Test Bank (Multiple Choice)
Chapter 8: East Asia, the Pacific, and International Studies
Introduction: Why Study East Asia and the Pacific?
1. What percentage of the world’s population lives in East Asia?
a) 10 percent
b) 20 percent
c) 30 percent
d) 40 percent
2. As compared to Japan, China’s population is ______.
a) About twice as large
b) Nearly four times as large
c) Over ten times as large
d) Just under twenty times as large
3. Which country has the largest economy in Asia?
a) Japan
b) China
c) India
d) Indonesia
Geographical Dimensions
1. Which country is NOT in Northeast Asia?
a) Thailand
b) Japan
c) China
d) South Korea
2. Which country is NOT in Southeast Asia?
a) Cambodia
b) Vietnam
c) Brunei
d) South Korea
3. Besides Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific includes which of the following
groups of countries?
a) Melanesia
b) Micronesia
c) Polynesia
d) All of these.
Historical Trends
4. Independent kingdoms first developed in _______.
a) China, then Japan, and finally Southeast Asia.
b) China, then Southeast Asia, and finally Japan.
c) Japan, then China, and finally Southeast Asia.
d) Southeast Asia, then China, and finally Japan.
5. European colonialism took a stronger form in _____ than other geographic areas
of the region.
a) Northeast Asia
b) North Asia
c) Southeast Asia
d) China
Cultural Complexities
6. Which of the following is not a type of Buddhism practiced in Southeast or
Northeast Asia?
a) Theraveda Buddhism
b) Tibetan Buddhism
c) Mahayana Buddhism
d) Shinto Buddhism.
7. What form of religious or philosophical thought do top Chinese officials still
typically embrace?
a) Buddhism.
b) Christianity.
c) Marxist atheism.
d) Confucianism.
Economic Impact
8. In terms of GDP per capita, which of the following countries has the highest?
a) China
b) Singapore
c) South Korea
d) Japan
9. According to the textbook, which country is referred to as a “newly industrialized
country”?
a) Cambodia
b) China
c) Japan
d) South Korea
Political Tensions
10. Which of the following was one of the two models of state formation following
World War II in East Asia?
a) Authoritarianism
b) Military dictatorship
c) Capitalism
d) None of these is correct.
Demographic Issues
1. Which of the following is true about population growth rates in East Asia?
a) Thailand currently has a negative population growth rate.
b) China’s growth rate had slowed to 0.0% by the year 2000.
c) The Japanese government has successfully reversed its previous negative
population growth rate.
d) None of these is correct.
Asian Economic Development
2. What factors go into calculating the Human Development Index?
a) Life expectancy, income, and literacy
b) Infant mortality, income, and average years in school
c) Life sustenance and freedom from servitude
d) Life sustenance, life expectancy, and infant mortality
Development and China
3. Which leader argued that, “If the cat catches mice, what does it matter if it’s black
or white?” to advance and defend his economic reform program?
a) Tian Anmen
b) Mao Zedong
c) Deng Xiaoping
d) Xi Jinping
4. Over which geographic territories does China have an ongoing border dispute?
a) Sprately Islands
b) Paracel Islands
c) Taiwan
d) All of these
The Role of East Asia in the World
1. According to the textbook, one can argue that ___ and ___ are the historical
offshoots of Asia through trade and migration.
a) the Middle Ages and colonialism
b) Europe and the Middle East
c) Capitalism and monarchy
d) Horses and gunpowder
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