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Chap 30 - Asia Flashcards

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1
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Pakistan was created as a home for Indian

a. Hindus
b. Muslims
c. Buddhists

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b.Muslims

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Prime Minister Nehru was determined to include both of these states within India:

a. Kashmir and Hyderabad
b. Nepal and Kashmir
c. Pakistan and Nepal
d. Hyderabad and Kashmir
e. Hyderabad and Pakistan

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e.Hyderabad and Pakistan

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3
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In 1971, East Pakistan declared its independence as the new nation of

a. Tajikistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka

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b.Bangladesh

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The primary theme(s) of Indian foreign policy under Nehru were

a. anticolonialism
b. antiracism
c. anti-industrialism and anticolonialism
d. anticommunism
e. anticolonialism and antiracism

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e.anticolonialism and antiracism

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5
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Who was the first female prime minister of India?

a. Indira Gandhi
b. Tamil Sanjay
c. Rajiv Gandhi
d. Morarji Desai

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a.Indira Gandhi

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Which of the following has the government of India recognized and put in use for its parliamentary proceedings?

a. Urdu and Bengali
b. English
c. fourteen different languages
d. Hindi

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c.fourteen different languages

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Which three South Asian countries have had women as prime ministers?

a. Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal
b. Pakistan, Nepal and India
c. India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
d. India, Nepal and Sri Lanka

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c.India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

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Which of the following is NOT an Indo-Anglian writer?

a. R. K. Narayan
b. Anita Desai
c. Salman Rushdie
d. B. J. Habibie

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d.B. J. Habibie

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According to the vision of Mahatma Gandhi for India, materialism was

a. to be pursued
b. the path to modernization
c. the key to industrialization
d. to be avoided

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d.to be avoided

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10
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Where are the Petronas Towers located?

a. Indonesia
b. Kuala Lumpur
c. Sri Lanka
d. Cambodia

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b.Kuala Lumpur

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In 1964, the United States granted total independence to

a. Cambodia
b. North Vietnam
c. the Philippines
d. Indonesia

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c.the Philippines

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The main opposition to Sukarno in Indonesia came from

a. conservative Muslims
b. the army
c. Communists and conservative Muslims
d. the army and conservative Muslims
e. China

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d.the army and conservative Muslims

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The one country in Southeast Asia that explicitly rejected the Western model of government was

a. South Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. the Union of Burma
d. North Vietnam

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d.North Vietnam

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In Malaya, the ethnic majority has feared economic and social domination by which minority?

a. Vietnamese
b. Chinese
c. Japanese
d. Malays

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b.Chinese

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In recent years, many Southeast Asian societies have shown signs of evolving toward more

a. socialist forms
b. communist forms
c. democratic forms
d. Confucian forms

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c.democratic forms

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16
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After the Southeast Asian financial crisis of 1997, what institution stepped in to provide assistance? The

a. International Monetary Fund
b. Communist Party
c. European Common Market
d. ASEAN

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a.International Monetary Fund

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17
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What is the subject of the novel Buru Quartet?

a. the revival of Islamic fundamentalism in Malaysia
b. the Westernization of Bali
c. the Indonesian struggle for freedom
d. the guerrilla fighters of the Vietnam War

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c.the Indonesian struggle for freedom

18
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The policy of konfrontasi concerned

a. Indonesia and China
b. Vietnam and Thailand
c. Indonesia and Malaysia
d. Vietnam and Cambodia

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c.Indonesia and Malaysia

19
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What country did the Khmer Rouge devastate?

a. Thailand
b. Vietnam
c. Myanmar
d. Cambodia

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d.Cambodia

20
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In 1967, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines established

a. ASEAN
b. SEATO
c. NATO
d. ISEAN

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a.ASEAN

21
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Who commanded the Allied administration in postwar Japan?

a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. George S. Patton
c. George Marshall
d. Douglas MacArthur

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d.Douglas MacArthur

22
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Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Allied occupation administration of Japan?

a. land reform
b. trying war criminals
c. education reform
d. militarization

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d.militarization

23
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Modern Japan’s successes in the area of human services include

a. low infant mortality, high literacy rate and high life expectancy
b. high life expectancy
c. All of these answers
d. high literacy rate
e. low crime rates

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c.All of these answers

24
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The primary ruling party of Japan since World War II has been the

a. Socialists
b. Liberal Democrats
c. Green Party
d. People’s Congress

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b.Liberal Democrats

25
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A new type of relationship that has developed between Japanese companies is known as

a. keiretsu
b. zaibatsu
c. pachinko
d. genro

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a.keiretsu

26
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What is the dominant religion in Japan today?

a. Christianity
b. Islam
c. Buddhism
d. Shinto

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d.Shinto

27
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One author who feared the Americanization of postwar Japan was

a. Toshiro Mishumi
b. Manga Shimoto
c. Yukio Mishima
d. Keizo Obuchi

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c.Yukio Mishima

28
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Ikko Shimizu is a writer within the genre known as the

a. industrial novel
b. art manga
c. theatre of the absurd
d. literary cartoon

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a.industrial novel

29
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The cease-fire that ended the Korean War was signed at

a. Panmunjom
b. Quangju
c. Inchon
d. Seoul

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a.Panmunjom

30
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The first ruler of the People’s Republic of Korea was

a. Kim Il Sung
b. Kim Il Jong
c. Chung Hee Park
d. Syngman Rhee

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a.Kim Il Sung

31
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The Korean equivalent of the Japanese zaibatsu is

a. chaebol
b. pnohm
c. won
d. kimchi

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a.chaebol

32
Q

What is the term for Korean currency?

a. yen
b. rupi
c. oe
d. won

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d.won

33
Q

The capital of the Republic of China founded by Chiang Kai-shek is

a. Beijing
b. Shanghai
c. Nanking
d. Taipei

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d.Taipei

34
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The DPP is currently in conflict with the ROC and the PRC over the independence of

a. Japan
b. Taiwan
c. Singapore
d. Korea

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b.Taiwan

35
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The American President who ended the mutual security treaty between the U. S. and the ROC was

a. Gerald Ford
b. Richard Nixon
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Ronald Reagan

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c.Jimmy Carter

36
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The smallest of the “little tigers” is(are)

a. Singapore and Hong Kong
b. Indonesia
c. Taiwan and Hong Kong
d. Hong Kong
e. Singapore

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a.Singapore and Hong Kong

37
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Since independence in 1965, the Singapore political scene was until recently dominated by

a. Lee Kuan-yew
b. Goh Chok Tong
c. Amar Mohamed
d. Kishore Mahbubani

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a.Lee Kuan-yew

38
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The economy of Hong Kong depends on

a. a free market
b. guided democracy
c. socialist controls
d. a Japanese model

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a.a free market

39
Q

Hong Kong remained a colony of ________ until 1997.

a. Great Britain
b. France
c. Portugal
d. Holland

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a.Great Britain

40
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Which of the following is NOT a member of the ANZUS alliance?

a. Australia
b. the United States
c. New Guinea
d. New Zealand

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c.New Guinea

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