Region: East Asia and Pacific

Question 1

What’s the population of China?

Answer 1

1.4B

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Question 2

What’s China’s GDP?

Answer 2

$18t

(2022)

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=CN

Question 3

Draw a map of East Asia/Pacific

Answer 3

See map

Question 4

Name the robust democratic countries of East Asia / Pacific

Answer 4

• Japan
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Australia
• New Zealand

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Question 5

Name two authoritarian countries in East Asia / Pacific

Answer 5

• North Korea
• China

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Question 6

Name 3 countries in East Asia/Pacific that are backsliding from democracy

Answer 6

• Philippines
• Thailand
• Myanmar

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Question 7

What is GDP contribution to the world from East asia /Pacific?

Answer 7

A third

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Question 8

Describe the civil war in China after WW2?

Answer 8

• Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek
• Communists led by Mao Zedong
• After 4 years, Communists win
• Nationalists retreat to Taiwan

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Question 9

Which US President oversaw the Korean War?

Answer 9

Harry Truman

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Question 10

Did North and South Korea make peace at the end of their war?

Answer 10

No
An armistice took its place

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Question 11

Which years did the Korean War take place?

Answer 11

1950-3

Question 12

How many US soldiers are stationed to this day in South Korea?

Answer 12

30,000

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Question 13

Who ruled Vietnam before WW2?

Answer 13

French colony

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Question 14

Who ruled Vietnam during WW2?

Answer 14

Japan occupied it

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Question 15

What happend with Vietnam after WW2?

Answer 15

• French vs. Viet Minh (nationalists)
• Viet Minh win
• 1954: country divided into North (communist) and South (nationalist)

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Question 16

Over what years was USA’s involvement in Vietnam?

Answer 16

1955-75

Question 17

Why is Henry Kissinger criticised about Cambodia?

Answer 17

• Secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969
• To stop North Vietnam / Viet Cong supply lines
• Civilian casualties
• Destabalisation of Cambodia, paving way for Khmer Rouge

Question 18

When did the US war with Vietnam end?

Answer 18

1973

Paris Peace Accords

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Question 19

What happened in Vietnam, after US withdrawal?

Answer 19

• US cut aid to South
• North took over
  1975

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Question 20

Who from the US ended the Vietnam War?

Name two key players

Answer 20

Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger

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Question 21

What are the four Asian Tiger countries?

Answer 21

• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Singapore
• Hong Kong

rapid industrialization and growth rates between the 1960s and 1990s

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Question 22

Japan is the Xth largest economy
In the world

Answer 22

3rd
($5 tn)

Question 23

What was Chinas Cultural Revolution?

Answer 23

1966-76
Purge society of traditional values

Question 24

Which group carried out Chinas Cultural Revolution?

Answer 24

The Red Guards

Question 25

Who took over from Mao in China?

Answer 25

Deng Xiaoping

1978-89

Question 26

What did Deng do with China?

Answer 26

Market reforms
Lifted many out of poverty

Question 27

What is Chinas initiative to provide infrastructure loans to countries throughout the region?

Answer 27

Belt and Road

Question 28

Give 4 examples of Chinas assertive foreign policy in recent times

Answer 28

Increased strength in South China Sea
Belt and Road initiative
Border dispute with India
Claim against Taiwan

Question 29

What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?

Answer 29

38th parallel

Question 30

Describe 4 phases of US-China relationship since WW2

Answer 30

1. Open hostility to nascent communist regime (49 to late 71)
2. Joint antipathy to Soviet Union (71…)
3. Post 91 - Chinese integration into world economy (to 2000)
4. Increased adversity

Question 31

What was tiananmen square?

Answer 31

1989
Hundreds/thousands killed in pro democracy demonstrations