Exam 2

Question 1

Which East Asian country rose after WWII to become the 2nd largest economic power in the world?

Answer 1

Japan

Question 2

On what is Taiwan’s economy based?

Answer 2

small and mid-sized family owned companies

Question 3

China’s great leap forward

Answer 3

led to major famine as the government melted down peasants’ farm tools

Question 4

Which Chinese region has experienced the greatest recent economic expansion?

Answer 4

provinces along the coast

Question 5

In the 1990’s, which country of East Asia had the most laissez-faire economy in the region?

Answer 5

Hong Kong

Question 6

China’s government is on which of the following paths of development?

Answer 6

modified capitalist development

Question 7

Where is china’s rust belt located?

Answer 7

Manchuria

Question 8

Characteristic of China’s territorial relationship with Tibet

Answer 8

Tibetan resistance to Chinese control compelled China to launch a full scale invasion in 1959

Question 9

In 1900, which country had a “sphere of influence” in China?

Answer 9

Great Britain

Question 10

What is true of China’s Special Economic Zones

Answer 10

They welcome foreign investment with minimal state interference

Question 11

The Japanese economic system

Answer 11

has interconnected companies that are less influences by investors and stockbrokers than companies in the US

Question 12

What writing system forms the basis for writing throughout East Asia

Answer 12

Ideographs

Question 13

What is the last dynasty of China

Answer 13

Qing

Question 14

Over the last three decades, which country of East Asia has had the slowest economic growth

Answer 14

North Korea

Question 15

Which country in East Asia does mainland China still claim as an integral part of the Chinese nation

Answer 15

Taiwan

Question 16

Has Japan colonized Korea in the past

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

Why did the Bengalis in the former East Pakistan fight for independence?

Answer 17

They felt they were treated as second class citizens

Question 18

When India gained it’s freedom in 1947, it was organized as which of the following kind of states?

Answer 18

Federal

Question 19

What is the name for India’s secluded or untouchable class?

Answer 19

Dalits

Question 20

Why is Bangladesh internationally competitive in textile and clothing manufacture

Answer 20

Its wages are low

Question 21

A thousand years ago, what was the unifying force in South Asia?

Answer 21

Hinduism

Question 22

What group of people are at the top of the Hindu caste system?

Answer 22

Brahmans

Question 23

Green revolution

Answer 23

agricultural success, but an ecological and social failure

Question 24

Which country of South Asia has the region’s lowest level of economic development?

Answer 24

Nepal

Question 25

What religion dominates in Bhutan

Answer 25

Buddhism

Question 26

Which region of India is considered to be its breadbasket

Answer 26

Punjab

Question 27

Where di most people in South Asia live?

Answer 27

In compact rural villages

Question 28

What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?

Answer 28

Hindi

Question 29

Who bought Islam to South Asia

Answer 29

Turkish speaking Muslims from Central Asia

Question 30

India's economy is most advanced in what economic activity?

Answer 30

Software development

Question 31

What is the most common employment for today's Indian immigrants to the US

Answer 31

Professional

Question 32

What two countries in South Asia have nuclear weapons?

Answer 32

India and Pakistan

Question 33

Sikhism is a blend of what two religions?

Answer 33

Hinduism and Islam

Question 34

India TFR

Answer 34

lowered because of family planning

Question 35

Type of Migration

Answer 35

Rural-to-Urban - Changes in agriculture * South Asia is still predominantly rural

Question 36

Reasons for Urbanization

Answer 36

- desperate conditions in countryside - mechanization - small farms not competitive

Question 37

South Asia Subsistence crops

Answer 37

- Rice - Wheat - Millet

Question 38

South Asia livestock

Answer 38

Cattle

Question 39

Green Revolution

Answer 39

Move toward food self-sufficiency

Question 40

Green revolution problems

Answer 40

Environmental and social

Question 41

Sanskrit

Answer 41

sacred languages of Hinduism

Question 42

Major faith of India and Nepal

Answer 42

Hinduism

Question 43

Open economy

Answer 43

based on free trade, no trade barriers, capitalistic | -Industries that belong to the government are privatized

Question 44

Reasons for open economy

Answer 44

- Export-led growth - Leads to economic development - Direct foreign investment

Question 45

Closed Economy

Answer 45

Self-sufficient Little trade with the outside world Economic nationalism: protect domestic market

Question 46

Why is Pakistan's economy not competitive

Answer 46

- High military spending - Growing internal strife - Landlord class doesn't pay tax - Electricity supply lack - NO IT technology

Question 47

Main principles of Confucianism

Answer 47

- Deference to legitimate authority - patriarchal family system - Value education - Value of meritocracy

Question 48

Closing of Japan

Answer 48

Tokugawa Shogunate-estblished an isolationist policy

Question 49

Opening of Japan

Answer 49

Meiji Restoration- Established an open door policy of trade

Question 50

Greater East Asia Co-prosperity sphere

Answer 50

Unite east and south east Asia | keep the americans and europeans out