Full Test Bank Nijman The East Asian Realm Ch.10 - Updated Test Bank | Geography Realms & Regions 18e by Jan Nijman. DOCX document preview.
Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Regions 18e
Chapter Number: 10
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) In comparing climates of the United States with those in China, which of the following is INCORRECT?
a) Japan exhibits both C and A climates.
b) The United States has a larger area of C climates than those of China.
c) In the United States C climates reach farther north than do C climates in China.
d) China has more desert territory under desert climate than the United States.
e) The Korean Peninsula exhibits D climates in its north.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Environment and Population
2) 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
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
3) The main river serving the hinterland of Shanghai is the __________ River.
a) Xi/Pearl
b) Huang He
c) Chang-Yangzi
d) Amur
e) Yellow
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
4) The southernmost of China's great rivers is the _______________.
a) Huang He
b) Chang-Yangzi
c) Xi/Pearl
d) Liao
e) Amur
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
5) Which river flows through Guangdong Province?
a) Huang He
b) Yangzi
c) Yellow
d) Chang Jiang
e) Xi/Pearl
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
6) The country of the “people of Han” is_____.
a) Mongolia
b) China
c) Japan
d) Korea
e) Tibet
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
7) Figure 10-6 shows that the most widely spoken languages in the northernmost parts of East Asia belong to this language family:
a) Sino-Tibetan
b) Han Chinese
c) Altaic
d) Austro-Asiatic
e) Indo-European
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
8) Mao Zedong's proclamation marking the birth of the People's Republic of China occurred in
a) 1911.
b) 1925.
c) 1949.
d) 1976.
e) 1997.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
9) The leader who took over in China following the struggle after Mao's death was
a) Deng Xiaoping.
b) Kim Jong Il.
c) Xi Jinping.
d) Yao Ming.
e) Hu Jintao.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
10) Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?
a) Hong Kong
b) South Korea
c) North Korea
d) Taiwan
e) Singapore
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the successive economic achievement of countries in the realm after WWII.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: East Asia’s Economic Transformation
11) Taiwan was at one time a colony of ______________.
a) Russia
b) the United States
c) Japan
d) the Netherlands
e) Britain
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the key geopolitical issues in the realm today: relations between China and Japan, the Korean conflict, China-Taiwan relations, and the position of Mongolia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geopolitics in East Asia Today
12) 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
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the key geopolitical issues in the realm today: relations between China and Japan, the Korean conflict, China-Taiwan relations, and the position of Mongolia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geopolitics in East Asia Today
13) Two former colonial entities that were reunited with China during the late 1990s are ______.
a) Vietnam and Tibet
b) Macau and Shenzhen
c) Hong Kong and Shenzhen
d) Hong Kong and Guangdong
e) Macau and Hong Kong
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
14) The Chinese city containing the largest population is ________________.
a) Beijing
b) Hong Kong
c) Guangzhou
d) Shenzhen
e) Shanghai
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
15) China's current population is closest to _______________.
a) 400 million
b) 800 million
c) 1.1 billion
d) 1.4 billion
e) 2.1 billion
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
16) Which of the following Chinese cities is not a Shi?
a) Beijing
b) Chongqing
c) Shanghai
d) Chengdu
e) Tianjin
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
17) Which of the following is NOT one of China’s Autonomous Regions?
a) Xizang
b) Xinjiang
c) Chongqing
d) Inner Mongolia
e) Guangxi Zhuang
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
18) Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet?
a) Pudong
b) Xian
c) Xinjiang
d) Xizang
e) Hainan
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
19) Hong Kong _________________.
a) is the Chinese name for Tibet
b) is now directly connected by high-speed rail to Xinjiang
c) is the capital city of Taiwan
d) has its capital at Lhasa
e) is a Chinese SAR
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
20) The former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) is ________.
a) Macau
b) Shenzhen
c) Guangdong
d) Taiwan
e) Hong Kong
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
21) The SEZ that is closest in proximity to Southeast Asia is ______.
a) Hainan
b) Pudong
c) Xizang
d) Binhai New Area
e) Shenzhen
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
22) According to Figure 10-7, which of these locations was not designated as an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)?
a) Beijing
b) Pudong
c) Shenzhen
d) Hainan Island
e) Binhai New Area
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
23) Which of these Special Economic Zones is located across the Huangpu River from central Shanghai?
a) Xiamen
b) Pudong
c) Shenzhen
d) Shantou
e) Hainan Island
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
24) Guangdong Province faces the _________________.
a) Yellow Sea
b) Indian Ocean
c) Bohai Gulf
d) East Sea (Sea of Japan)
e) South China Sea
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
25) The Xinjiang Autonomous region __________________.
a) is the home of the Uyghur people
b) is located south of Tibet
c) contains the Gobi Desert
d) lies in northeast China
e) is another name for Xizang
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss and explain the growing presence of China in its western periphery and distinguish between Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Western Periphery
26) The most recent Special Economic Zone (SEZ) created by the Chinese government is _____________.
a) Pudong
b) Binhai
c) Xiamen
d) Chongqing
e) Zhuhai
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
27) Which of the following has NOT been important in the development of Shenzhen as an SEZ?
a) proximity to Hong Kong
b) the socialist economic principles applied by the Chinese government to its development
c) state-of-the-art port facilities
d) investment of Overseas Chinese in its development
e) the fastest urban growth rate in human history
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
28) Which of the following lies just across the former Chinese land border from Hong Kong?
a) Macau
b) Canton
c) Chang-Yangzi Delta
d) Pudong
e) Shenzhen
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
29) The language spoken in Hong Kong and much of the Pearl River Delta is ______.
a) Han Chinese (Mandarin)
b) Tibetan
c) Yue (Cantonese)
d) Manchu (Tungus)
e) Turkic (Uyghur)
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
30) Which of the following is NOT a Special Economic Zone?
- Shenzhen
- Hainan Island
- Xiamen
- Hong Kong
- Shantou
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
31) Which of the following regions has been known as and is sometimes still called “Manchuria”?
a) Northeast China
b) Taiwan
c) North China Plain
d) Xinjiang
e) Red Basin of Sichuan
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the location and main geographic features of the sub-regions of
China’s Interior: the Northeast, Central China, and the South.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Interior
32) Which of these statements about Mongolia is INCORRECT?
a) It is considered to be a buffer state.
b) It wishes to be unified with China.
c) It is landlocked.
d) It has a population of only about 3 million.
e) It was once a domain of a powerful nomadic people who challenged both Russia and China.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Mongolia’s economic challenges, geopolitical situation, and some of the challenges facing its capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Mongolia
33) 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) geographic inertia
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
34) The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was _______________.
a) the 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
e) the unification of the two Koreas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
35) South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as ________________.
a) communism
b) laissez-faire capitalism
c) Pacific Rim globalization
d) state capitalism
e) socialism
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
36) Examine Figure 10-22 to determine which of the following statements is NOT true of Korea.
a) North Korea is more mountainous than South Korea.
b) South Korea has more cities than North Korea.
c) Most of the rice-producing areas are in South Korea.
d) The capital cities of both North and South Korea are port cities.
e) Most of the cease-fire line runs slightly north of 38° North latitude.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
37) Japan's natural landscapes_________________.
a) resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau country elsewhere
b) being tropical, consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
c) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
d) consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago
e) delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
38) Japan's population________________.
a) is expected to decline over the next half-century
b) is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
c) exhibits a low rate of literacy
d) is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
e) is reflective of a multicultural society
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the role of demography in the fast rise of East Asian countries after WWII as well as the demographic challenges that lie ahead.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: East Asia’s Current Population Dynamics
39) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
40) Japan's leading region of urbanization and industry (as well as agriculture) is the _______________.
a) Kansai District
b) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto region
c) Nagoya area
d) Kanto Plain
e) Kitakyushu conurbation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
41) Japan's second-largest city, Osaka, is located in the __________ District.
a) Kanto
b) Nobi
c) Shikoku
d) Kansai
e) Hokkaido
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
42) Japan’s unique modernization pathway was most likely assisted by _________.
a) it being an island nation
b) its wealth of agricultural resources
c) its relative location to other industrialized countries
d) its homogeneous population
e) its proximity to China
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Japan
43) The area of Japan best situated to do business with Korea and China is _____________.
a) the Kansai District
b) the Kanto Plain
c) the Nobi Plain
d) the Tokaido (Tokyo-Hokkaido) Megalopolis
e) Kitakyushu
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
44) Japan's current population is closest to _____million?
a) 50
b) 60
c) 95
d) 105
e) 130
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
45) Taiwan is located off the mainland coast of ______________.
a) Russia
b) China
c) Korea
d) Mongolia
e) Japan
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Taiwan’s general geographic features and economic and political relation to China
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Taiwan
Question Type: True-False
46) Japan's environment does not contain an area of B climate.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Environment and Population
47) Dry B climates dominate northern East Asia because of the region’s distance from an ocean.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Environment and Population
48) South Korea’s climate is milder and wetter than North Korea’s.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Environment and Population
49) The Yangzi River flows into the Pearl River Estuary.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
50) The Han Dynasty was China's formative period; ethnic Chinese still call themselves the “people of Han.”
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
51) According to Figure 10-7, it appears that China has the greatest number of nuclear power plants in East Asia.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the successive economic achievement of countries in the realm after WWII.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Economic Transformation
52) China falls far short of producing all of its fossil fuel needs.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
53) China's One Child Policy was instituted during Mao’s regime.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Explain the role of demography in the fast rise of East Asian countries after WWII as well as the demographic challenges that lie ahead.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: East Asia’s Current Population Dynamics
54) Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai are three of China's largest cities.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
55) Hong Kong was a former British colony.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
56) Hong Kong became a province of China in 1997.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
57) China’s population has many more females than males.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the role of demography in the fast rise of East Asian countries after WWII as well as the demographic challenges that lie ahead.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: East Asia’s Current Population Dynamics
58) China has more provinces than the United States has States.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
59) According to Figure 10-13, Xizang (Tibet) is a province of China.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
60) Although the Communist Party controls the government of China, its economic policies are generally capitalist.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe China politico-geographical structure, the countries momentous capitalist turn around 1979, and China’s urban revolution including the rise of mega city-regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Regions: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
61) China's Shenzhen is a Special Economic Zone.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
62) Shenzhen has now ended its role as an SEZ since Hong Kong reunified with China in 1997.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
63) In China’s SEZs, contract labor is not allowed.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
64) Xinjiang and Xizang are two of the most densely populated regions of China.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss and explain the growing presence of China in its western periphery and distinguish between Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Western Periphery
65) Mongolia is a classic example of a buffer state.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Mongolia’s economic challenges, geopolitical situation, and some of the challenges facing its capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Mongolia
66) South Korea has developed under a socialist system since 1945.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
67) North and South Korea are now in the process of reuniting into a single country.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
68) The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has done little to halt trade and population movements between the two political entities.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
69) The economies of North and South Korea are complementary, and both states would have much to gain by reunification.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
70) North Korea contains numerous industrial raw materials; the resources of South Korea are decidedly more agricultural.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the general geography of the Korean peninsula, some key differences between North and South, and the development of the megacity of Seoul.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Korean Peninsula
71) Japan's four largest islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Sakhalin.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
72) Japan became a dominant power in eastern Asia during the first half of the twentieth century.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
73) With the single exception of Kyoto, all primary and secondary cities of Japan lie on the coast.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
74) Japan’s population continues to grow at a steady rate.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
75) The island of Hokkaido lies outside of Japan's core area.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
76) The Nobi Plain lies between the Kansai District and the Kanto Plain.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Japan’s main geographic features, its massive conurbations, and recent economic trajectory.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Japan
77) Taiwan was conquered by the Chinese communists in 1949.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
78) The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss Taiwan’s general geographic features and economic and political relation to China
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Taiwan
Question Type: Fill-in-the-blank
79) The bulk of the population of China lives in the ___ part of the country.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
80) The name “Yangzi” is given to the lower course of the ___ River.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
81) The most famous of China's rivers, at whose mouth lies the city of Shanghai, is the ___.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Environment and Population
82) 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.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
83) The leader named ________________ guided China into a new economic era following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general linguistic and ethnic geography, the historic relation between Mongolia and China, and the dominant role of Han Chinese.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Peoples of the East Asian Realm
84) The fastest-growing city in the history of the world is ________
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe and explain the dominance of the coastal provinces in China’s early capitalist turn and economic rise, including the role of SEZs; discuss the expansion of the Coastal Core towards the west.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Coastal Core
85) The region of China formerly known as Manchuria, is today called the ___.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the location and main geographic features of the sub-regions of
China’s Interior: the Northeast, Central China, and the South.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Interior
86) Figure 10-5 reveals a number of water transfer projects recently completed or underway in China. Which of the following is the leading reason for these projects?
a) The highest population density is found in China’s north and they need additional water resources.
b) Flooding is a problem in China’s south and they need to pump water north to save their rice fields.
c) The mountainous southern part of China has extra water from snow cap runoff and the north could use the water because of its drier climate and growing population.
d) China likes to undertake mega-building projects.
e) American engineers designed an effective and efficient system of water transfer for the Chinese.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s general geologic position, physiography, prevailing climates and natural resources; identify three main rivers and general population distribution.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Environment and Population
88) According to Figure 10-7:
a) Both Mongolia and North Korea are nuclear powers.
b) China, South Korea, and Japan have nuclear weapons.
c) China lags behind Japan and South Korea in the number of nuclear energy generation sites.
d) South Korea and Japan have enough nuclear weapons to destroy China.
e) North Korea isn’t even close to developing a nuclear weapon.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the successive economic achievement of countries in the realm after WWII.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Economic Transformation
89) What is the average number of children a woman in Taiwan needs to replace the population?
a) 1.7
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2.8
e) 2
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the role of demography in the fast rise of East Asian countries after WWII as well as the demographic challenges that lie ahead.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Current Population Dynamics
90) How many people does China add per year if they start with 1.4 billion and have an annual growth rate of 0.5%?
a) 7 million
b) 42 thousand
c) 28 thousand
d) 70 million
e) 4 million
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the role of demography in the fast rise of East Asian countries after WWII as well as the demographic challenges that lie ahead.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Current Population Dynamics
91) Based on your chapter reading, which of the following is the leading reason for this grand initiative?
a) China wants to acquire raw materials from the world.
b) China likes to help neighboring countries, especially those who are less developed with their infrastructure problems.
c) China wants to show the United States that it can produce quality manufactured products and deliver them around the world.
d) China likes to undertake mega-building projects.
e) None of the answers is correct.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the BRI, the proclaimed intentions of China, the criticism from the West.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
92) When did China begin to implement its open-door market reform policies?
a) 1950s
b) 1960s
c) 1970s
d) 1980s
e) 1990s
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the realm’s main geographic features and constituent parts; recognize China’s dominance in the realm.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Defining the Realm
93) What percentage of the East Asian population lives in China?
a) 30
b) 50
c) 70
d) 85
e) 95
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the realm’s main geographic features and constituent parts; recognize China’s dominance in the realm.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Defining the Realm
94) Where does East Asia rank in terms of population by major geographic realm?
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) fourth
e) fifth
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the realm’s main geographic features and constituent parts; recognize China’s dominance in the realm.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Defining the Realm
95) What country in East Asia is known for being a buffer country?
a) North Korea
b) Japan
c) China
d) Mongolia
e) Russia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the realm’s main geographic features and constituent parts; recognize China’s dominance in the realm.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Defining the Realm
96) This auto manufacturer outcompeted American auto manufacturers in the 1970s.
a) Honda
b) Datsun
c) Nissan
d) Mazda
e) Suzuki
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the successive economic achievement of countries in the realm after WWII.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Economic Transformation
97) Approximately how many employees does China’s Foxconn employ around the world?
a) 10,000
b) 50,000
c) 250,000
d) 1,500,000
e) 3,400,000
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the successive economic achievement of countries in the realm after WWII.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: East Asia’s Economic Transformation
98) This country invaded China in the 1930s.
a) Germany
b) the United States
c) Japan
d) Italy
e) Britain
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the key geopolitical issues in the realm today: relations between China and Japan, the Korean conflict, China-Taiwan relations, and the position of Mongolia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geopolitics in East Asia Today
99) This country invaded South Korea in 1950.
a) Russia
b) the United States
c) China
d) North Korea
e) Japan
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the key geopolitical issues in the realm today: relations between China and Japan, the Korean conflict, China-Taiwan relations, and the position of Mongolia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geopolitics in East Asia Today
100) What year was Taiwan’s representatives dismissed from the United Nations?
a) 1953
b) 1971
c) 1978
d) 1999
e) 2015
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Taiwan’s general geographic features and economic and political relation to China
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Taiwan
101) Approximately what percentage of Taiwanese exports go to China?
a) 1/5
b) 1/3
c) 2/5
d) 1/2
e) 3/4
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the key geopolitical issues in the realm today: relations between China and Japan, the Korean conflict, China-Taiwan relations, and the position of Mongolia.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geopolitics in East Asia Today
102) How many countries are involved in China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
a) 10 to 20
b) 21 to 40
c) 41 to 60
d) 61 to 80
e) more than 100
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the BRI, the proclaimed intentions of China, the criticism from the West.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
103) This is a not a main reason for China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
a) China wants to sell its manufacturing products.
b) China wants to acquire raw materials.
c) China wants to profit off of construction projects in other countries.
d) China wants other countries to be indebted to it.
e) None of the choices are correct.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the BRI, the proclaimed intentions of China, the criticism from the West.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
104) Some United States critics are against China’s Belt and Road Initiative because they say_____.
a) China is planning to take over all of Asia followed by the rest of the world
b) China is practicing debt-trap diplomacy
c) China plans to seize land and assets of other countries
d) China will acquire more ports and railroads
e) All of the choices are correct.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the BRI, the proclaimed intentions of China, the criticism from the West.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
105) What regions are most projected to be impacted by China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
a) Asia-North America
b) Asia-South America
c) Asia-Europe
d) Asia-Africa
e) All of the choices are correct.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Describe the BRI, the proclaimed intentions of China, the criticism from the West.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
106) Much of China’s Interior South is covered by the_____.
a) Loess Plateau
b) Yunnan Plateau
c) Liaoning Providence
d) Bohai Gulf
e) Sichuan Basin
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the location and main geographic features of the sub-regions of
China’s Interior: the Northeast, Central China, and the South.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Interior
107) What region of China was labeled the “rustbelt” during the 1990s?
a) The Northeast
b) The South
c) Central China
d) Xijang
e) Xinjiang
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the location and main geographic features of the sub-regions of
China’s Interior: the Northeast, Central China, and the South.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Interior
108) What region of China allows cross-border migrations of Vietnamese migrant farm workers?
a) The Northeast
b) The South
c) Central China
d) eastern region
e) western region
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss the location and main geographic features of the sub-regions of
China’s Interior: the Northeast, Central China, and the South.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Interior
109) How many Autonomous Regions does China control not primarily populated by Han-Chinese?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss and explain the growing presence of China in its western periphery and distinguish between Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Western Periphery
110) Which province is centered on Tibetan-Buddhist culture?
a) Xinjiang
b) Xizang
c) Nei Mongol
d) Jiangsu
e) Shandong
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss and explain the growing presence of China in its western periphery and distinguish between Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Western Periphery
111) Which province housed China’s original space program?
a) Xinjiang
b) Anhui
c) Nei Mongol
d) Hebei
e) Shandong
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss and explain the growing presence of China in its western periphery and distinguish between Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: China’s Western Periphery
112) This country contains the Gobi Desert.
a) China
b) North Korea
c) Nigeria
d) Mongolia
e) Russia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Mongolia’s economic challenges, geopolitical situation, and some of the challenges facing its capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Mongolia
113) What area in East Asia contains ger districts?
a) China
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) Taiwan
e) Mongolia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Mongolia’s economic challenges, geopolitical situation, and some of the challenges facing its capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Mongolia
114) What significantly contributes to air pollution near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia?
a) factories
b) blowing sand
c) smoke from coal and wood fires
d) mining dust
e) None of the answers is correct.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Mongolia’s economic challenges, geopolitical situation, and some of the challenges facing its capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Mongolia
115) Taiwan is a medium sized island in East Asia. How high are its highest peaks?
a) 500 to 1,000 meters (1,640 to 3281 ft)
b) 1,001 to 1,500 meters (3,284 to 4,921 ft)
c) 1,501 to 2,000 meters (4,925 to 6,562 ft)
d) 2,001 to 3,000 meters (6,565 to 9,843 ft)
e) Over 3,000 meters (Over 9,843 ft)
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Taiwan’s general geographic features and economic and political relation to China
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Taiwan
116) Review Figure 10-7. Was the Chinese SEZ laid out for the purpose of attracting Taiwanese investment in China?
a) Shenzhen
b) Zhuhai
c) Hainan Island
d) Xiamen
e) Pudong
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss Taiwan’s general geographic features and economic and political relation to China
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Taiwan
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