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Government & Economics of Asia Test-Study Guide!
Directions: answer the following questions on your OWN sheet of notebook paper!
Economics:
1. What is the definition of human capital?
2. What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
3. If a country does not invest in its human capital, how can it affect the country’s GDP?
4. What percentage of India’s population work in agriculture?
5. Describe the majority of the farms in India?
6. How much of India’s GDP comes from farming?
7. How was the Green Revolution an example of investment in human capital in India?
8. How does India’s rank in the world in terms of industrial production?
9. What role does the Chinese government play in decisions about investing in human capital?
10. How did the Four Modernizations affect Chinese agriculture?
11. How did the Four Modernizations affect Chinese industry?
12. What was the purpose of China’s setting up the four Special Economic Zones?
13. What is one of the most important ways Japan has invested in human capital?
14. How do Japanese companies invest in human capital in dealing with their workers?
15. The Japanese government promotes the country’s industrial growth and development by?
16. Which is the source of nearly all of Japan’s GDP?
17. What are capital goods?
18. Why is investment in capital goods important for a country like Japan?
19. India must invest in capital goods to help overcome which problems?
20. Investment in capital goods has helped China do well in which world markets?
21. What is an example of a natural resource?
22. What is an entrepreneur?
23. What has been the role of entrepreneurship in India?
24. Who has benefited from the micro-credit industry in India?
25. How has China’s attitude toward entrepreneurship changed in the past several decades?
26. What is the attitude of the Japanese toward entrepreneurship?
Government:
27. In a unitary government system, who has most of the power?
28. In a confederation government system, who has most of the power?
29. How is government power handled in a federal form of government?
30. Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an autocracy?
31. Which Southern and Eastern Asian country could be described as an autocracy?
32. Who makes most of the important governmental decisions in an oligarchy?
33. Which Southern and Eastern Asian country could be described as an oligarchy?
34. Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than an autocracy or oligarchy?
35. Which Southern or Eastern Asian countries have democratic systems of government?
36. Which branch is responsible for making/carrying out the laws in a parliamentary democracy?
37. What is the leader of a parliamentary system often called?
38. Who is the leader of a parliamentary democracy chosen by?
39. Which branch of government makes the laws in a presidential system of government?
40. In a presidential system of government, how is a president chosen?
41. What is the role of the president regarding the laws passed by the legislature?
42. What is one main difference between a president and a prime minister?
43. What is the Japanese parliament called?
44. Who is allowed to vote in Indian elections?
45. Who is allowed to vote in Japan?
46. What sort of government is the People’s Republic of China?
47. What is the name of the elected Chinese legislative assembly?
48. Who can vote in national elections in China?
49. How often are elections for the national government held in India?
50. Which country is the world’s largest democracy?
51. Who was Indira Gandhi?
52. What role do the people play in a government like that of Japan?
53. What was the position of the Japanese emperor before World War II?
54. What group makes most of the decisions in the People’s Republic of China today?
55. Who chooses the president and vice-president of the National People’s Congress in China?
56. Who chooses the premier of the National People’s Congress in China?
57. Who was the first leader of the People’s Republic of China?