Final Exam 3550
The civil war in Syria, which over time has dragged many of its neighbors and outside state powers and other actors into it, was sparked by __________.
"Arab Awakening" protests that spread into Syria, leading to Bashar al-Assad's brutal crackdown on his own people
In the conflict between Taiwan and China, the "One China" principle has been regularly rejected by China and endorsed by Taiwan.
False
India was colonized by the French who used a system of direct rule under a governor-general.
False
Japanese cabinet ministers are experts in their portfolio and maintain only one portfolio to maximize their effectiveness.
False
Japanese politics and elections are dominated by several candidates on the ideological left.
False
In order to be successful in this course, students must complete the assigned reading material, because it is a key to the lectures and the two aren't redundant.
True
Japan's money politics is rooted in politicians' winning office through the lavish use of funds rather than running on the basis of party platforms or personality.
True
North Korea's nuclear tests have some intelligence analysts so unimpressed, with some even wondering if the country had ever successfully produced a nuclear weapon, that many fail to see North Korea as a legitimate threat to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.
False
Sunni is the mainstream branch of Islam and the state religion of Iran.
False
The "Chinese Model" combines two-party political control with a free-market economy.
False
The 1991 war revealed that Iraq did not have a substantial nuclear program.
False
The United States and India were close allies during the Cold War and remain close allies today.
False
The United States found weapons of mass destruction after its war with Iraq in 2003.
False
The caste system is no longer used or relevant in India.
False
The reading argues that China will be a democracy before Russia.
False
The result of the 2014 Indian election was that a majority of seats in parliament are controlled by leftwing parties with socialist agendas.
False
Japanese prime ministers are weaker than their British and German counterparts.
True
Mao altered Marx's original view of class warfare to include the rural peasantry rather than the urban poor.
True
The Japanese ministries of trade, finance, and foreign affairs are quite powerful.
True
The United States strongly supported the shah's rise to power in Iran through CIA-sponsored dissident activity.
True
The ancestors of the Japanese people came from several parts of the Pacific Rim, particularly Korea.
True
Which of these was a feature of the harshest period of Japanese rule in the 1940s?
"comfort women"
The first real break in tensions between the ROK and the DPRK came in the ________.
1980s
Examples of small countries with large oil exports in the Middle East that have done well economically, but whose experience is not one that states in the global South without oil can follow, are __________.
Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates
As a student in this course, I am responsible for which of the following:
All of the above
Which of the following castes is the highest and includes priests, teachers, and philosophers?
Brahmins
Which of the following countries exerted significant influence in China during the mid-1800s and basically reduced China to semicolonial status?
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan
During the Iran-Iraq war, Israel ________________________ for balance-of-power reasons, as any diplomat with an understanding of how alliances typically work might have predicted.
sold U.S.-made weapons to Iran, since Iraq was a closer neighbor and represented a greater threat
A majority of the party's Standing committee are __________ with engineering degrees.
technocrats
Which of the following countries is on the best terms with North Korea and has demonstrated this in their treatment of 2010 events concerning disputes between North and South Korea over maritime boundaries?
China
Which of the following statements regarding China's rise is NOT true?
China's communist leaders have decided to relinquish the one-party rule.
In 2010 ________ surpassed ________ as the world's second largest economy.
China; Japan
Which party was dominant before 1977?
Congress
Which is the lowest Indian social group, whose members are outside the caste system?
Dalits
China is a Communist country with no element of a free market economy.
False
For hundreds of years, China focused almost exclusively on expanding its territory.
False
Compared to northern China, the climate of Korea is ________.
very similar
The Japanese legislature is referred to as the __________ and is __________.
Diet; bicameral
________ refers to the practice of selling goods abroad for less than it actually costs to produce them.
Dumping
In order to avoid the perception of imperialism, the United States assembled a coalition of ________ for the Gulf War.
Europeans, Asians, and Arabs
China's resistance to Western influence was evident in the __________ War between Britain and China from 1839 until 1843.
First Opium
Japan's territorial organization is a unitary system with some powers reserved for local government that most closely resembles the system used in __________.
France
Japan's post-WWII economic growth is like that of __________.
Germany
The lower house in the Japanese legislature is the __________, and its members are elected for terms that are a maximum of __________ years.
House of Representatives; 4
Which Asian country committed itself to economic reforms such as selling state-owned industries after it was thrown into a severe economic crisis by the collapse of the Soviet Union?
India
In most cases, stable democracies have a per capita GDP of $10,000 per year. Where does India fit with this relationship?
India has a GDP under $10,000 and is a stable democracy.
The relationship between Hindus and Sikhs was undermined by the authoritarian rule of __________ in the 1970s.
Indira Gandhi
One of the greatest civilizational conflicts of the post-Cold War era was between ________.
Iraq and the United States
How is South Korea one of the "four tigers"?
It creates enough capital accumulation to raise income levels across the population broadly.
Which of the following has been a major source of tension between India and Pakistan?
Kashmir
The Nationalists also came to power through force by overthrowing the __________ in 1911.
Manchus
__________ led 80,000 Chinese peasants in the epic __________ in the mid-1930s.
Mao; Long March
Members of the Chinese congresses are __________.
Members of the Chinese congresses are __________.
____________ argues that a richer China creates a large, educated middle class, which pushes for democracy.
Modernization
China has a growth-first policy, meaning it engages in whatever means necessary to encourage economic development.
True
India's first Prime Minister was __________.
Nehru
China has increased its military budget in the face of their growing economy.
True
Why did nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea undertaken between 2003 and 2009 by the U.S., Russia, China, and South Korea ultimately appear to fail?
North Korea extracted aid and assistance from the other countries involved in the talks, but failed to fulfill any promises made in exchange for it.
As a result of the Afghan War, the Taliban and Al Qaeda have sought refuge in which part or parts of Pakistan?
North-West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas
China's war with Japan helped to set the stage for the Communist defeat of the Nationalists.
True
The instructor's office hours are:
Online, or by appointment
To earn maximum extra credit through the weekly discussion board topics, a student should:
Read the posts that have already been made and write quality, engaging posts early and often; participate during the week that the topic is relevant
In China, the Standing Committee makes all important decisions.
True
Which of these best describes the loess that characterizes the Yellow River?
wind-borne soils
Iran is a unique Middle Eastern country because it is ________.
Shia Muslim but not Arab
The newly industrializing country that has developed competitive steel and automobile industries is __________.
South Korea
China's ________ are areas that encourage private enterprise and foreign investment, contrary to a pure Communist economic model.
Special Economic Zones
Parts of coastal China have been declared __________ and are open to foreign direct investment (FDI).
Special Economic Zones
Weekly quizzes must be completed by what day of the week in order to be graded/count toward your score in the course?
Sunday at 11:59pm
The __________ breaks up parliamentary sovereignty through the ability to review and overturn legislation.
Supreme Court
After their defeat in 1949, members of the Nationalist government retreated to __________.
Taiwan
According to the text, which of the following best describes the rules used to help make Chinese society safe and orderly?
There are few rules, and those that exist are not enforced.
Which two areas are most prone to ethnic unrest in China?
Tibet; Xinjiang
Who became the Communist Party chief and president of China in 2012?
Xi Jinping
Which of the following was an intended (but not realized) effect of the 1993 Japanese electoral reforms?
a decrease in intraparty party factionalism
Which of the below best describes the relationship between India's central and state governments?
a federal system with a "president's rule"
The period of "Harmony between Japan and Korea" was ________ period of Japanese occupation relative to the "Cultural Policy."
a less aggressive
The image "President Park and President Kennedy" represents a period when the US friendship for the ROK was ________.
a necessity
What is the purpose of the video lectures?
a) To help guide note-taking and draw attention to important concepts and points from the reading material
The UN ________ the DPRK's invasion of the ROK.
actively opposed
Those from discriminated-against casts are given "scheduled" status, which entitles them to __________.
affirmative-action programs
Which pattern best illustrates Japan's economic growth?
an S-curve
In order to hold together a heterogeneous country, you could follow the Chinese and Soviet organizational model that allows large ethnic groups to have their own __________.
autonomous regions
Which of the following constitutes academic dishonesty (cheating) in this online course?
b and c b) Asking a friend for help while taking exams or quizzes c) Asking someone else to complete exams and quizzes on your behalf
In China, Mao Zedong implemented an economic policy in which the state controlled all economic activity. This type of economic policy is an example of __________.
central planning
Unlike the DPRK, authoritarian rule in the ROK has ________ since World War II.
come and gone
Japanese and Korean assessments of the last century's interactions are:
diametrically opposed
In most of Northeast Asia, the winter months are ________.
dry
In the unofficial competition between the two countries, China has a(n) __________ edge over India, but India has a(n) __________ edge over China.
economic; political
The United States used a/an ________ to ban shipment of certain goods to Japan, in response to its attempts at conquering China.
embargo
Japan's history as a/an ________ society has generated a lack of central authority and still makes Japan difficult to deal with because of constant changes in its decisions.
feudal
Fixing one currency in relation to another is known as ________.
floating
Japanese emphasis on __________ is seen in classrooms where fast learners are assigned to help slow learners.
groupness
Relative to the ROK the DPRK has ________ economically since the 1940s.
hardly changed
Brazil is an example of a development model worthy of emulation because it __________.
has reined in spending, restricted inflation, and cut inequality
Newly industrializing countries __________.
have achieved self-sustaining capital accumulation
Compared to his predecessors Kim Jung-un is more threatening to China because he is more ________.
impulsive
Which of the following is a feature of economic development?
increasing skills in the population
The Asian newly industrializing countries have proven that __________.
it is possible to rise out of poverty
The Japanese "iron triangle" refers to the mutually beneficial relationships among __________.
leading politicians, economic interest groups, and ministries
Most Indian prime ministers have been __________.
members of the governing coalition in the lower house
The racist ideology that the Japanese were biologically superior warriors was propagated by the __________.
military
Top figures in the Communist Party and state are also top officials in the __________.
military
Compared to earlier DPRK political ideology, juche represented a more ________ direction.
nationalist
Which of the following best characterizes the official diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and China relationship between 1949 and 1972?
nonexistent
Given what we learned from the Iran-Iraq war, one might conclude that wars in general end when ________.
one side gains a clear weapons advantage
The Chinese political system is best characterized as a(an) __________.
one-party system
In general, China's north has been it's ________, while it's south has been its ________.
political center; breadbasket
The __________ is the authority of the central government to take over state governments under certain conditions.
president's rule
The top Chinese leader is both the __________ of the country and the __________ of the Communist Party.
president; general secretary
Where does executive power primarily lie in India?
prime minister
Which of the following is an example of the corruption endemic to the Japanese political system?
prime ministers' slush funds
Modern conflicts in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen could be said to be connected to __________.
problems of statehood and national identity, since the current strife can be considered an extension of the failure to fully unite the country after regional reunification
The Congress Party, long identified as the leftist Indian party, has moved toward the center in recent years by __________.
promoting a market economy
The United States began a policy of ________ under President Nixon, meaning that the United States and China were drawing diplomatically closer.
rapprochement
Which of these best characterizes the monsoon system?
regional wind patterns that shift seasonally
As part of its IMF conditionality agreement, India was required to __________.
sell off inefficient state-owned enterprises and reduce bureaucracy
Since 1996, 300 members of the Japanese lower house are elected based on __________ while 180 are elected based on __________.
single-member districts; proportional representation
Looking at the map above, which of these separates the heart of Mongolia from China?
the Gobi Desert
Which of these separates the heart of Mongolia from China?
the Gobi Desert
Which of the following helped Japan to modernize everything from government and industry to education in the late nineteenth century?
the Meiji Restoration
Japan's economy is now guided by ________.
the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
The interlocking state and party hierarchies in China resembles that of __________.
the Soviet Union
Some observers suggest that multi-country disputes in the South China Sea over control of the area could lead to a U.S.-China war because __________.
the U.S. has friendly relations and treaties with others countries with South China Sea claims, while China has been increasingly assertive there
Which of the following keeps the majority of Chinese citizens content with their current political situation?
the constantly rising living standards
Pan-Arab nationalist movements have been popular in the past among postcolonial political leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, but they withered out because __________.
the existing tools of post-colonial state, including established bureaucracies, proved too powerful to ignore in carrying out the business of governing
A Chinese proposal to vet candidates for a chief executive election in Hong Kong, which ultimately failed, affected local elections in Taiwan because __________.
the local elections gave a boost to opponents of eventual Taiwanese reunification with China, after years of increasingly better relations across the Taiwan Straits
Which of the following is especially high in Japan?
the national debt
Which of the following is most prevalent in the Japanese legislature?
the pork barrel
Iraq's actions in the Gulf War showed that ________.
threat of nukes deterred use of gas
What was the primary intention of India's successful execution of a "peaceful nuclear explosion" in 1974?
to deter China from intervening in Indian state affairs, despite territorial disputes
China's top leaders now adhere to (a) __________.
two 5-year terms
What proportion of Indians lives on less than $2 a day?
two-thirds
The term "__________" refers to the informal rule that any component of the economic system can block innovation if desired.
unit veto
