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