Geography 213 – Geography World Affairs
Regions covered in Midterm I: South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean.
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Geography 213 (GEOG 213-UCAL) Final Exam
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Question 1 |
A | Ceylon , East Pakistan |
B | East Pakistan , Ceylon |
C | Dhaka , Ceylon |
D | West Pakistan , Ceylon |
E | Ceylon , West Pakistan |
Question 2 |
A | Tasman - Portuguese |
B | Australia - Coastal population concentrations |
C | New Zealand - North and South islands |
D | Cook - British |
E | Perousse - French |
Question 3 |
A | introduction of Special Economic Zones |
B | Long March |
C | Great Leap Forward |
D | New Industrial Policy |
E | Cultural Revolution |
Question 4 |
A | Natural resources exportation industry (eg. mining) |
B | Agricultural industry |
C | Tourism industry |
D | Electronics and computer industry |
E | Textile industry |
Question 5 |
A | Balochistan |
B | Karachi |
C | Sindh |
D | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
E | Punjab |
Question 6 |
A | Portuguese |
B | Dutch |
C | French |
D | Spanish |
E | British |
Question 7 |
A | Loss of revenue due to lower global demand for electronics and automobiles in the mid 1980s to early 1990s. |
B | Rapid development of heavy industries. |
C | Speculative growth in stocks and real estate prices. |
D | Collapse of the baking and financial system. |
E | New restrictions imposed on Japan by the US and European economic partners. |
Question 8 |
A | Auckland |
B | Wellington |
C | Christchurch |
D | Dunedin |
E | Hamilton |
Question 9 |
A | Bhutan |
B | Sri Lanka |
C | Thailand |
D | Myanmar |
E | India |
Question 10 |
A | Singapore |
B | Vietnam |
C | Thailand |
D | Mongolia |
E | China |
Question 11 |
A | Nepal |
B | Bangladesh |
C | Sri Lanka |
D | Pakistan |
E | Bhutan |
Question 12 |
A | Java island |
B | Irrawady River plain |
C | Red River plain |
D | Mekong River plain |
E | Chao Phraya lowland |
Question 13 |
A | Hyderabad |
B | Karachi |
C | Lahore |
D | Assam |
E | Kashmir |
Question 14 |
A | Aircraft industry |
B | Military technology |
C | Service industry |
D | Ship building industry |
E | Processed foods and agriculture industry |
Question 15 |
A | China Proper region |
B | Xinjiang region |
C | Jakota triangle region |
D | Tibet (Xizang) region |
E | Mongolia region |
Question 16 |
A | North Chinese Plain |
B | Southeast |
C | Western interior region |
D | Near the capital city |
E | Within the highlands |
Question 17 |
A | Yuan Dynasty |
B | Ming Dynasty |
C | Han Dynasty |
D | Shang Dynasty |
E | Qing Dynasty |
Question 18 |
A | a blend of Communist and Socialist state. |
B | a federal state. |
C | a one party Communist state. |
D | a constitutional monarchy. |
E | a theocratic state. |
Question 19 |
A | Solar and wind |
B | Petroleum (oil and gas) |
C | Hydroelectric |
D | Nuclear |
E | Coal |
Question 20 |
A | a one party Communist state. |
B | a constitutional monarchy. |
C | a republic. |
D | an absolute monarchy. |
E | a federal system. |
Question 21 |
A | Agricultural industry |
B | Robotics and computer industry |
C | Automobile industry |
D | Textile industry |
E | Electronics industry |
Question 22 |
A | Kashmir |
B | Islamabad |
C | Hyderabad |
D | Karachi |
E | Lahore |
Question 23 |
A | Anglican Christianity |
B | Hinduism |
C | Buddhism |
D | Roman Catholicism |
E | Islam |
Question 24 |
A | India |
B | Nepal |
C | Bhutan |
D | Bangladesh |
E | Sri Lanka |
Question 25 |
A | Laos and India |
B | Pakistan and India |
C | Tibet and India |
D | Bangladesh and India |
E | Bhutan and Tibet |
Question 26 |
A | USA |
B | South Korea |
C | India |
D | Vietnam |
E | China |
Question 27 |
A | Hindu Kush Range |
B | Kunlun Range |
C | Pamirs Range |
D | Himalayas Range |
E | Koryak Range |
Question 28 |
A | A military partnership among Japan, South Korea and Taiwan backed by USA. |
B | A highly developed economic zone in the Pacific region East of China that includes Taiwan. |
C | A demilitarized zone between China, North Korea and Mongolia. |
D | Largest economic cooperation zone in central China. |
E | An area near Beijing with several special economic zones (SEZs). |
Question 29 |
A | South Asia |
B | Polynesia |
C | Melanesia |
D | Micronesia |
E | Southeast Asia |
Question 30 |
A | Māori |
B | Melanesians |
C | Indians |
D | Aboriginals |
E | Polynesians |
Question 31 |
A | Indian |
B | Vietnamese |
C | Europeans |
D | Chinese |
E | Thai |
Question 32 |
A | James Cook |
B | Able Tasman |
C | Marco Polo |
D | Charles Darwin |
E | Arthur Philip |
Question 33 |
A | Type D |
B | Type A |
C | Type B |
D | Type H |
E | Type C |
Question 34 |
A | Kalutara |
B | Karachi |
C | Colombo |
D | Jaffna |
E | Chennai |
Question 35 |
A | Asian Raj |
B | Ceylon |
C | Assam |
D | Burma |
E | Siam |
Question 36 |
A | Ming Dynasty |
B | Han Dynasty |
C | Yuan Dynasty |
D | Qing Dynasty |
E | Shang Dynasty |
Question 37 |
A | Indonesia |
B | Sri Lanka |
C | India |
D | Australia |
E | Nepal |
Question 38 |
A | Great Britain (GB) |
B | United States of America (USA) |
C | French |
D | Vietnam |
E | Spanish |
Question 39 |
A | Dutch |
B | Spanish |
C | British |
D | Portuguese |
E | French |
Question 40 |
A | dry interior outback. |
B | tropical monsoon regions. |
C | tropical wetlands. |
D | humid sub-tropical wetlands. |
E | mountainous highlands. |
Question 41 |
A | China is one of the world's largest petroleum producing and exporting countries. |
B | Majority of Chinese manufactured goods are sold to South Asian consumers. |
C | All ethnic Chinese in Mainland China speaks virtually identical language (one language with no dialects), while other parts of China have much more complexity in languages. |
D | Modern day China is still controlled by a Communist political system but with an open capitalistic economy. |
E | Central parts of the China is ruled by democratically elected regional officials (just like a provincial system in Canada). |
Question 42 |
A | Agriculture industry |
B | Rubber and coconut plantation industry |
C | Automobile industry |
D | Textile industry |
E | Specialized skilled labor services such as geotechnical engineering, architecture, medicine, etc. |
Question 43 |
A | Intense education on family planing and birth control. |
B | Restrictions on number of children per family unit. |
C | Restrictions on marriages. |
D | Opening the Chinese borders for mass emigration. |
E | Restrictions on number of sexual partners. |
Question 44 |
A | Pakistan |
B | Laos |
C | Vietnam |
D | Cambodia |
E | Bangladesh |
Question 45 |
A | ethnically Aboriginals. |
B | ethnically Chinese (or "Asians"). |
C | ethnically Europeans. |
D | mixed race between Europeans and Aboriginals. |
E | ethnically South Asians. |
Question 46 |
A | Service industry |
B | Subsistence agriculture |
C | Technological industry |
D | Plantation industry |
E | Steel industry |
Question 47 |
A | Highlands H-Type environment. |
B | Low precipitation monsoon environment. |
C | The A-Type tropical environment. |
D | High precipitation monsoon environment. |
E | Desert and semi-deserts environments. |
Question 48 |
A | Sri Lanka |
B | Malaysia |
C | Singapore |
D | North Korea |
E | Japan |
Question 49 |
A | 1945 |
B | 1990 |
C | 1953 |
D | 1999 |
E | 1994 |
Question 50 |
A | Pakistan |
B | India |
C | Nepal |
D | Bhutan |
E | Bangladesh |
Question 51 |
A | Agricultural industry |
B | Petroleum industry |
C | Electronics and computer industry |
D | Mining and gem industry |
E | Textile industry |
Question 52 |
A | Cooperation between the British rulers and the Indian political leaders. |
B | Breaking up of India into India and Pakistan (West and East). |
C | Gradual removal of the colonial economic pattern. |
D | Establishment of the British Raj. |
E | Indian social elitists took control over most of the major cities across India. |
Question 53 |
A | dominated by high mountain ranges. |
B | dominated by volcanic and igneous soils. |
C | dominated by thick tropical rainforest. |
D | tectonically highly active. |
E | dominated by flat low lands. |
Question 54 |
A | Communists and Nationalists fought together to defeat the Japanese occupation of China during Word War II. |
B | Chinese political leaders had no interest in expanding the empire outside of China (no colonial interests). |
C | Modern Chinese political and economic system is identical to that of USSR. |
D | The period of Han dynasty is regraded as the "Golden Age" by many Chinese and historians. |
E | Taiwan and Tibet are regions of People's Republic of China. |
Question 55 |
A | Pacific Plate |
B | Eurasian Plate |
C | Philippine Plate |
D | Indian Plate |
E | Northern Plate |
Question 56 |
A | High tech industry (Silicon Valley of South Asia). |
B | Frequent military dictatorships and undemocratic government overthrows. |
C | Absolute monarchy that ruled for the last 500 years. |
D | Exportation of high quality black tea. |
E | Earthquakes near the capital city caused by subduction of the Asian plate. |
Question 57 |
A | ~ 55,000 years ago |
B | ~ 4,000 years ago |
C | ~ 10,000 years ago |
D | ~ 2000 years ago |
E | ~ 20,000 years ago |
Question 58 |
A | Cambodia |
B | Laos |
C | Thailand |
D | Bangladesh |
E | Burma |
Question 59 |
A | Majority of the population in this region is that of European descent. |
B | Melanesia is the most furthest region from Australia out of the three island regions in the Pacific Ocean. |
C | Melanesia area is much larger in terms of physical size than the other two island regions in the Pacific Ocean combined. |
D | Papua New Guinea, the largest Pacific island country located in this region. |
E | The term "Melanesia" has the Greek meaning "tiny islands". |
Question 60 |
A | It is largely based on agriculture with tea as the predominant crop. |
B | It is largely based on agriculture with coconut as the predominant crop. |
C | It is largely based on agriculture with rice as the predominant crop. |
D | It is largely based on agriculture with rubber as the predominant crop. |
E | Economy is mostly based on natural resources exportation. |
F | Economic growth in Philippines during 2000 -2015 is much higher that that of China. |
Question 61 |
A | New economic policies to allow industrial growth. |
B | Dramatic reduction in population through control of family units. |
C | Opening the Chinese political system to a Western style democratic system. |
D | Recognition of non-Hun Chinese minorities. |
E | Dramatic increase in military spending. |
Question 62 |
A | Indonesia |
B | Thailand |
C | Singapore |
D | Malaysia |
E | Vietnam |
Question 63 |
A | Red River |
B | Chao Phraya River |
C | Irrawady River |
D | Mekong River |
E | Dunhinda River |
Question 64 |
A | predominately urbanized population. |
B | predominantly Muslim population. |
C | having a stable sustainable population growth. |
D | predominately Hindu population. |
E | having the lowest population growth in the South Asian region. |
Question 65 |
A | Type A |
B | Type D |
C | Type B |
D | Type C |
E | Type H |
Question 66 |
A | Christianity (includes all denominations) |
B | Hinduism (includes all denominations) |
C | Traditional South Asian and Chinese religions |
D | Buddhism (includes all denominations) |
E | Islam (includes all denominations) |
Question 67 |
A | rapid decline of interest in the Hinduism. |
B | high urbanization of Muslim populations across South Asia. |
C | large Islamic family units. |
D | large conversion of Hindus and Buddhists. |
E | migration of people from neighboring Afghanistan. |
Question 68 |
A | Singapore |
B | Indonesia |
C | Malaysia |
D | Philippines |
E | Brunei |
Question 69 |
A | Koreans |
B | British |
C | Japanese |
D | Dutch |
E | Russians |
Question 70 |
A | Irrawady River |
B | Dunhinda River |
C | Chao Phraya River |
D | Mekong River |
E | Red River |
Question 71 |
A | British |
B | French |
C | Spanish |
D | Dutch |
E | Portuguese |
Question 72 |
A | Xinjiang right below Mongolia |
B | Tibetan Plateau |
C | North Planes |
D | Qinghi-Xizang Plateau |
E | Southeastern China |
Question 73 |
A | 1950s |
B | 1960s |
C | 1990s |
D | 1940s |
E | 1970s |
Question 74 |
A | Agricultural industry |
B | Textile industry |
C | Electronics industry |
D | Robotics and computer industry |
E | Automobile industry |
Question 75 |
I. Mauryan Empire played a major role in expansion of Buddhism beyond India.
II. Nepal is currently ruled by an absolute monarchy.
III. New Zealand and Australia have very similar urbanization rates.
IV. Bhutan is an island nation.
V. Majority of the islands in Melanesia is extremely small.
A | V and IV only |
B | II and III only |
C | I, II and V only |
D | I and III only |
E | I and IV only |
F | III and IV only |
G | II and V only |
H | I and II only |
I | All of the above statements are incorrect. |
J | I only |
Question 76 |
A | Tamil Nadu |
B | Goa |
C | Gujarat |
D | Andhra Pradesh |
E | Manipur |
Question 77 |
A | Papua |
B | Java |
C | Borneo |
D | Dova |
E | Sumatra |
Question 78 |
A | Type H |
B | Type B |
C | Type A |
D | Type E |
E | Type C |
Question 79 |
A | Northern India close to Nepal |
B | Central India |
C | Northeastern India close to Bhutan |
D | Northern India close to Pakistan |
E | Southern India |
Question 80 |
A | Hinduism and Judaism |
B | Jainism and Islam |
C | Christianity and Islam |
D | Judaism and Buddhism |
E | Hinduism and Sikhism |
Question 81 |
A | Buddhism |
B | Islam |
C | Christianity |
D | Hinduism |
E | Sikhism |
Question 82 |
A | Mogul Empire |
B | Gupta Empire |
C | Mauryan Empire |
D | Han Dynasty |
E | Qing Dynasty |
Question 83 |
A | Five |
B | Four |
C | Six |
D | Three |
E | Seven |
Question 84 |
A | Shang Dynasty |
B | Qing Dynasty |
C | Yuan Dynasty |
D | Han Dynasty |
E | Ming Dynasty |
Question 85 |
A | Singapore |
B | Brunei |
C | Thailand |
D | Philippines |
E | Nepal |
Question 86 |
A | Hindustan Empire |
B | Gupta Empire |
C | Mogul Empire |
D | Indo-Aryan Empire |
E | Mauryan Empire |
Question 87 |
A | Burmese |
B | Malaysians |
C | Sri Lankans |
D | Thais |
E | Chinese |
Question 88 |
A | a federal system. |
B | a colonial state. |
C | a republic. |
D | a blend of Communist and Socialist state. |
E | a one party Communist state. |
Question 89 |
A | British Raj was established at the request of the Indian elites. |
B | British Raj political control extended all the way from India to Australia. |
C | Modern day India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were part of the British Raj. |
D | At the time of the independence of India, British controllers created the modern day Pakistan, India and Bangladesh as three separate countries. Hint: No, Bangladeshis was not part of the British plan. In fact, Bangladesh was formed as a result of discrimination by East Pakistan government AFTER the British left the area. |
E | The subsequent demise of the British Raj resulted in the formation of Western and Eastern Pakistan. |
Question 90 |
A | 0 - 10% |
B | 25 - 30% |
C | 40 - 50% |
D | 80 - 90% |
E | 60 - 70% |
Question 91 |
A | Western Australia |
B | Victoria |
C | New South Wales |
D | South Australia |
E | Northern Territories |
Question 92 |
A | New Zealand |
B | Nepal |
C | Japan |
D | China |
E | Australia |
Question 93 |
A | Eastern China |
B | Philippines |
C | Australia |
D | Bhutan |
E | Sri Lanka |
Question 94 |
A | Central |
B | Eastern |
C | Western |
D | Northern |
E | Northeastern |
Question 95 |
A | Mount Cook , South Island |
B | Mount Cook , North Island |
C | Mount Malte Brun, North Island |
D | Mount Sefton , South Island |
E | Mount Sefton , North Island |
Question 96 |
A | Micronesia |
B | Australia |
C | Melanesia |
D | New Zealand |
E | Polynesia |
Question 97 |
A | British South Asia |
B | British East India Company |
C | East English Division |
D | British Raj |
E | Indochina |
Question 98 |
A | Chinese traditional religions |
B | Hinduism |
C | Roman Catholicism |
D | Islam |
E | Buddhism |
Question 99 |
A | People in Micronesia island group have darker skin colour than that of Melanesia. |
B | Majority of the islands are highly populated due to European colonization. |
C | The most dominant industry almost every country is the exportation of natural resources and indigenous products. |
D | Polynesia island group is relatively small compared to Melanesia and Micronesia. |
E | The recent economic growth can be attributed to textile and electronics industries. |
Question 100 |
A | Dutch |
B | French |
C | British |
D | Portuguese |
E | Spanish |
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