Final

Question 1

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

Answer 1

The Cultural Revolution

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Shinto

Question 3

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

Answer 3

China

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Millet

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Tibetan Plateau

Question 6

This country does not belong to the United Nations.

Answer 6

Taiwan

Question 7

The first leader of China under a Communist government was:

Answer 7

Mao Zedong

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Pinyin System

Question 9

________ is the capital of North Korea.

Answer 9

Pyongyang

Question 10

The Daimyos were the Japanese ________ during feudalism.

Answer 10

Barons

Question 11

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

Answer 11

China

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Silk

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Japanese Colonization

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?

Answer 14

North Korea

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Great Britian

Question 16

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:

Answer 16

Feng Shui

Question 17

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

Answer 17

British

Question 18

The majority of Xinjiangs population is ________.

Answer 18

Muslim

Question 19

The ________ is the dominant group in China.

Answer 19

Han

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Korea

Question 21

This is the largest city in China.

Answer 21

Shanghai

Question 22

________ is a large Japanese conglomerate corporation.

Answer 22

Zaibatsu

Question 23

What is silk?

Answer 23

synthetic fiber produced from cellulose or petroleum

Question 24

________ is the capital of China.

Answer 24

Beijing

Question 25

Taiwan is claimed by this country.

Answer 25

China

Question 26

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

Answer 26

North korea

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Pacific Ocean

Question 28

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

Answer 28

China

Question 29

China's population is approximately:

Answer 29

1.3 billion

Question 30

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.

Answer 30

Bhopal

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Vedic culture

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Cool and mainly dry

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Himyalans

Question 34

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:

Answer 34

Portuguese

Question 35

What region was described as the breadbasket of India?

Answer 35

Punjab and Haryana

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Bangledash

Question 37

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

Answer 37

India

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Caste

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Indian ocean and Northeast

Question 40

Pakistan was established as a ________.

Answer 40

Muslim Country

Question 41

In the Caste System those who pursue wealth ________.

Answer 41

are Less well regarded

Question 42

Which of these cultures appeared first, before the others?

Answer 42

Vedic

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Maldives

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Distribution of Ganga River

Question 45

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.

Answer 45

Singapore

Question 46

Sawah is also known as:

Answer 46

Wet rice

Question 47

The December 2004 tsunami originated offshore of this island.

Answer 47

Sumatra

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Dutch

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Kleptocracy

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Indonesia

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Cambodeia

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Indonesia

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Pol Pot

Question 54

This country is mostly Christian.

Answer 54

Phillapeans

Question 55

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

Answer 55

None

Question 56

The major river in Cambodia and southern Vietnam is the:

Answer 56

Mekong

Question 57

This country is mostly Buddhists.

Answer 57

Thailand

Question 58

This is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

Answer 58

Laos

Question 59

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

Answer 59

Petroleum