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