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Practice Test for Chapter 9: East Asia
Chapter 9
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the statements below is least accurate? Mongolia:
a. has excellent Pacific Ocean ports
b. can be termed a buffer state
c. was part of the Chinese Empire for centuries
d. was guided for nearly 70 years in its development by the Soviets as a People’s Republic
e. became independence from China in 1911
2. Which of the following did not contribute to China's physical isolation from the western world?
a. lack of good ports b. mountains of the southeast c. Himalayas d. Tian Shan mountains e. the Gobi
3. Powdery wind-blown soil of glacial origin found in Central China, is called:
a. Loess
b. Huang soil
c. Cenozoic
d. Shandong
e. Ordos
4. The leading cities of the Xi River delta region are Hong Kong (Xianggang) and __________.
a. Guangzhou
b. Tianjin
c. Shanghai
d. Beijing
e. Tangshan
5. China's earliest state may have been:
a. the Chang dynasty
b. the Han dynasty at the mouth of the Xi river
c. the Manchu dynasty in 4000 BC
d. the Ming dynasty in Tibet
e. the Xia dynasty in the North China Plain
6. Mao Zedong's proclamation creating the communist People's Republic of China was announced in the year:
a. 1911
b. 1925
c. 1949
d. 1976
e. 1983
7. Which of the following statements is false?
a. China's land area is approximately equal to that of the United States.
b. China is one of the oldest continuous civilizations.
c. China's population remains concentrated in the country's western half.
d. China remains a dominantly rural society.
e. China contains humid equatorial climates in its south.
8. Xizang:
a. is the Chinese name for Tibet
b. is Buddhist
c. has suffered from the destruction of its culture by the Chinese
d. has its capital at Lhasa
e. All of these
9. The Special Economic Zone that due to proximity to Hong Kong has been very successful is:
a. Shantou
b. Hainan Island
c. Zhuhai
d. Shenzen
e. Xiamen
10. Which of the following countries does not share a common border with the People's Republic of China?
a. Afghanistan
b. Vietnam
c. Thailand
d. Bhutan
e. North Korea
11. Mao Zedong's campaign for a return to strict and orthodox communism in the 1960-1970s is known as:
a. The Sepoy Rebellion
b. The Extraterritoriality Debate
c. The Great Leap Forward
d. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
e. none of these
12. The only major Japanese city listed here that is not along the coast is:
a. Kyoto
b. Tokyo
c. Osaka
d. Nagoya
e. all of these are coastal cities
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13. 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, consists of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
c. consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which are not found anywhere on the islands
d. are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
e. delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland
14. 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
c. Taiwan
15. Japan's 2nd most important region for urbanization and industry (and agriculture as well) is:
a. the Kanto Plain
b. the Tokyo Area
c. the Nagoya Area
d. Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto (Kansai District)
e. Kyushu
16. The ____ is Japan's "Mediterranean Sea" along whose shores many important urban areas continue to
develop (see map of Japan.)
a. Yellow Sea
b. Sea of Okhtosk
c. Seto Inland Sea
d. Tokyo harbor
e. Sea of Shrimp
17. The largest conurbation in Japan is:
a. Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
b. Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
c. Kyoto
d. Nagoya
e. Shanghai
18. The primate city and capital of South Korea is:
a. Busan
b. Pyongyang
c. Taipei
d. Seoul
e. Canton
19. Taiwan was at one time a colony of:
a. Russia
b. the United States
d. Australia
e. none of these
c. Japan
TRUE or FALSE
20. Like the United States, China has low-lying plains in the east and deserts and mountains in the west.
a.
true
b.
false
21. The Long March took Chinese Communists from Shanghai to Taiwan.
a.
true
b.
false
22. Japan has a very homogenous population and is resistant to immigration.
a.
true
b.
false
23. The Beijing area is the focus of China's Pacific Rim Development with most of the international trade.
a.
true
b.
false
24. The North China Plain is one of the world's most heavily populated farming areas.
a.
true
b.
false
25. Mao promoted population control and the one child policy.
a.
true
b.
false
26. On a southwest-bound trip on the "bullet train" out of Tokyo, the city of Nagoya is reached before Osaka.
a.
True
b.
False
27. Taiwan was invaded by the Communist Chinese in 1945.
a.
True
b.
False
28. North Korea has a more productive manufacturing sector than South Korea and is known for its exports.
a.
True
b.
False