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