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World Geography CH 31

Vocabulary

Question: mass departure
Answer: exodus

Question: picture representing a thing or an idea in written Chinese
Answer: ideogram

Question: legal rule administered during periods of strict military control
Answer: martial law

Question: production of small consumer goods such as clothing, appliances, and bicycles
Answer: light production

Question: area of a country that is controlled to some extent but not governed by a foreign power
Answer: sphere of influence

Questions 1

Question: Which of the following is a problem that is more prevalent in the Southwest region of China than in the rest of the country?
a. overpopulation
b. persecution of political dissidents
c. pollution
d. persecution of Buddhists
Answer: d. persecution of Buddhists

Question: Which of the following was a result of the Great Leap Forward?
a. a decline in production of agricultural and manufactured goods
b. a change from a mainly agricultural to a mainly industrialized economy
c. the reintroduction of private ownership of homes and businesses
d. the opening of China to foreign investment and foreign-made goods
Answer: a. a decline in production of agricultural and manufactured goods

Question: What was the Nationalists’ attitude toward reform in China?
a. They wanted foreign powers to retain spheres of influence in China.
b. They disliked foreign interference but were influenced by Western ideas.
c. They advocated a working-class revolution to defeat the imperialist powers.
d. They wanted to isolate China from foreign influence and Western thought.
Answer: b. They disliked foreign interference but were influenced by Western ideas.

Question: Why did the Chinese government create four Special Economic Zones in the Southeast region of China?
Answer: To attract foreign investment and technology to China

Question: Which of the following is not a way that the Four Modernizations program led to industrial development in China?
a. It changed the focus of the economy from heavy industry to light industry.
b. China built a transportation network connecting industry to raw materials.
c. The program eased state control of industry.
d. Managers and workers who improved efficiency in the factories were rewarded.
Answer: b. China built a transportation network connecting industry to raw materials.

Questions 2

Question: In recent years, Mongolia has changed in which of the following ways?
a. It has regained its status as one of the world’s great powers.
b. It moved from communism to capitalism.
c. It was annexed by the Chinese government.
d. It expanded its territory by annexing Tibet.
Answer: b. It moved from communism to capitalism.

Question: How did Deng’s Four Modernizations program greatly increase China’s farm production?
a. by enabling farmers to own the land on which they farmed
b. by establishing collective farms
c. by giving farmers an opportunity to make more money through the contract responsibility system
d. by establishing People’s Communes, which contained both farms and industries
Answer: c. by giving farmers an opportunity to make more money through the contract responsibility system

Question: Why is the Huang He known as both the Yellow River and “China’s Sorrow”?
a. The river contains large amounts of loess, a fine, yellowish soil, and has also created deadly floods in the Huang He Valley.
b. Raw sewage contaminates the river and spreads yellow fever throughout China’s most heavily populated regions.
c. The loess in the river gives it a yellow color but makes the river water unsafe for human use.
d. The Huang He is yellowish in color and deadly to humans because it contains large amounts of toxic waste from Beijing’s factories.
Answer: a. The river contains large amounts of loess, a fine, yellowish soil, and has also created deadly floods in the Huang He Valley.

Question: What is significant about the Han ethnic group in China?
a. The Han people form the cultural elite of Chinese civilization.
b. Ninety-two percent of the entire Chinese population belong to the Han ethnic group.
c. The Han people form the distinct, Buddhist population of Tibet.
d. The Han are the only people in China who practice Christianity.
Answer: b. Ninety-two percent of the entire Chinese population belong to the Han ethnic group.

Question: What change took place in China’s Southwest region after the Communists came to power?
a. The leader of the religion practiced in the region was executed.
b. The leader of the religion practiced in the region went into exile.
c. The Communist government established a Special Economic Zone in the region.
d. Encouraged by government policies, the economic base of the region changed from agriculture to nomadic herding.
Answer: b. The leader of the religion practiced in the region went into exile.

Questions 3

Question: How did the Chinese government respond to the democratic protest in Tiananmen Square?
a. by meeting with student leaders to discuss their demands
b. by ignoring the protests and waiting for the crowds to disband over time
c. by barricading the square so that it was off limits to protesters
d. by using military force to drive off the protesters from the square
Answer: d. by using military force to drive off the protesters from the square

Question: Which of the following is an accurate statement about the relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China after 1997?
a. Hong Kong declared its independence from China.
b. China broke off diplomatic relations with Hong Kong because of its support for Taiwan.
c. China signed a treaty with Hong Kong pledging it would stop interfering in its affairs.
d. Hong Kong became part of China although it is allowed to maintain some political and economic independence.
Answer: d. Hong Kong became part of China although it is allowed to maintain some political and economic independence

Question: What is unusual about the written form of the Chinese language?
a. The written characters are nonphonetic and give no clues to pronunciation.
b. Few people can actually write in Chinese because the language is complex.
c. Each ethnic group in China has its own version of written Chinese.
d. There was no written form at all before the Great Cultural Revolution.
Answer: a. The written characters are nonphonetic and give no clues to pronunciation.

Question: How was the Great Leap Forward supposed to increase China’s production?
a. by replacing private ownership of farms with common ownership
b. by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient People’s Communes
c. by smashing the old order and establishing a new socialist society
d. by combining elements of a free enterprise economy with socialism
Answer: b. by combining China’s collectives into self-sufficient People’s Communes

Question: Which of the following is not a way that the Chinese government has attempted to control rapid population growth?
a. The government has cut agricultural production.
b. Special benefits, such as better housing, are offered to one-child couples.
c. Penalties, such as fines and wage cuts, have been levied against people who have more than one child.
d. The government has launched a publicity campaign listing the virtues of one-child families.
Answer: a. The government has cut agricultural production.

Questions 4

Question: Why is the Yangzi River important to China’s economy?
a. The Yangzi supports a large fishing industry.
b. The world’s earliest industrial civilization began on the Yangzi River.
c. The Yangzi links the port city of Shanghai to interior cities.
d. The Yangzi provides a trade route between China and Russia.
Answer: c. The Yangzi links the port city of Shanghai to interior cities.

Question: Which of the following was a major reason the old system of government in China was replaced by a republic in 1911?
a. ruthless rule by the last Chinese emperor
b. lack of a centralized system of government
c. too much power in the hands of foreign countries
d. cooperation between Communist forces and Japanese invaders
Answer: c. too much power in the hands of foreign countries

Question: Which of the following did not help spur the growth of Taiwan’s economy?
a. Foreign investments helped build new industries.
b. The United Nations recognized Beijing as China’s legal seat of government.
c. Nationalists instituted land reform and industrial modernization.
d. Taiwanese companies sold their products to other countries.
Answer: b. The United Nations recognized Beijing as China’s legal seat of government.

Question: What is unusual about Hong Kong’s political status?
a. It is jointly governed by Great Britain and China.
b. It is culturally a part of China, but it has been governed by Japan since 1860.
c. It became a sovereign nation in 1949 when thousands of Chinese fled Communist rule in mainland China.
d. It was leased to the British until 1997 when it became part of China again.
Answer: d. It was leased to the British until 1997 when it became part of China again.

Question: Which of the following is an accurate description of life in Mongolia in recent years?
a. The majority of the population now lives in urban areas.
b. Although there has been an increase in industrial development, subsistence farming remains the primary economic activity in the country.
c. Relations between Mongolia and China, once close allies, are now tense.
d. After a brief period of democracy, Communists took over the government once again.
Answer: a. The majority of the population now lives in urban areas.