WorksheetsUnit 10 East Asia
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is one way the governments of China and the United States operate differently?
In China elections are only conducted on the provincial level, and in the United States elections are held on the national level.
In China legislative representatives are chosen from groups of local leaders, and in the United States legislative representatives generally have served as state governors.
In China the executive leader is elected by a legislative body, and in the United States the executive leader is chosen by popular vote.
In China the electorate only has one party to choose from, and in the United States there are multiple political parties
What does this image reveal about life in Japanese society?
Most people in Japan must commute to work.
Helping strangers is a cultural expectation in Japan.
Population density affects daily activities in Japan.
Spending on transportation infrastructure is a priority in Japan.
How have these 2000-year-old routes affected the region of East Asia over time?
They have permitted a significant exchange of culture and goods.
They have become the border of several East Asian nations.
They have led to the collapse of many early Chinese dynasties
They have caused lasting environmental damage.
The agricultural practices seen in the photograph are an example of —
modification of the environment
technological diffusion
cultural convergence
globalization
Based on the map, how does the location of China today reflect the history of the region?
Chinese culture has become more concentrated in a smaller region over time.
Modern China is located at a crossroad of invasion routes.
The location of Chinese culture has steadily moved eastward to the coastline.
Much of modern China contains the cultural hearth of its ancient past.
The eastern portion of China is densely populated, while the west is very sparsely populated. Which of the following geographic features of western China most accounts for this settlement pattern?
Threat of earthquake
Political conflict with Tibet
Mountainous terrain
Lack of access to water
How have the economic policies of governments in Southeast Asia shifted in the last decade?
Recent economic policies have created millions of economic refugees
Recent economic policies have reduced government controls over sectors of the economy.
Recent economic policies have limited international investment and financial aid.
Recent economic policies have ignored environmental concerns.
Where does the independent city-state of Singapore likely fall on the economic spectrum?
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Which modern-day nations occupy much of the territory of the Khmer Empire?
Malaysia and Indonesia
Vietnam and the Philippines
Cambodia and Myanmar
Singapore and Laos
Which factor contributed most to the desire of European colonial powers to control trade in Southeast Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Need for timber from the region for fuel
Supplies of enslaved labor from the region
Hopes of discovering oil reserves in the region
Demand for spices grown in the region
Where would North Korea likely fall on the economic spectrum?
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B
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Which conclusion about economic development in China, Japan, and Korea is reflected by the data in the graph?China’s economic development exceeds that of Korea.
Korea’s economic development has lagged recently.
Japan is far more developed than either China or Korea.
Korea and Japan are at a similar level of development.
Japan is far more developed than either China or Korea.
Which factor has contributed most to the trend in urbanization in South Korea?The nation is using far less farmland today than in the past.
The nation is becoming increasingly industrialized.
The nation is exhausting much of the raw materials it can produce.
The nation is becoming less industrialized.
The cities have products unavailable to those in the countryside.
Which conclusion most accurately compares the populations of China and the world?
The populations of both China and the world are growing at a similar rate.
More than half of the world's population is in China.
The world's population is growing at a faster rate than China
China's population is growing at a faster rate than the world.
One way that both China and Japan have modified the environment has been by building infrastructure needed to —
repair damage done by volcanic activity
supply energy to large, growing populations
manage pollution created by industry
bring water to remote villages
Which force led ASEAN to establish a free trade area?
Globalization
Communism
Nationalism
Urbanization
Based on information in the excerpt, which cultural belief influences public policy decisions in the majority of Four Tiger nations?
Economies suffer when governments regulate business.
Government intervention in the economy is accepted.
Capitalism conflicts with traditional Asian values.
Public ownership of major industries is the norm.
Based on the information in the excerpt, in what way has increasing globalization affected cultural values in Thailand?
Traditions in rural areas are changing.
People are moving from rural areas to cities.
Rural monasteries have become more isolated.
Buddhist monks are abandoning the rural areas.
