Unit 3 Combined Quizzes

Mao Zedong launched a movement of great upheaval in the late 1960s known as the ___ to prevent "revisionism" and to rekindle enthusiasm for the Chinese communist system.

Cultural Revolution

The plateau extending across most of India is known as the ___.

Deccan

The bulk of the population of China lives in the ___ part of the country.

Eastern

China has more provinces than the United States has States. True or False

False

Ethnically, the majority of Sri Lanka's people are Hindus. True or False

False

In China's SEZs, contract labor is not allowed. True or False

False

India's Muslim population now constitutes less than 2 percent of the country's population. True or False

False

Japan's population continues to grow at a steady rate. True or False

False

South Korea has developed under a socialist system since 1945. True or False

False

The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has done little to halt trade and population movements between the two political entities. True or False

False

The river that flows across India's major northern lowland is the ___ River.

Ganges

The mountain range containing Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, is called the ___.

Himalayas

___ is a movement that seeks to remake India into a society in which Hindu principles prevail.

Hindutva

The name "Yangzi" is given to the lower course of the ___ River.

Jiang

The cultural focus of Islam in Pakistan today is the city of ___.

Lahore

The region of China formerly known as Manchuria, is today called the ___.

Northeast

The fastest-growing city in the history of the world is ________

Shenzhen

Buddhism has its origins in India. True or False

True

Hong Kong became a province of China in 1997. True or False

True

Hong Kong was a former British colony. True or False

True

If global environmental change models prove to be correct, the Maldives may disappear below the ocean surface during the next few decades. True or False

True

India today is the world's second most populous state. True or False

True

Mongolia is a classic example of a buffer state. True or False

True

Much of Bangladesh's land lies close to sea level, leaving the country prone to frequent river flooding and long-term sea level rise. True or False

True

Nepal and Bhutan are landlocked countries. True or False

True

Politically, India is a federal state, composed of States and Territories. True or False

True

Sikhism is a blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs. True or False

True

The Indo-Europeans were also known as Aryans. True or False

True

The Sikhs are concentrated in India's Punjab. True or False

True

The demographic transition model describes changes in birth rates, death rates, and population growth over time. True or False

True

The territory of Bangladesh is constituted by the deltaic plain of the merged Ganges-Brahmaputra river system. True or False

True

Under certain circumstances a large population can be considered a human resource. True or False

True

The former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) is ________. a) Macau b) Shenzhen c) Guangdong d) Taiwan e) Hong Kong

a) Macau

Which of the following regions has been known as and is sometimes still called "Manchuria"? a) Northeast China b) Taiwan c) North China Plain d) Xinjiang e) Red Basin of Sichuan

a) Northeast China

India's Sikh population is concentrated in _____________. a) Punjab b) Asom c) The far south d) The area centered on Mumbai e) The Ganges Delta

a) Punjab

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

a) is expected to decline over the next half-century

Of India's more than 1.2 billion population, about _____ percent are Muslims. a) 4 b) 15 c) 26 d) 62 e) 88

b) 15

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

Which of these statements about Mongolia is INCORRECT? a) It is considered to be a buffer state. b) It wishes to be unified with China. c) It is landlocked. d) It has a population of only about 3 million. e) It was once a domain of a powerful nomadic people who challenged both Russia and China.

b) It wishes to be unified with China.

A terriotory whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is _____________. a) Punjab b) Jammu and Kashmir c) The Maldives d) Northern Sri Lanka e) The Tribal Areas

b) Jammu and Kashmir

The Buddhist-majority population of Sri Lanka is known as the ____________. a) Ceylonese b) Sinhalese c) Tamil Tigers d) Dravidians e) Eelams

b) Sinhalese

Mao Zedong's proclamation marking the birth of the People's Republic of China occurred in a) 1911. b) 1925. c) 1949. d) 1976. e) 1997.

c) 1949.

Which of the following countries does NOT share a common border with Pakistan? a) Iran b) China c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan e) India

c) Bangladesh

Taiwan was at one time a colony of ______________. a) Russia b) The United States c) Japan d) The Netherlands e) Britain

c) Japan

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger? a) Hong Kong b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Taiwan e) Singapore

c) North Korea

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, consist 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 landforms 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

The reason for Bangladesh's vulnerability to natural disasters is its ______________________. a) mountainous terrain subject to landslides b) location on the Pacific Ring of Fire c) lowland physiography d) proximity to volcanoes e) frequent earthquakes

c) lowland physiography

China's current population is closest to _______________. a) 400 million b) 800 million c) 1.1 billion d) 1.4 billion e) 2.1 billion

d) 1.4 billion

The huge volcanic plateau that extends across most of southern India is known as the __________. a) Ghats b) Double Delta c) Sindh d) Deccan e) Malabar

d) Deccan

The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions: a) Taliban b) Islam c) Buddhism d) Hinduism e) Sanskrit

d) Hinduism

Japan's leading region of urbanization and industry (as well as agriculture) is the _______________. a) Kansai District b) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto region c) Nagoya area d) Kanto Plain e) Kitakyushu conurbation

d) Kanto Plain

India's IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it NOT significant? a) Bengaluru b) Hyderabad c) Delhi/New Delhi d) Kolkata e) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

Which of the following countries in the South Asian realm has NOT had a female prime minister? a) Sri Lanka b) India c) Bangladesh d) Nepal e) Pakistan

d) Nepal

South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as ________________. a) Communism b) Laissez-faire capitalism c) Pacific Rim globalization d) State capitalism e) Socialism

d) State capitalism

Japan's unique modernization pathway was most likely assisted by _________. a) it being an island nation b) its wealth of agricultural resources c) its relative location to other industrialized countries d) its homogeneous population e) its proximity to China

d) its homogeneous population

Two former colonial entities that were reunited with China during the late 1990s are . a) Vietnam and Tibet b) Macau and Shenzhen c) Hong Kong and Shenzhen d) Hong Kong and Guangdong e) Macau and Hong Kong

e) Macau and Hong Kong

According to Figure 8-3, which of these locations benefits LEAST from the summer monsoon rains in South Asia? a) The Western Ghats b) The North Indian Plain c) The Ganges Delta d) Bangladesh e) Pakistan

e) Pakistan

The Chinese city containing the largest population is ________________. a) Beijing b) Hong Kong c) Guangzhou d) Shenzhen e) Shanghai

e) Shanghai

Which of the following industries spearheaded the economic development of Bengaluru (Bangalore) over the past two decades? a) coal mining b) oil refining c) textiles d) gambling and tourism e) information technology

e) information technology

The amount of cultivated land per person is known as a country's ___ density.

physiologic