GEO 135 week 4
Which of the following are true about population in East Asia?
-Japan currently has low growth and fertility rates -China still has a sizable rural population -The One-Child Policy has slowed population in China in recent decades
Which of the following are true about ASEAN?
-Most Southeast Asian countries are members -It has helped to keep peace in the region as well as to expand trade opportunities
Match the items.The task is to match the lettered items with the correct numbered items. Appearing below is a list of lettered items. Following that is a list of numbered items. Each numbered item is followed by a drop-down. Select the letter in the drop down that best matches the numbered item with the lettered alternatives. a. Laos b. Indonesia c. Philippines d. Bali 1. Buddhism 2. Catholicism 3. Hinduism 4. Islam
1. Laos 2. Indonesia 3. Philippines 4. Bali
Match the items.The task is to match the lettered items with the correct numbered items. Appearing below is a list of lettered items. Following that is a list of numbered items. Each numbered item is followed by a drop-down. Select the letter in the drop down that best matches the numbered item with the lettered alternatives. a. Dutch Colony b. British Colony c. No European Colonies d. Spanish Colony e. French Colony 1. Thailand 2. Phillipines 3. Vietnam 4. Burma 5. Indonesia
1. c. No European Colonies 2. d. Spanish Colony 3. e. French Colony 4. b. British Colony 5. a. Dutch Colony
In 2008, what percentage of the world's population lived in East Asia?
23%
What East Asian country instituted the one-child policy in 1979 to control population growth?
China
Until the 1900s, what East Asia people saw themselves as the "Middle Kingdom," that is, at the "center" of the world?
Chinese
was colonized by the Portuguese and recently received independence from Indonesia in 2002.
East Timor
In 1996, South Korea abandoned its neo-liberal market-oriented economic model and switched to a policy of state-led capitalism.
False
Osaka displaced Tokyo, the seat of the Japanese government, as the country's commercial capital after World War II.
False
Singapore and Thailand have the highest growth rates and highest TFRs in Southeast Asia
False
The Great Leap Forward was the post-WW II rebuilding and industrialization efforts in Japan.
False
The people of the island Taiwan are trying to acheive independence from Japan, which has occupied the island for the last 100 years.
False
What ethnic group makes up the majority (92%) of the Chinese population?
Han
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Mao's disastrous development program where millions of Chinese died due to famine
By 2005, China was tied with _____ as the United States' largest trading partner (after Canada)?
Mexico
All of the following countries are located in East Asia, except
Moldova
The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is located along the border between
North Korea and South Korea
Which of the following statements about Hong Kong is incorrect?
Service industries account for less than 40% of its GDP
Why was the southern industrializing area in Guangzhou, China not subject to the one-child policy?
The government wanted to have abundant cheap labor in the area to attract foreign investment
Which of the following is NOT one of the four main islands of Japan?
Tokaido
Buddhism is a religion common in much of East Asia and is characterized by the Four Noble Truths.
True
Coastal China, the Koreas, and Japan have continental temperate climatic environments with summer rains and drier winters.
True
Mongolia and North Korea are the poorest countries in the East Asian region while Japan and South Korea are wealthier.
True
Originally settled by aborigines of Malay-Polynesian origin, Taiwan's population today is nearly all of Chinese origin.
True
The "Domino Theory" of the United States was the belief that communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia if not contained in Vietnam.
True
Vietnam has emerged as a leading producer of coffee on the global market in recent decades.
True
Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans share all of the following cultural characteristics, except
a large population of Ainu ethnicity
In South Korea, the large, family-owned industrial conglomerates that contributed to a financial crisis in the 1990s are known as
chaebol
The Basic Law under which Hong Kong operates within China guarantees retention of its
free-market system for 50 years.
The Great Leap Forward in China in the 1950s aimed to
increase the rate of industrialization.
Industrial conglomerates in Japan built around a financial nucleus are known as
keiretsu
Initial Chinese civilization near Xi'an was based on what crop?
millet
The physical geography of East Asia is characterized by all of the following, except
the region has a variety of climates that resemble the western parts of North America from Hawaii to Alaska