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DL Chapter 35 (Nation Building in East Asia and Pacific Rim)

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

2) The leader of the Guomindang was ________.

a)

A) Mao Zedong

b)

B) Ho Chi Minh

c)

C) Zhou Enlai

d)

D) Chiang Kai-shek

2.

The Liberal Democratic Party dominated in ________ from 1955 to 1990.

a)

A) Vietnam

b)

B) Japan

c)

C) South Korea

d)

D) China

3.

The capital of the Republic of Korea is ________.

a)

A) Hanseong

b)

B) Taejon

c)

C) Seoul

d)

D) Pyongyang

4.

Which of these was a British colony until 1997?

a)

A) Singapore

b)

B) Taiwan

c)

C) Korea

d)

D) Hong Kong

5.

The leader of South Korea after World War II, pushed out of office in 1960, was ________.

a)

A) Park Chung-hee

b)

B) Kim Young-sam

c)

C) Kim Dae-jung

d)

D) Syngman Rhee

6.

Which of these was founded by Chung Ju-Yung?

a)

A) North Korea

b)

B) the Liberal Democratic Party

c)

C) Hyundai

d)

D) Japan, Incorporated

7.

Which of these men came to power in Taiwan in 1978?

a)

A) Chiang Ching-kuo

b)

B) Lee Kuan Yew

c)

C) Mao Zedong

d)

D) Deng Xiaoping

8.

The first ruler of Singapore was ________.

a)

A) Chiang Kai-shek

b)

B) Lee Kuan Yew

c)

C) Jiang Qing

d)

D) Zhou Enlai

9.

The People’s Liberation Army was the army of ________.

a)

A) the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea

b)

B) the Republic of China

c)

C) Singapore

d)

D) the People’s Republic of China

10.

The Mass Line approach was Mao Zedong’s ________.

a)

A) version of Marxism

b)

B) economic policy

c)

C) plan for rapid industrialization

d)

D) cultural revolution

11.

Which of these was one of the pragmatists?

a)

A) Jiang Qing

b)

B) Liu Shaoqi

c)

C) Chiang Kai-shek

d)

D) Mao Zedong

12.

Jiang Qing was the wife of ________.

a)

A) Liu Shaoqi

b)

B) Deng Xiaoping

c)

C) Chiang Ching-kuo

d)

D) Mao Zedong

13.

The leader of the Gang of Four was ________.

a)

A) Zhou Enlai

b)

B) Deng Xiaoping

c)

C) Jiang Qing

d)

D) Liu Shaoqi

14.

The Tayson Rebellion ended the ________ dynasty.

a)

A) Trinh

b)

B) Nguyen

c)

C) Tayson

d)

D) Gia Long

15.

Minh Mang was the second emperor of the dynasty founded by ________.

a)

A) Gia Long

b)

B) Ho Chi Minh

c)

C) Vo Nguyen Giap

d)

D) Ngo Dinh Diem

16.

Which of these Vietnamese leaders was supported by the United States?

a)

A) Nguyen Anh

b)

B) Minh Mang

c)

C) Ngo Dinh Diem

d)

D) Vo Nguyen Giap

17.

Following World War II, Japanese emperors played essentially the same role as in what other period?

a)

A) the Meiji restoration

b)

B) the shogunate

c)

C) Heian Japan

d)

D) World War II

18.

Which of these was reflected in the division of Korea?

a)

A) Japanese-Chinese hostilities

b)

B) cold war rivalries

c)

C) the Chinese civil war

d)

D) the divisions of World War II

19.

Which of these was one of the most enduring relics of European imperialism?

a)

A) Hong Kong

b)

B) Singapore

c)

C) North Korea

d)

D) Taiwan

20.

The trend referred to as “Japan, Incorporated” ________ trends in Japan in the interwar period.

a)

A) was a sharp break from

b)

B) abruptly ended

c)

C) continued

d)

D) ran counter to

21.

Which of these was most similar to Korea in terms of economic development?

a)

A) contemporary China

b)

B) Britain in the early 1800s

c)

C) contemporary Egypt

d)

D) Japan a decade earlier

22.

In Korea, companies like Daewoo and Hyundai ________.

a)

A) were responsible for large-scale emigration from Korea

b)

B) were essentially state-run

c)

C) began to emerge in the 1980s

d)

D) took care of every aspect of their employees lives

23.

In terms of Chinese-U.S. relations, the 1970s saw ________.

a)

A) existing relations grow much closer

b)

B) a complete switch

c)

C) the end of all ties

d)

D) continuity

24.

The table on p. 880 “Indices of Growth and Change in the Pacific Rim” in “Pacific Rim Growth” supports which of these statements?

a)

A) In general, growth accelerated between 1965 and 1996.

b)

B) Growth had stopped in most countries by 1996.

c)

C) Most nations were no longer growing by 1965.

d)

D) The entire region followed the same slowing trend between 1965 and 1996.

25.

In “Social and Economic Data” in “Pacific Rim Growth,” (p. 880) which of these appears to have had the most agricultural economy in 1996?

a)

A) China

b)

B) Japan

c)

C) South Korea

d)

D) Malaysia

26.

Which of these brought temporary cooperation between China’s Nationalists and communists?

a)

A) Mao Zedong’s rise to power

b)

B) Japanese invasion

c)

C) the Guomindang

d)

D) the cold war

27.

At the end of World War II, the Chinese communists controlled ________.

a)

A) most of China

b)

B) the Yangzi Valley

c)

C) much of northern China

d)

D) only coastal areas

28.

Which of these groups proved critical to the triumph of the communists in China?

a)

A) party cadres

b)

B) intellectuals

c)

C) the Gang of Four

d)

D) peasants

29.

Mass Line was analogous with ________ in Russia.

a)

A) the Stalinist purges

b)

B) the Bolshevik Revolution

c)

C) the Decembrist revolution

d)

D) collectivization

30.

The Great Leap Forward can be characterized as a(n) ________.

a)

A) moderate success

b)

B) total failure

c)

C) stunning success

d)

D) expensive success

31.

The pragmatists represented ________.

a)

A) the full implementation of Marxism in China

b)

B) a rejection of Russian communism

c)

C) a retreat from Marxist ideals

d)

D) the success of the Great Leap Forward

32.

In Chinese society, the Nationalists advocated ________.

a)

A) Buddhist values

b)

B) modernizing reforms

c)

C) Confucian traditions

d)

D) dramatic new patterns

33.

The Cultural Revolution was analogous to ________ in the Soviet Union.

a)

A) collectivization

b)

B) de-Stalinization

c)

C) the Stalinist Purges

d)

D) the Bolshevik Revolution

34.

Opium and alcohol sales in Vietnam under French rule were a result of ________.

a)

A) overflow from the British opium trade in China

b)

B) the French desire to make colonizing Vietnam worthwhile

c)

C) rapid urbanization in Vietnam and increasingly difficult conditions

d)

D) changing medical practices

35.

In Vietnam, communism was arguably a(n) ________.

a)

A) product of Chinese rule

b)

B) result of Soviet pressure

c)

C) outgrowth of Vietnamese economic traditions

d)

D) tool of independence

36.

Japanese rule in Vietnam had the effect of ________.

a)

A) providing an opening for renewed liberation efforts

b)

B) crushing communist rule

c)

C) ending Western dominance there

d)

D) bringing independence

37.

Compared to the Korean War, fighting in Vietnam in the same period was ________.

a)

A) over sooner

b)

B) more

c)

C) less bloody

d)

D) much more complicated

38.

The context for U.S. involvement in Vietnam was ________.

a)

A) the cold war

b)

B) the end of World War II

c)

C) Japanese aggression

d)

D) mercantilism

39.

Like Germany at the end of World War II, Japan ________.

a)

A) drastically reduced its military power

b)

B) began a period of economic revival

c)

C) was occupied by Western forces

d)

D) was divided into four zones

40.

Both Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin undertook agricultural reforms ________.

a)

A) to reward their peasant supporters

b)

B) as a first step towards rapid industrialization

c)

C) to strike at their political opponents

d)

D) to increase exports

41.

Unlike Korea, the cold war left Vietnam ________.

a)

A) divided

b)

B) devastated

c)

C) united

d)

D) under a liberal democracy