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Chapter 13 China: The Giant Multiple Choice Questions 1. The “Middle Kingdom” means: a. Between the mountains and the sea b. Between Siberia and India c. Between heaven and earth d. Between the ocean and the desert e. Between two important rivers 2. The first unification of the Chinese people into one empire occurred during which dynasty? a. Manchu b. Shang c. Yuan d. Qin e. Han 3. European ships became frequent visitors to Chinese waters during which century? a. 16th b. 17th c. 18th d. 19th 4. Which of these statements is false? a. Two million Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan in 1949 b. The Manchu Dynasty was overthrown in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 c. Both the Nationalists and the Communists fought against Japan during World War II d. The Long March was the movement of Chinese Nationalists from Nanjing to Yenan e. Chiang Kai-shek led the army of the Kuomintang against Mao Zedong 5. What was the initial result of the Opium War? a. China gave up control of Manchuria’s Pacific seacoast to Russia b. The last rulers of the Mongol Dynasty were expelled to Mongolia c. China opened its market up to British goods d. The port of Guangzhou was transferred to French control e. China was conquered and parceled into different sections controlled by European nations 6. China Proper contains _____ percent of China’s population. a. 55 b. 68 c. 72 d. 89 e. 94 7. The Chinese province of Xizang is also known as: a. Inner Mongolia b. Sinkiang c. Taklamakan d. Tibet e. Frontier China 8. China’s most mineral-rich region is: a. Tibet b. Manchuria c. Sichuan d. Gansu e. Xinjiang 9. Today much of the Great Wall runs close to the southern border of: a. Manchuria b. Xinjiang c. Inner Mongolia d. Sichuan e. Mongolia 10. China does not border which of these countries? a. Kyrgyzstan b. Afghanistan c. Pakistan d. Bhutan e. Thailand 11. Which of these is not an autonomous region of China? a. Tibet b. Ningxia c. Inner Mongolia d. Guangxi e. Hainan 12. Why is the Huang He called “China’s Sorrow”? a. Sedimentation deposited around the lower course of the river often leads to extensive lowland flooding b. The river often dries up before reaching its delta, leaving millions of farmers without water c. The land the river runs through contains poor soils, so the river’s water cannot be used for intensive agriculture d. Intensive land use along the course of the river has led to extreme salinization of its water e. None of the above 13. The violent Chinese conquest of Tibet occurred in: a. 1912 b. 1949 c. 1951 d. 1959 e. 1980 14. The Dalai Lama asks China to do what in regards to Tibet? a. Grant complete independence for Tibet b. Give Tibet democratic self-governance while China retains the land as a resource colony c. Give Tibet control over all aspects of its governance except defense and foreign policy d. Allow Tibet to practice free-market economics and allow Lamaist Buddhism to be openly practiced e. Improve Tibet’s communications and transportation infrastructure 15. Han Chinese make up about _____ percent of Xinjiang’s population. a. 10 b. 30 c. 50 d. 70 e. 90 16. The traditionally-recognized dividing line between North and South China is the: a. Huang He River b. Qinling Mountains c. Chang Jiang d. Grand Canal e. Great Wall 17. Which river has served as a major east-west transportation corridor in China? a. Huang He b. Pearl River c. Chang Jiang d. Xi Jiang e. Tsangpo River 18. About _____ percent of China’s inhabitants live in rural settlements supported by agriculture. a. 30 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60 e. 70 19. Mao’s “Four No’s Campaign” was designed to: a. Bring down China’s population growth b. Spur economic development in rural China c. Increase the amount of cultivated land under irrigation d. Keep modern and Western agricultural and industrial ways out of China e. Reduce massive annual losses of grain 20. What was the cornerstone of the Great Leap Forward? a. A rapid mechanization of rural farming areas b. Merging agricultural cooperatives into communes c. Leasing state-owned farms to private individuals d. Creating a centralized industrial economy e. Promoting purges of anyone who offended Communist Party leaders 21. Who is sometimes called the “George Washington of China”? a. Mao Zedong b. Chang Kai-shek c. Deng Xiaoping d. Sun Yat-sen e. Jiang Zemin 22. The first center of heavy industry in China was: a. Xinjiang b. Hong Kong c. The Chang Jiang delta d. Manchuria e. None of the above 23. Which of these is a province-wide Special Economic Zone? a. Hebei b. Hubei c. Henan d. Hunan e. Hainan 24. Which nation established China’s first center of heavy industry? a. Russia b. Japan c. Great Britain d. Germany e. Portugal 25. Which of these statements about the Chang Jiang Water Transfer Project is false? a. The Western Diversion Project will link three western Chinese rivers to the Huang He by tunneling through mountains b. It is possible that the buildup of silt downstream from the Three Gorges Dam will increase the risk of flooding despite the presence of the dam c. Four trillion gallons of water will be diverted north from the Chang Jiang through the Grand Canal d. Over one million people will be resettled from the area to be flooded by the vast reservoir created behind the Three Gorges Dam e. Shipping to the inland city of Chongqing is expected to increase fivefold after the dam’s construction 26. Between the early 1950s and the mid-1990s, China’s Communist government: a. Departed from the Soviet heavy industry economic model by stressing production of consumer goods b. Sought large amounts of foreign technical knowledge and investment capital c. Began large-scale industrial development after a rift with the Soviet Union d. Brought China into industrial and agricultural self-sufficiency through isolation from the rest of the world e. Came close to collapse several times, only to be saved by a prosperous economy 27. China is approximately _____ percent urban. a. 40 b. 50 c. 60 d. 70 e. 80 28. Which ancient city lies in the Wei River valley? a. Tianjin b. Wuhan c. Jinan d. Nanjing e. Xi’an 29. Which fishing village was turned into a major port city largely by foreign enterprise? a. Zhanjiang b. Fuzhou c. Tianjin d. Dalian e. Shanghai 30. Which of these cities is not an SEZ? a. Fuzhou b. Zhuhai c. Shanghai d. Xiamen e. Shantou 31. Hong Kong reverted to Chinese control in which year? a. 1996 b. 1997 c. 1998 d. 1999 e. 2000 32. What has been a major hurdle for further economic growth in Taiwan? a. The recent severance of economic ties between Taiwan and mainland China b. The lack of further diversification of Taiwan’s economy c. Taiwan’s agriculturally and industrially unproductive mountainous topography d. People overpopulation in Taiwan raising the unemployment rate and lowering GDP e. Taiwan’s lack of usable domestic energy sources Chapter 14 Japan and the Koreas: Adversity and Prosperity in the Western Pacific Multiple Choice Questions 33. The _____ separates Honshu from Shikoku. a. Sea of Japan b. Tsugaru Strait c. Bungo Strait d. Inland Sea e. Strait of Shimonoseki 34. Which of these statements about Japan is true? a. There is a marked contrast between mild, agricultural southern Japan and cooler, industrialized northern Japan b. Japanese rivers are not navigable but supply large amounts of hydropower and irrigation water c. Agricultural fields in Japan are so small manual labor tills them as effectively as mechanized methods d. Two or three rice crops can now be cultivated in Japan every year throughout the nation e. Winter is the rainy season in eastern Japan when monsoons blow in moisture from the Pacific 35. The Great _____ Earthquake devastated Tokyo in 1923. a. Honshu b. Nobi c. Sendai d. Chugoku e. Kanto 36. The Japanese government pays its farmers not to grow: a. Wheat b. Corn c. Barley d. Rice e. Soybeans 37. Which of these statements about Japanese agriculture is false? a. Japan must import 60 percent of its food needs b. The Japanese diet is more dependent upon rice than on wheat c. Less than 25 percent of the Japanese workforce is employed in agriculture d. Japan takes more fish from the sea than any other nation e. Japan supported the 1985 worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling 38. Most of Japan’s greatest cities are located on: a. Mountainsides b. Volcanic soils c. Lakesides d. Riverways e. Alluvial plains 39. The capital of Japan was moved to Tokyo from _____ in _____. a. Hiroshima; 1707 b. Kyoto; 1869 c. Kyoto; 1945 d. Nagoya; 1641 e. Hiroshima; 1801 40. Which mythical Japanese emperor is said to have descended from the Sun Goddess? a. Kogen b. Jimmu c. Chuai d. Nintoku e. Ingyo 41. By the twelfth century, Japan was actually in the control of the: a. Emperor b. Kamikaze c. Samurai d. Daimyo e. Shoguns 42. Why did the revolutionary leaders of the Meiji Restoration want to completely transform Japan’s society and economy? a. To make Japan a mighty military power so it would not come under the domination of Western powers b. To improve the standard of living of Japanese citizens to levels comparable to Western nations c. To reform Japan’s economy and production methods so more Japanese goods would be bought in Western markets d. To establish a Japanese empire across Asia and the Pacific that would ensure a buffer zone around Japan itself to make it safer e. To institute democratic and taxation reforms in Japan to make the government more accountable to the Japanese people 43. Before Japan’s rise after the Meiji Restoration, what was the only Asian world power in modern times? a. India b. China c. Korea d. Thailand e. None of the above 44. Japan defeated which country in 1904? a. China b. Russia c. Great Britain d. Portugal e. Korea 45. An estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed by Japanese troops in 1937 in an atrocity called the “Rape of _____.” a. Mukden b. Canton c. Shanghai d. Nanking e. Sian 46. What reason do proponents of dependency theory give for Japan’s post-war economic miracle? a. The Japanese people had to work harder for their economic success because of the lack of natural resources on their islands b. Japan avoided many of the debilitating relations with Western powers that other nations have faced because Japan was never colonized c. The close economic and military cooperation between Japan and the United States after World War II spurred beneficial economic reforms in Japan d. Japan was free to put much of its revenue into rebuilding its factories and manufacturing centers because it was forbidden to re-arm itself militarily e. All of the above 47. Which of these statements about Japan’s post-war economy is false? a. Japan was an industrial giant with a GNP behind only the U.S. and U.S.S.R. by the 1970s b. The U.S. called on Japan to supply steel and textiles to American troops during the Korean War c. Japan’s economic downturn of the 1990s has been blamed in part on a rampant “crony capitalism” climate within the country d. Japan’s market was open only to American imports during the 1950s in exchange for Japanese goods having free access to the American market e. Japan leads the world in the robotization of industry but the United States holds the lead in computer manufacturing 48. Today Japan imports most of its oil from which region? a. China b. Russia c. Latin America d. The Middle East e. Southeast Asia 49. The _____ are the largest non-Japanese ethnic group living in Japan. a. Ainu b. Peruvians c. Burakim d. Indians e. Koreans 50. Which of these statements about Japanese society is false? a. Japan’s famed bullet trains carry passengers from northern Honshu to Kyushu at over 100 miles per hour b. Japan’s birth rate of 9 per 1,000 annually is one of the lowest in the world c. Japan has set aside its extensive original forests as nature reserves largely untouched by human development d. Women in Japan complain increasingly of sexism and discrimination in the workplace e. Eighty percent of Japan’s population resides in its middle class economically 51. The Convention on the Law of the Sea: a. Was established in 1996 in order to prevent nations from fighting over previously unclaimed small islands in international waters b. Establishes an exclusive 200-mile limit offshore in which only that nation may extract minerals from the ocean floor or resources from the water c. Was put in charge of delimiting national boundaries over open waters less than 200 miles from a coastline d. Establishes a 12-mile territorial water limit offshore but failed to prevent conflict between South Korea and Japan over certain islands e. None of the above 52. North Korea spends nearly _____ of its GDP on military expenditures. a. One-third b. One-quarter c. One-fifth d. One-eighth e. One-tenth 53. From World War II until his death in 1994, North Korea was governed by: a. Kim Il Sung b. Kim Chong Suk c. Kim Jong Il d. Kim Pyong Il e. Kim Hyong Jik 54. Which of these statements about the Korean War is false? a. The United States and the Soviet Union initially partitioned the Korean Peninsula at the 38th parallel without intending it to become a permanent border b. North Korea invaded South Korea in June, 1950 and quickly occupied Seoul c. General Douglas MacArthur was fired from his post as supreme commander after pressing for the use of nuclear weapons against the Chinese d. A peace treaty was signed at Panmunjom in 1953 between the two sides e. United Nations forces quickly drove the North Koreans back to the Yalu River, but were the forced to retreat southward when Chinese forces entered the war 55. Korea was initially divided by: a. The Chinese and the Japanese b. The Russians and the Chinese c. The United Nations and the Russians d. The Japanese and the Russians e. The Russians and the United States 56. North Korea exceeds South Korea in its: a. Social services spending b. Population density c. Industrial production d. Electricity generation e. None of the above 57. Which of these cities has over 10 million residents? a. Pyongyang b. Seoul c. Pusan d. Taegu e. Inchon 58. Which of these statements about North Korea is false? a. North Korea has agreed to let relatives of former North Koreans who fled southward during the Korean War to emigrate to the South b. Up to 10 percent of North Korea’s population died during a famine caused by a series of floods and droughts in the mid-1990s c. North Korea obtained more supplies of wheat from the United States by threatening to withdraw from a 1994 agreement halting its nuclear program d. North Korea has an economy less than one-tenth the size of South Korea’s e. North Korea has a much larger supply of minerals and other non-agricultural resources than South Korea