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1
Q

________ was a sustained attack on Chinese traditions and cultural practices.

A

The Cultural Revolution

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2
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This religion is distinctly Japanese, and most of its followers are Japanese.

A

Shinto

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3
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It is estimated that between 20 and 30 million people died from starvation and malnutrition-related diseases between 1959 and 1962 in this country.

A

China

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4
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________ was domesticated from wild species in more northerly sub-humid regions of East Asia.

A

Millet

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5
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Which of the following Outer China regions is dominated by rugged mountains with intermontane basins of needle-leaf forests, alpine meadows and marshes?

A

Tibetan Plateau

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6
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This country does not belong to the United Nations.

A

Taiwan

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7
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The first leader of China under a Communist government was:

A

Mao Zedong

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8
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What is the new system of spelling Chinese words and names using the Latin alphabet of 26 letters called?

A

Pinyin System

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9
Q

________ is the capital of North Korea.

A

Pyongyang

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10
Q

The Daimyos were the Japanese ________ during feudalism.

A

Barons

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11
Q

All of these countries are mostly urban, except: (This item is old, China is now 64% urbanized)

A

China

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12
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________ production helped foster rapid industrialization in Japan in the late 19th and early 20th century.

A

Silk

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13
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Few people from Korea had left the country before the ________ in 1910.

A

Japanese Colonization

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14
Q

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?

A

North Korea

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15
Q

The Opium War allowed control of Hong Kong to go to ________.

A

Great Britian

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16
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The belief that the physical attributes of places can be analyzed and manipulated to improve the flow of cosmic energy that binds all living things is called:

A

Feng Shui

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17
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Hong Kong was a ________ colony during most of the 19th and 20th centuries.

A

British

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18
Q

The majority of Xinjiangs population is ________.

A

Muslim

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19
Q

The ________ is the dominant group in China.

A

Han

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20
Q

Which one of the following areas did Japan annex in 1895?

A

Korea

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21
Q

This is the largest city in China.

A

Shanghai

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22
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________ is a large Japanese conglomerate corporation.

A

Zaibatsu

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23
Q

What is silk?

A

synthetic fiber produced from cellulose or petroleum

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24
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________ is the capital of China.

A

Beijing

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25
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Taiwan is claimed by this country.

A

China

26
Q

This country has the world’s fifth-largest standing army.

A

North korea

27
Q

The South China Sea, the East China Sea, and the Yellow Sea are part of what water body?

A

Pacific Ocean

28
Q

This country became involved in the Korean War when the U.S. military pushed the North Korean forces back to its borders.

A

China

29
Q

China’s population is approximately:

A

1.3 billion

30
Q

One of the most horrific environmental disasters of all time took place in this city in 1984, when lethal methyl isocyanate leaked from a Union Carbide plant, killing around 4,000 people.

A

Bhopal

31
Q

Which of the following had the mythic understanding of the world which eventually would become the cornerstone of Hinduism?

A

Vedic culture

32
Q

In most of South Asia, the winter is characterized as a ________ climate.

A

Cool and mainly dry

33
Q

Most of the speakers of Tibeto-Burmese languages in South Asia live in:

A

Himyalans

34
Q

The main competitor of the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company for the monopoly of the Indonesian spice trade was the:

A

Portuguese

35
Q

What region was described as the breadbasket of India?

A

Punjab and Haryana

36
Q

Which of the following experiences the most regular and widespread flooding from the South Asian monsoon?

A

Bangledash

37
Q

Since independence, all of these countries have had periods of military rule, except:

A

India

38
Q

What is a system of kinship groupings that is reinforced by language, region and occupation?

A

Caste

39
Q

The South Asian wet monsoon originates over the ________ and moves ________.

A

Indian ocean and Northeast

40
Q

Pakistan was established as a ________.

A

Muslim Country

41
Q

In the Caste System those who pursue wealth ________.

A

are Less well regarded

42
Q

Which of these cultures appeared first, before the others?

A

Vedic

43
Q

This low-lying country is in danger of disappearing because of rising sea level, due to global warming.

A

Maldives

44
Q

The partitioning by the British led to problems between India and Bangladesh over ________.

A

Distribution of Ganga River

45
Q

In terms of average income, which of the following is different from the other three?

Cambodia

Burma

Vietnam

Singapore

Average income is approximately equal in all of these.

A

Singapore

46
Q

Sawah is also known as:

A

Wet rice

47
Q

The December 2004 tsunami originated offshore of this island.

A

Sumatra

48
Q

Most of what is today Indonesia was a colony of the:

A

Dutch

49
Q

________ is defined as leaders diverting national resources for their personal gain.

A

Kleptocracy

50
Q

An attempted Communist coup in 1965 against this country’s leader, Sukarno, resulted in at least 500,000 people being killed in retaliation.

A

Indonesia

51
Q

The Khmer Rouge is associated with communist revolutionaries in this country.

A

Cambodeia

52
Q

All of these countries either now have or once had Communist governments, except ________.

A

Indonesia

53
Q

The brutal “death march” out of Phnom Penh in 1975-76 that killed at least 2 million people was ordered by this man.

A

Pol Pot

54
Q

This country is mostly Christian.

A

Phillapeans

55
Q

All of these plants are native to Southeast Asia, except:

A

None

56
Q

The major river in Cambodia and southern Vietnam is the:

A

Mekong

57
Q

This country is mostly Buddhists.

A

Thailand

58
Q

This is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

A

Laos

59
Q

The sultanate of Brunei has become rich through the export of:

A

Petroleum

60
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