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