Chapter Nine Test 6th 2nd Semester Finals

Question 1

Define Demography.

Answer 1

population trends

Question 2

Define Great Wall.

Answer 2

long wall running east to west along the Chineses empires northern boarder

Question 3

Define Reservoir.

Answer 3

storage pool of water

Question 4

Define homogenous.

Answer 4

all people belonging to the same ethnic group

Question 5

Define Filial piety.

Answer 5

the devotion of a child to a parent(s)

Question 6

Define Civil service.

Answer 6

a system of government employees selected for their abilities

Question 7

Define Philosophy

Answer 7

a system of belifes about the world and how to live

Question 8

Define Arable.

Answer 8

able to grow crops

Question 9

Define Hydroelectric power.

Answer 9

power produced by water driven turbines

Question 10

Define Malnutrition.

Answer 10

not getting enough nutrients from food

Question 11

Define Tsunami.

Answer 11

tidal waves

Question 12

Define Steppe.

Answer 12

vast area of grasslands

Question 13

Define Dao.

Answer 13

the natrual way of the univers

Question 14

Define Yin and Yang.

Answer 14

the idea of balence

Question 15

Define legalism

Answer 15

an anichient Chinese philosphy stating that a strong leader and a strong legal system not moral values are needed to create social order

Question 16

Define Meiji Restoration.

Answer 16

time in Japanese history from 1868 to 1912

Question 17

Define Shinto.

Answer 17

religeon based on the worship of spirts and ideas of purity

Question 18

Define Daoism.

Answer 18

following the Tao the natural way of the universes

Question 19

Define Confucianism.

Answer 19

system of belifes based on the ideas of the thinker Confuchious

Question 20

Why did Zhou rulers claim the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 20

victory over the Shang dynasty

Question 21

How is Mandate of Heaven gained?

Answer 21

to be kind and just serveing the intrestres of others

Question 22

What is the Great Wall’s purpose?

Answer 22

protect from invasion

Question 23

Summarize the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

Answer 23

undone by there own unbending inforcemeant of harsh laws

Question 24

Who was called the “First Teacher”?

Answer 24

Confucius

Question 25

What were most important spirits to the ancient Chinese?

Answer 25

Those of their ancestors

Question 26

What was the reason for European intervention in the 1800s?

Answer 26

to open China to trade

Question 27

What is the economic impact of communism in China?

Answer 27

the economy declined

Question 28

What was the result of China’s Great Leap Forward?

Answer 28

wide spread famon

Question 29

Who did the US fight against in the Korean war?

Answer 29

north korea which was suported by China

Question 30

Why do people live in coastal areas in the Koreas?

Answer 30

because the interiors of the areas are mountoes

Question 31

List the 4 main religions practiced in East Asia.

Answer 31

Buudism daoism shinto folk religions

Question 32

Where do Han people mostly live?

Answer 32

in Eastern China

Question 33

Level of ethnic diversity in Japan, N., and S. Korea

Answer 33

very little ethnic diversity

Question 34

Government of China and N Korea.

Answer 34

comunist autocracy

Question 35

Economy of most East Asian countries.

Answer 35

mixed

Question 36

How does religious life differ in China and South Korea?

Answer 36

there is greater freedom in S Korea

Question 37

How does a country invest in its human capital

Answer 37

by investing money in their education system

Question 38

List 4 examples of productive capital.

Answer 38

maceineary factories offices and computers

Question 39

North Korea's economy.

Answer 39

command

Question 40

North Korea invests its resources where?

Answer 40

In its military

Question 41

Why does Japan have a high standard of living

Answer 41

the government invests in education and skills training

Question 42

What are the largest East Asian economies based on

Answer 42

Exports

Question 43

Why does E Asia have no trade agreements?

Answer 43

Politaical difrences

Question 44

Why do Chinese build dams and reservoirs?

Answer 44

to create clean energy

Question 45

Why is there conflict between North and South Korea

Answer 45

N Koreas keeps making nucluear wepoms

Question 46

What is happening to Japan’s population and workforce?

Answer 46

it is decreseing

Question 47

Why do tectonics concern East Asians?

Answer 47

the movement of techtonic plates causes earthquakes

Question 48

Main topic of the Analects of Confucius.

Answer 48

proper behavior and ideals

Question 49

Key values of Confucian teaching.

Answer 49

Family loyalty and respect for others