Chapter 9 Test questions

97) According to Figure 9B -4, which of these locations was not designated as an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)? a) Beijing b) Pudong c) Shenzhen d) Hainan Island e) Binha

a) Beijing

Which of the following statements about the western interior of China is false? a) Much of the area is a flat plain. b) Much of the area is mountainous or is a high plateau. c) Many of Asia's great rivers arise in the area's highlands. d) The area is sparsely populated compared to China proper. e) Much of this area exhibits a highland (H)climate

a) Much of the area is a flat plain.

Which of the following is not one of the busiest container ports in Asia? a) Hong Kong b) Buter c) Busan d) Shanghai e) Shenzhen

b) Buter

Which country's population identifies as "the people of Han"? a) Mongolia b) China c) Japan d) Korea e) Tibet

b) China

Japan's largest and main island, containing the capital and almost all of its core area, is: a) Kyushu. b) Honshu. c) Shikoku. d) Hokkaido. e) Sakhalin.

b) Honshu.

Which of the following 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 has an area larger than Alaska. e) It is rich in gold, copper, and coal.

b) It is desirous of union with China.

What is the name of the thick, wind-blown soil formed from pulverization by glaciers? a) permadust b) loess c) Cenozoic drift d) a morainosol e) huang soil

b) loess

In what year did Mao Zedong proclaim the creation of the communist People's Republic of China? a) 1911 b) 1925 c) 1949 d) 1976 e) 1997

c) 1949

Which of the following is true of the Huang He: a) It drains the Xi/Pearl River Basin. b) It flows into the South China Sea. c) It almost encircles the Ordos Desert. d) It flows toward its mouth at Shanghai. e) It originates in the Sichuan Basin

c) It almost encircles the Ordos Desert.

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 describes Japan's natural landscapes? a) They resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmsers, plateau country elsewhere. b) Being tropical, they consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland. c) They are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium. d) They consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago. e) They delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland

c) They are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium.

There is a dispute among China, Japan, and Taiwan over these islands in the East China Sea: a) Kurile Islands b) Okinawa Islands c)Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands d) Ryukyu Islands e) Philippine Islands

c)Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

Japan's leading region of urbanization, industry, and agriculture is the: a) Kansai District. b)Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto Region. c) Nagoya Area. d) Kanto Plain. e) Kitakyushu conurbation.

d) Kanto Plain.

Examine Figure 9B-11 to determine which of the following statements is not true of Korea. a) North Korea is more mountainous than South Korea. b) South Korea has more large cities than North Korea. c) Most of the rice-producing areas are in South Korea. d) The capital cities of both North and South Korea are port cities. e) Most of the cease-fire line runs slightly north of 38° North latitude.

d) The capital cities of both North and South Korea are port cities.

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.