Deck 8: East Asia

Question 1

What is the largest and most notorious river for flooding in East Asia?

A)Xi
B)Mekong
C)Huang He
D)Ordos
E)Chang Jiang

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Where has East Asian biodiversity thrived in the last decades?

A)Himalayan highlands
B)northwestern China
C)Japanese archipelago
D)demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
E)all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The northern regime in East Asia is:

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following Outer China regions is a geological massif and has the youngest,highest plateau in the world?

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

Question 5

The South China Sea,the East China Sea,and the Yellow Sea are part of what water body?

A)the Pacific Ocean
B)the Atlantic Ocean
C)the Indian Ocean
D)both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
E)none of these

Question 6

Which dynasty extended the Chinese empire westward?

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

Question 7

What country is the fastest-growing emitter of greenhouse gases in the world?

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

Question 8

The ________ in East Asia is humid and subtropical.

A)Northern Regime
B)Southern Regime
C)Western Regime
D)Eastern Regime
E)none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following western regions is mostly a mixture of steppe and semi-desert?

A)Tibetan Plateau
B)Inner Mongolia
C)Japanese Archipelago
D)Manchuria
E)both Inner Mongolia and Japanese Archipelago

Question 10

Which dynasty provided stability for the Silk Road to link China to Central Asia,India,Rome and Byzantium?

A)Han
B)Shang
C)Qin
D)Ming
E)Xia

Question 11

What desert dominates the topography of Mongolia?

A)Sahara
B)Gobi
C)Huang He
D)Loess
E)Thar

Question 12

The ________ is the dominant ethnic group in China.

A)Hui
B)Han
C)Manchu
D)Wu
E)none of the above

Question 13

This country has the world's fifth-largest standing army.

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

Question 14

What resource base of Mongolia has been recently exploited?

A)minerals
B)labor
C)timber
D)horses
E)hydropower

Question 15

Which colonizing power forced the opium trade on China in the 19^th Century?

A)British
B)Japanese
C)American
D)French
E)German

Question 16

Which regions are dominated by low hills covered by evergreen forest and the remaining land is paddy rice,sugarcane and hemp?

A)island of Taiwan
B)southern half of Japanese archipelago
C)southern part of Korean peninsula
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 17

________ was/were domesticated from wild species in more northerly subhumid regions of East Asia.

A)Rice
B)Tea
C)Soybeans
D)Wheat
E)none of the above

Question 18

The subhumid parts of East Asia are prone to:

A)stream erosion
B)flooding
C)earthquakes
D)stream erosion,flooding,earthquakes
E)none of the above

Question 19

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

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 the above

Question 20

Who was/were the Japanese shogun?

A)imperial family living in Edo
B)feudal lord appointed by emperor
C)subjugated peasant in Kyoto
D)Japanese emperor
E)none of the above

Question 21

What are the results of China's current economic model?

A)big box retail stores
B)low wage skilled workforce
C)regional gaps intensified
D)big box retail stores and low wage skilled workforce
E)all of the above

Question 22

Which of the following are effects of the Green Revolution in East Asia?

A)excess nitrogen in waterways
B)illness caused by herbicides
C)adoption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
D)illness caused by herbicides and adoption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
E)all of the above

Question 23

It is estimated that between 20 and 30 million people died from starvation and malnutrition-related diseases between 1959 and 1962 in this country.

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

Question 24

Which political leader led the 1911 revolution in China against the Qing dynasty?

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

Question 25

What European power forced the opium trade on China and profited from Chinese opium addiction?

A)France
B)Germany
C)Japan
D)Great Britain
E)Russia

Question 26

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

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 27

All of the following is true about Tibet and China,except:

A)Tibetan culture dates back to the 7^th century,C.E.
B)China caused the death of estimated 1 million Tibetans
C)Tibetans rose in revolt in 1959
D)Han Chinese are second class citizens in the region
E)all of the above

Question 28

What were/are China's Special Administrative Regions?

A)land communes under Mao's economic policy
B)free trade zones in the 1990s
C)autonomy of Macao and Hong Kong under China
D)low wage textile manufacturing districts
E)none of the above

Question 29

What is the retail margin for clothing made in China and sold in the U.S.or Europe?

A)400-500%
B)200-300%
C)95-150%
D)75%
E)none of the above

Question 30

The Pacific Rim economy accounts for how much of the world's GDP?

A)45%
B)58%
C)65%
D)73%
E)none of the above

Question 31

What is the term for a political philosophy based on centralized economics,self-reliant nationalism and a cult-like leader?

A)state capitalist
B)juche
C)keiretsu
D)daimyo
E)none of the above

Question 32

The ________ was the first organized territorial state in China.

A)Qin dynasty
B)Xia dynasty
C)Shang dynasty
D)Ming dynasty
E)none of the above

Question 33

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of:

A)Confucianism
B)Shintoism
C)Tibetan Islam
D)Tibetan Hinduism
E)Tibetan Buddhism

Question 34

What was the 2015 East Asian population?

A)1 billion
B)1.25 billion
C)1.95 billion
D)1.59 billion
E)2 billion

Question 35

This country became involved in the Korean War when the U.S.military pushed the North Korean forces back to its borders.

A)China
B)Soviet Union
C)Mongolia
D)Vietnam
E)none of the above

Question 36

Where does China purchase more than 1/3 of its oil?

A)Africa
B)North America
C)Middle East and North Africa
D)Latin America
E)none of the above

Question 37

What geopolitical entity lost its diplomatic status when U.S.President Nixon began talks with China in 1971?

A)North Korea
B)South Korea
C)Taiwan
D)Hong Kong
E)none of the above

Question 38

After World War II,approximately how long did it take for Japan to return to its prewar economic levels of output?

A)5 years
B)10 years
C)15 years
D)Japan emerged from World War II with little reduction of output.
E)none of the above

Question 39

Which of the following is true about Japan and colonization in the 19^th century?

A)Meiji clan sought to westernize culture
B)Japan was open to foreigners in the 1870s
C)Japan's military moved into Russia
D)Japan's military moved into China
E)all of the above

Question 40

Japanese whalers hunt whales despite the global ban,based on what argument?

A)harvest is "research"
B)harvest is "commercial"
C)harvest is "cultural"
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 41

Most people in China speak this Chinese language.

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

Question 42

What is the new system of spelling Chinese words and names using the Latin alphabet of 26 letters called?

A)Wade-Giles system
B)Feng Shui system
C)Pinyin system
D)Falun Gong system
E)none of the above

Question 43

Noodles are the regional cuisine of what part of China?

A)Inner China- humid south
B)Inner China- subhumid north
C)Mongolian Plateau
D)Tibetan Plateau
E)Tien Shan

Question 44

How thick is the Asian Brown Cloud?

A)2 miles
B)3 miles
C)4 miles
D)1 miles
E).5 mile

Question 45

What are hutongs?

A)classic,portable dwelling of Mongolia
B)small,traditional neighborhoods in China
C)civilizations that thrive based on water control
D)feudal castle with ornate gardens
E)none of the above

Question 46

What is a traditional livelihood source in Tibet?

A)paddy rice
B)horses
C)yaks
D)pigs
E)silkworm

Question 47

What is the "Ring of Fire"?

A)geologically active East Asian environments
B)movement of the Pacific Plate toward the Eurasian Plate to and Indo-Australian Plate
C)border region of earthquakes and volcanoes
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 48

What dynasty began the construction of the Great Wall?

A)Han
B)Sui
C)Xia
D)Ming
E)Qin

Question 49

What Indigenous group in China has a unique folk culture that is being developed by the government for tourism?

A)Naxi
B)Uyghur
C)Hui
D)Miao
E)Zhuang

Question 50

________ are Japanese business networks facilitated after World War II by the Japanese government in order to promote national recovery.

A)Keiretsu
B)Taiga
C)Zaibatsu
D)Daimyo
E)none of the above

Question 51

What type of warfare was North Korea suspected of engaging in 2014?

A)ground troops
B)drone
C)nuclear
D)cyber
E)none of the above

Question 52

What percent of women hold senior management positions in China?

A)19.6%
B)24%
C)40.7%
D)51%
E)66%

Question 53

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:

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

Question 54

________ was a sustained attack on Chinese traditions and cultural practices.

A)The Long March
B)The Great Leap Forward
C)The Cultural Revolution
D)The Four Modernizations
E)none of the above

Question 55

Which of the following animals is extinct in Japan?

A)wolf
B)whale
C)panda
D)tiger
E)all of the above

Question 56

What did the 1868 Japanese Meiji Civil Code proclaim?

A)denial of legal rights for ethnic minorities
B)denial of legal rights for women
C)policy for westernizing Japanese economy
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 57

Which of the following is true about the trade in animals and animal parts?

A)investors "bank" on extinction of elephants
B)tigers are wanted for medicine
C)Slow Loris is an endangered species
D)CITES treaty bans ivory trade
E)investors "bank" on extinction of elephants;tigers are wanted for medicine;Slow Loris is an endangered species

Question 58

What ethnic group in China practices Islam and has faced opposition from the government?

A)Naxi
B)Uyghur
C)Hui
D)Miao
E)Zhuang

Question 59

Japanese print cartoon books are called:

A)Anime
B)Manga
C)kanji
D)kana
E)hutongs

Question 60

What Japanese belief system is based on the sacred powers in every existing thing?

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

Question 61

How many people live in Tokyo?

A)41 million
B)35 million
C)27 million
D)150 million
E)12 million

Question 62

What ended China's One Child policy?

A)preference for male children
B)lack of working-age young people
C)zero population growth
D)women's changing social status
E)all of the above

Question 63

What East Asian language has an entirely phonetic alphabet?

A)Mandarin Chinese
B)Cantonese Chinese
C)Japanese
D)Korean
E)Tibetan