GEO 102 Final Week 7

Which of the following is not one of the busiest container ports in Asia? a) Hong Kong b) Buter c) Busan d) Shanghai e) Shenzhen

Which of the following statements about the western interior of China is false? a) Much of the area is a flat plain. b) Much of the area is mountainous or is a high plateau. c) Many of Asia's great rivers arise in the area's highlands. d) The area is sparsely populated compared to China proper. e) Much of this area exhibits a highland (H) climate.

What is the name of the thick, wind-blown soil formed from pulverization by glaciers? a) permadust b) loess c) Cenozoic drift d) a morainosol e) huang soil

Which country's population identifies as "the people of Han"? a) Mongolia b) China c) Japan d) Korea e) Tibet

Which of the following is true of the Han Dynasty? a) It is the earliest Chinese dynasty about which substantial information is available. b) It began and ended before 300 BC, when China already was a well-organized state. c) It was the period when China's external trade began and the Chinese sphere of influence expanded. d) It is another name for the regime of Mao Zedong. e) It led directly to the takeover of the Manchus in 1644.

In what year did Mao Zedong proclaim the creation of the communist People's Republic of China? a) 1911 b) 1925 c) 1949 d) 1976 e) 1997

What is China's largest city? a) Beijing b) Hong Kong c) Guangzhou d) Shenzhen e) Shanghai

Which of the following numbers is closest to China's current population? a) 400 million b) 800 million c) 1.1 billion d) 1.3 billion e) 2.1 billion

Which of the following regions was formerly called "Manchuria"? a) Northeast China b) Taiwan c) North China Plain d) Xinjiang e) Red Basin of Sichuan

Which of the following is not located in Northeast China? a) the Liao River Basin b) the country's Rustbelt c) the Songhua River Basin d) the city of Harbin e) the ancient city of Xian

Which of the following dominates the North China Plain? a) lower Huang He b) Loess Plateau c) city of Shanghai d) Pearl River estuary e) Ordos Desert

Which of the following is true of the Huang He: a) It drains the Xi/Pearl River Basin. b) It flows into the South China Sea. c) It almost encircles the Ordos Desert. d) It flows toward its mouth at Shanghai. e) It originates in the Sichuan Basin.

Which of the following is one of the world's most heavily populated agricultural areas? a) the Northeast China Plain b) the Liao-Songhua Basin c) Xinjiang d) the Jakota Triangle e) the North China Plain

Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet? a) Pudong b) Xian c) Xinjiang d) Xizang e) Hainan

Which of the following best describes Xizang? a) It is the Chinese name for Tibet. b) It is now directly connected by rail to Beijing. c) It has suffered from the destruction of its culture by the Chinese. d) It has its capital at Lhasa. e) All choices are correct.

Which of the following is true of the Xinjiang region? a) It contains desert basins near Turkestan. b) It is located south of Tibet. c) It contains the Gobi Desert. d) It is in the northeastern part of the country. e) It is another name for Xizang.

Which leader took over in China following the struggle after Mao's death? a) Deng Xiaoping b) Kim Jong Il c) Chien-Ming Wang d) Yao Ming e) Hu Jintao

Which of the following is not a Special Economic Zone? a) Pudong b) Binhai c) Xiamen d) Liaoning e) Zhuhai

Which Special Economic Zone has been the most successful? a) Macau b) Shenzhen c) Guangdong d) Hainan Island e) Hong Kong

Which of the following has not been important in the development of Shenzhen as an SEZ? a) proximity to Hong Kong b) socialist economic principles as applied by the Chinese government c) expanded seaport facilities d) new apartment building developments to accommodate more workers e) the fastest urban growth rate in human history

Which of the following is China's most productive regional economy? a) Xinjiang b) the Pearl River Hub c) Sichuan d) Xizang e) Taiwan

Which of the following lies just across the old Chinese border from Hong Kong? a) Macau b) Canton c) Chang-Yangzi Delta d) Pudong e) Shenzhen

Which SEZ is located closest to Shanghai, China's largest city? a) Macau b) Pudong c) Xiamen d) Zhuhai e) Shenzhen

Which of the following statements about Mongolia is least accurate? a) It can be termed a buffer state. b) It is desirous of union with China. c) It is landlocked. d) It has an area larger than Alaska. e) It is rich in gold, copper, and coal.

Which of the following was not occupied by Japan during World War II? a) Siberia b) Manchuria c) Korea d) Taiwan e) Vietnam

Which of the following best describes the Meiji Restoration? a) It marked the demise of the Shogun Dynasty. b) It was the beginning of Japan's modernization and economic and military transformation. c) It triggered the shift of the country's capital city to Kyoto. d) It halted Japan's explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since about 1890. e) It occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered in World War II.

What was Japan's capital city before the Meiji Restoration? a) Honshu b) Tokyo c) Edo d) Kansai e) Kyoto

Which of the following is true about the location of the capital of Japan? a) It was moved from Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948. b) It was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers. c) It was moved to Hiroshima after World War II. d) It has always been located in Osaka. e) It was moved to the newly planned city of Nippon in 1946.

Which of the following describes Japan's natural landscapes? a) They resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmsers, plateau country elsewhere. b) Being tropical, they consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland. c) They are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium. d) They consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago. e) They delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland.

Which of the following statements about Japan is false? a) Most Japanese are Buddhists. b) It has the most homogenous population of its size in the world. c) Only about 18 percent of the country is considered habitable. d) Shoguns were military rulers in Japan. e) It was very isolated until U.S. warships sailed into its harbors in the 1850s.

Which of the following is true of Japan's population? a) It is expected to decline over the next half-century. b) It is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea). c) It exhibits a low rate of literacy. d) It is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku. e) It is reflective of a multicultural society.

Japan's largest and main island, containing the capital and almost all of its core area, is: a) Kyushu. b) Honshu. c) Shikoku. d) Hokkaido. e) Sakhalin.

Japan's leading region of urbanization, industry, and agriculture is the: a) Kansai District. b) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto Region. c) Nagoya Area. d) Kanto Plain. e) Kitakyushu conurbation.

In what district is Japan's second-largest city, Osaka, located? a) Kanto b) Nobi c) Shikoku d) Kansai e) Seto Inland Sea

What is the largest conurbation in Japan? a) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki b) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto c) Kyoto-Nagasaki d) Nagoya-Hiroshima e) Osaka-Hokkaido

Which body of water is known as Japan's Mediterranean? a) Kurile Sea b) Sea of Okhtosk c) Seto Inland Sea d) Bay of Tokyo e) Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Which region in Japan is best situated to do business with Korea and China? a) the Kansai District b) the Kanto Plain c) the Nobi Plain d) the Tokaido (Tokyo-Hokkaido) Megalopolis e) Kitakyushu

By 2050, by what number is Japan's current population of 128 million expected to shrink? a) 49 million b) 65 million c) 88 million d) 102 million e) 118 million

Which of the following is not a contributing factor to Japan's recent economic problems? a) a heavy dependence on foreign oil b) the cost of recovery following the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake c) a debt twice the size of its GDP d) geopolitical disputes with countries in the region who would make good economic partners e) a new emphasis on the development of geothermal power

Which of the following statements about Japan is false? a) Relations with Russia are strained as a result of a longstanding dispute over the Kurile islands closest to Japan. b) Relations with China are difficult because of memories of Japanese behavior during World War II. c) The population of Japan is aging, which results in a shrinking base of workers. d) Japan's relations with both North and South Korea are tense. e) Japan has numerous ethnic minorities that create significant internal strife.

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s? a) defeat of North Korea, which was returned to Japan's control b) victory for the South, which soon became communist c) a military stalemate resulting in the enduring division of the country d) a short pause, followed by renewed war that drags on to this day e) the unification of the two Koreas

South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as: a) communism. b) laissez-faire capitalism. c) globalization. d) state capitalism. e) socialism.

Taiwan was at one time a colony of: a) Russia. b) the United States. c) Japan. d) Australia. e) Britain.

Which of the following statements about Taiwan is false? a) The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. b) Taiwan exports personal computers. c) More than 23 million people live on Taiwan. d) The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese. e) Chinese SEZs helped Taiwanese entrepreneurs to buy and build factories in China.

Taiwan is located off the coast of which country? a) Russia b) China c) Korea d) Vietnam e) Japan

Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was proclaimed by Chiang's forces in approximately 1948? a) Hong Kong b) Lhasa c) Taipei d) Macau e) Pyongyang

Which of the following is not considered an Asian Tiger? a) Hong Kong b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Taiwan e) Singapore

The Han Dynasty was China's formative period and the Chinese still call themselves the "people of Han."

The Boxer Rebellion was a reaction by the Chinese to foreigners in 1949.

The Long March took Chinese Communists from Shanghai to Taiwan.

The North China Plain is one of the world's most densely populated farming areas.

The Liao Basin is one of the most productive agricultural regions of Guangdong Province in South China.

Xizang is part of China proper.

Xinjiang and Xizang are two of the most densely populated regions of China Proper.

China's Shenzhen is a Special Economic Zone.

Shenzhen has now ended its role as an SEZ since Hong Kong reunified with China in 1997.

Mongolia is a good example of a buffer state.

Japan's four large islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Sakhalin.

Japan forged a major colonial empire in Asia during the first half of the twentieth century.

Japan's territorial dispute with Russia is over four small islands in the Kurile Island chain.

The Meiji Restoration occurred before the arrival of the U.S. Navy in the 1805s, which was welcomed as a major new trading opportunity.

To symbolize modernization, the Meiji rulers shifted the capital from Kyoto to Tokyo.

In terms of coal, iron ore, and petroleum, Japan is better supplied by domestic resources than the British Isles.

With the single exception of Kyoto, all primary and secondary cities of Japan lie on the coast.

Japan's core area is developing along the shores of the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

If you were to take a "bullet train" southwest from Tokyo, you would reach the city of Nagoya before Osaka.

The island of Hokkaido lies outside of Japan's core area.

The Nobi Plain lies between the Kansai District and the Kanto Plain.

South Korea has developed under a socialist system since 1945.

North and South Korea are in the process of reuniting into a single country.

The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has not stopped any trade and population movements between the two political entities.

North and South Korea could benefit from regional complementary, and both states would have much to gain by reunification.

North Korea has numerous industrial raw materials, and the resources of the South are agricultural.

Taiwan was invaded by the Communist Chinese in 1945.

The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.

For a half-century after 1895 Taiwan was under Japanese rule.

East Asia is encircled by snowcapped mountains, vast deserts, cold climates, and Pacific waters.

East Asia was one of the world's earliest culture hearths, and China is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations.

The Shanghai Tower, at 824 meters (2703 ft), will be the world's tallest building.

East Asia is home to the world's newest superpower as North Korea's economic and political influence is increasingly projected throughout the globe.

Figure 9A-7 shows that the predominant languages in the northernmost parts of East Asia belong mostly to this language family: a) Sino-Tibetan b) Han Chinese c) Altaic d) Austro-Asiatic e) Indo-European

According to Figure 9A-9, which of the following countries did not take over part of China prior to World War II (1945)? a) Japan b) Russia c) Germany d) France e) the United States

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) Philippine Islands

According to Figure 9B-4, which of these locations was not designated as an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)? a) Beijing b) Pudong c) Shenzhen d) Hainan Island e) Binhai

According to Figure 9B-6, which of these provinces was the wealthiest in 2010? a) Beijing b) Guangdong c) Sichuan d) Hunan e) Yunnan

Examine Figure 9B-11 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 large 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.

According to Figure 9A-6, it appears that China has the greatest number of nuclear power plants in East Asia.

According to Figure 9B-3, Xizang (Tibet) is a province of China, similar to Sichuan and Hunan.

According to Figure 9B-13 the straight-line distance between China and Taiwan, from Quanzhou to Hsinchu, is about 150 miles.