print cartoon books are called:

Which dynasty extended the Chinese empire westward?

The Daimyos were the Japanese ________ during feudalism.

Currently,the youngest head of state in the world is of .

Which of the following Outer China regions is dominated by rugged mountains with intermontane basins of needle-leaf forests,alpine meadows and marshes?

The first leader of China under a Communist government was:

All of these countries are mostly urban,except:

What parallel was agreed to as the border between North Korea and South Korea?

Most people in China speak this Chinese language.

What is silk?

China has offered to give Taiwan this political status if it rejoins the mainland under one government.

Hydraulic Civilizations are those that survive,thrive,and expand based on their ability to control water.

Where are most of the Special Economic Zones in China located?

In China,boys are considered more worthy than girls.

This belief system is distinctly Japanese,and most of its followers are Japanese.

The Shoguns were the Japanese warriors during the feudal period.

Hong Kong was a ________ colony during most of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Northern Regime in East Asia is: