Test 3 Flashcards
In 1965, \_\_\_\_\_ broke away from Malaysia and became a separate political entity in Southeast Asia. a. Singapore b. Hong Kong c. Sarawak d. Brunei e. Borneo
a. Singapore
Japan’s economic growth was well underway by the:
a. Mid-1950’s
b. Mid- 1960’s
c. Mid-1970’s
d. Mid-1980’s
e. Mid- 1990’s
c. Mid 1970’s
Which of these 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 was guided in its development for more than 60 years by the Soviets
e. it declared its independence from China in 1911
b. It is desirous of union with China
Which of the following was not occupied by Japan during World War II?
a. Siberia
b. Manchuria
c. Korea
d. Taiwan
e. Vietnam
a. Siberia
The Meiji Restoration:
a. Marked the demise of the Shogun Dynasty
b. Marked the beginning of Japan’s modernization and generated its economic and military transformation
c. Triggered the shift of the country’s capital city to Kyoto
d. Halted Japan’s explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since about 1890
e. Occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered in World War II
b. Marked the beginning of Japan’s modernization and generated its economic and military transformation
Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan’s capital city was:
a. Honshu
b. Tokyo
c. Edo
d. Kansai
e. Kyoto
e. Kyoto
The capital of Japan was moved:
a. From Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948 to assert claims to the Kurile islands lost to Russia at the end of World
War II
b. From Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
c. To Hiroshima after World War II
d. Has always been located in Osaka
e. To the newly-planned city of Nippon in 1946
b. From Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
Japan’s natural landscapes:
a. Resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau country elsewhere
b. Being tropical, consists of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
c. Are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium d. Consist of all the usual land forms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago
e. Delayed Japan’s modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian
mainland
c. Are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Most Japanese are Christians.
b. Japan has the most unvaried population of its size in the world.
c. The Ainu were the first inhabitants of Japan.
d. Shoguns were military rulers in Japan.
e. Japan remained isolated for many years until U.S. warships sailed into Japanese harbors in the 1850s.
a. Most Japanese are Christians.
Japan’s population:
a. Is expected to decline over the next half-century
b. Is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
c. Exhibits a low rate of literacy
d. Is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
e. Is reflective of a multicultural society
b. Is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Japan’s largest and main island, containing the Japanese capital and almost all of its core area is:
a. Kyushu
b. Honshu
c. Shikoku
d. Hokkaido
e. Sakhalin
b. Honshu
The largest conurbation in Japan is:
a. Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
b. Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
c. Kyoto-Nagasaki
d. Nagoya-Hiroshima
e. Osaka-Hokkaido
a. Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
By 2100, Japan’s current population of 128 million is expected to shrink to about _____ million:
a. 49
b. 67
c. 88
d. 102
e. 118
b. 67
Japan’s recent economic problems are a result of all of the following except:
a. Heavy dependence on foreign oil
b. The rise of competing economic powers in East Asia
c. Financial mismanagement
d. Losses in investments made in other countries
e. Three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in 500,000 deaths and billions of yen in losses
e. three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in 500,000 deaths and billions of yen in losses
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 (unapologized-for) behavior during World War II
c. The population of Japan is aging, thereby creating labor shortages
d. Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life in Japan
e. Japan has numerous ethnic minorities that create significant internal strife
d. Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life in Japan
The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was:
a. defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the control of Japan
b. victory for the South, which soon became communist c. a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country
d. a short pause, followed by renewed war that still drags on to this day
e. the unification of the two Koreas
c. a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country
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
d. State capitalism
Taiwan was at one time a colony of: a. Russia b. The United States c, Japan d. Australia e. Britain
c. Japan
Which of the following statements is false?
a. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
b. Taiwan exports personal computers.
c. More than 22 million people live on Taiwan.
d. The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese.
e. Taiwan recently held free elections for a parliament
d. The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese
Taiwan is located off the coast of:
a. Russia
b. China
c. Korea
d. Vietnam
e. Japan
b. China
Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was first proclaimed in 1912: a. Hong Kong b. Lhasa c. Taipei d. Macau e Pyongyang
c. Taipei
Which of the following was the first highly developed country in East Asia, significantly ahead
of any other East Asian state in its level of economic development?
a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. China
d. North Korea
e. Taiwan
a. Japan
The country that has functioned as a buffer state between Russia and China is:
a. Mongolia
b. Siberia
c. North Korea
d. Tibet
e. Xinjiang
a. Mongolia
The primate city and capital of South Korea is:
a. Busan
b. Pyongyang
c. Taipei
d. Seoul
e. Kyushu
d. Seoul
Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of:
a. Melanesia
b. Micronesia
c. Polynesia
d. the Pacific Rim
e. North America
c. Polynesia
The Pacific region called _____ takes its name from the word for many, and is contained within a huge triangle whose corners are New Zealand, Easter Island, and the Hawaiian Islands.
a. Polynesia
b. Amnesia
c. Micronesia
d. Melanesia
e. Oceania
a. Polynesia
The dominant economic activity associated with high-island (volcanic) cultures is:
a. Tourism
b. Fishing
c. Agriculture
d. Mining
e. Industry
c. Agriculture
Which of the following is located in Micronesia?
a. Hawaiian Islands
b. Marshall Islands
c. New Caledonia
d. Solomon Islands
e. Papua New Guinea
b. Marshall Islands
Which of the following is false about Fiji?
a. Nearly 800,000 people live on about 100 islands.
b. Large numbers of Australians have retired to the islands.
c. South Asians arrived during the colonial era to work on the sugar plantations.
d. The South Asians have long been political activists. e. The South Asians have dominated the commercial life of the country.
b. Large numbers of Australians have retired to the islands.
Prior to independence, New Guinea was administered by:
a. Australia
b. New Zealand
c. the Netherlands
d. Indonesia
e. Papua
a. Australia
The people of New Guinea are:
a. mostly Chinese
b. Polynesian
c. Indonesian in their ancestry
d. of Dutch descent
e. Papuans
e. Papuans
The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in:
a. Papua New Guinea
b. Fiji
c. Vanuatu
d. Samoa
e. New Caledonia
a. Papua New Guinea
Which of the following is located in Melanesia?
a. Guam
b. Tahiti
c. Vanuatu
d. Samoa
e. Hawaii
c. Vanuatu
The island of New Guinea is included in the Pacific region known as:
a. Melanesia
b. Micronesia
c. Polynesia
d. Insular Southeast Asia
e. Indonesia
a. Melanesia
In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:
a. Solomon Islands
b. Fiji
c. Papua New Guinea
d. Hawaii
e. Easter Island
c. Papua New Guinea
The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
a. Eucalyptuses
b. Kangaroos
c. Marsupials
d. Outbacks
e. Anzacs
c. Marsupials
Native Australians are known as:
a. Maoris
b. Cook Islanders
c. Aborigines
d. Australindians
e. Marsupials
c. Aborigines
For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that:
a. Allowed only white people to enter the country
b. Forced aborigines to move to New Zealand
c. Encouraged migration from Indonesia
d. allowed only former criminals to move into the country
e. Allowed only relatives of gold miners to enter the country
a. Allowed only white people to enter the country
Which of the following is not one of Australia’s major problems?
a. Aboriginal claims
b. Environmental degradation
c. Immigration issues
d. Land border disputes
e. All of the above
d. Land border disputes
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Australia’s total population is modest in size.
b. The largest segment of the core area of Australia is on the southeastern coast.
c. Most Australians live in rural areas.
d. Much of Australia is arid or semiarid.
e. The capital of Australia is Canberra
c. Most Australians live in rural areas
Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra?
a. Perth
b. Melbourne
c. Auckland
d. Adelaide
e. Bris
b. Melbourne
The governmental structure of Australia is that of a:
a. Federal state
b. Unitary state
c. British colony
d. Monarchy
e. Indigenous social
a. Federal state
The island across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia called:
a. Sydney
b. Canberra
c. Tasmania
d. South Island
e. East Timor
c. Tasmania
Most of the core area of Australia is located in the:
a. Northwest
b. Northeast
c. Southwest
d. Southeast
e. Outback
d. Southeast
About _____ percent of Australians live in cities or towns.
a. 33
b. 48
c. 60
d. 72
e. 85
e. 85
The Australian capital city is:
a. Canberra
b. Sydney
c. Wellington
d. Perth
e. Auckland on the South Island
a. Canberra
The vast interior rural area of Australia is known as the:
a. national core area
b. Central Australian State
c. Aboriginal Territories
d. Empty Quarter
e. Outback
e. Outback
The environmental crisis that most severely threatens economic activity in the Murray-Darling river basin is:
a. overpopulation
b. rabbit-induced deforestation
c. mining pollution
d. drought
e. repeated floods
d. Drought
New Zealand’s largest ethnic minority group, whose roots are Polynesian, is known as the:
a. Aborigines
b. Maori
c. Kiwi
d. Australindians
e. High Islanders
b. Maori
Which of the following is True?
a. New Zealand is only about 100 miles from Australia
b, While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.
c. The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.
d. New Zealand is comprised of three large islands.
e. Most of New Zealand’s population lives in the interior of the North Island
b, While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous
The largest city in Australia is:
a. Sydney
b. Canberra
c. Perth
d. Melbourne
e. Brisbane
a. Sydney
The major core of population is located on _____ portion of the Australian continent.
a. Northwestern coast
b. South-Central coast
c. East and Southeast coast
d. Central Inland
e. Southwestern coast
c. East and Southeast coast
Which of these is NOT a state of the Australian federal government system? a. New South Wales b. Western Australia c. Tasmania d. New Zealand e .Queensland
d. New Zealand
This portion of Australia was set aside to protect the interests of its large Aborignal population.
a. New South Wales
b. Australian Capital Territory
c. Tasmania
d. Western Australia
e. Northern Territory
e. Northern Territory
Australia’s most isolated large city is _____ which sits on the Australian west coast, far from the other major cities.
a. Melbourne
b. Perth
c. Sydney
d. Brisbane
e. Canberra
b. Perth
Australia’s agriculture has long been known for its tremendous herds of:
a. Cows
b. Sheep
c. Llamas
d. Pigs
e. Oxen
b. Sheep
The largest urban area in New Zealand is:
a. Auckland
b. Christchurch
c. Wellington
d. Hamilton
e. Dunedin
a. Auckland
The topography of New Zealand can be generalized as:
a. Flat low-lying plains
b. Rolling hills
c. A high plateau
d. Rugged mountains
e. Plains interrupted by carved canyons
d. Rugged mountains
Which country, along with Australia, constitutes the Austral Realm?
a. New Zealand
b. New Guinea
c. East Timor
d. Indonesia
e. Singapore
a. New Zealand
Singapore:
a. Was a British Colony
b. Has a large Chinese population
c. Was once a part of Malaysia
d. Is on a small island
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
The ethnic group that accounts for over 75% of Singapore’s population are the:
a. Hindus
b. Chinese
c. Sighs
d. Khmers
e. Malays
b. Chinese
Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by:
a. Extensive plateaus
b. High relief
c. Extensive flat plains
d. Rolling hills
e. Dry-environment land forms
b, High relief
Which of the following statements is false?
a. The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics.
b. Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a relatively low population density
c. The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated
d. Southeast Asia is culturally fragmented.
e. All of the above are correct.
c. The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated
Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is:
a. Less densely populated
b. More densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living
c. Very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas
d. Entirely a remnant of Britain’s East Indies colonial empire
e. Much less affected by Chinese immigration
d. Entirely a remnant of Britain’s East Indies colonial empire
Half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in which two countries?
a. Indonesia and Vietnam
b. Indonesia and the Philippines
c. Vietnam and the Philippines
d. Malaysia and Myanmar
e. Indonesia and Thailand
b. Indonesia and the Philippines
Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas?
a. Lower valleys of major rivers
b. Deltas of major rivers
c. Zones of plantation development in Malaysia
d. Areas of volcanic soil in the islands
e. Interior highland regions
e. Interior highland regions
Agriculture in Southeast Asia is limited by:
a. Desert conditions
b. Loess soils
c. Generally infertile tropical soils
d. Severe dietary restrictions caused by food taboos
e. All of the above
b. Loess soils
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was:
a. Vietnam
b. Malaya
c. Borneo
d. Thailand
e. Burma
d. Thailand
Which of the following was not a part of French Indochina?
a. Tonkin
b. Siam
c. Cambodia
d. Laos
e. Cochin China
b. Siam
Which of the following mother country-colony associations is incorrect?
a. Spain–Philippines
b. Britain–Burma
c. Netherlands–Brunei
d. France–Vietnam
e. Portugal—East Timor
c. Netherlands–Brunei
Which of the following countries was once part of British India?
a. Singapore
b. Sumatera (Sumatra)
c. Myanmar (Burma)
d. Malaysia
e. Thailand
c. Myanmar (Burma)
Which of the following islands was not colonized by the Dutch?
a. Java
b. Sumatera (Sumatra)
c. Borneo
d. Sulawesi (Celebes)
e. Luzon
e. Luzon
_____ held onto eastern Timor well after the Dutch left the East Indies.
a. Portugal
b. France
c. Australia
d. Britain
e. Japan
a. Portugal
The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is: a. Bangladesh b. Iran c. Pakistan d. Indonesia e, Nigeria
d. Indonesia
The ethnic group forming a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia are the:
a. Indians
b. Japanese
c. Singaporeans
d. Thais
e. Chinese
e. Chinese
In Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, most of the people are adherents of:
a. Buddhism
b. Hinduism
c. Islam
d. Roman Catholicism
e. the Muslim faith
a. Buddhism
A country that is elongated is:
a. Cambodia
b. Vietnam
c. Brunei
d. Singapore
e. Philippines
b. Vietnam
Saigon is today named after the communist leader who founded modern Vietnam, a communist named:
a. Viet Cong
b. Kim Il Sung
c. Ho Chi Minh
d. Dien Bien Phu
e. Pol Pot
c. Ho Chi Minh
Which country does not border Vietnam?
a. Laos
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. People’s Republic of China
e. None of the above
b. Thailand
The two core areas of Vietnam are centered at:
a. Cochin China and Annam
b. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
c. the Mekong and Irrawaddy deltas
d. Bangkok and Dien Bien Phu
e. Vientiane and Phnom Penh
b. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
The Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness is:
a. Laos
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Vietnam
e. Indonesia
b. Cambodia
Angkor Wat is located in which country?
a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Myanmar
e. Thailand
b. Cambodia
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of:
a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar
b. Cambodia
What is the poorest state in mainland Southeast Asia?
a. Laos
b. East Timor
c. Singapore
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar
a. Laos