GEOG 2303 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
In 1965, _____ broke away from Malaysia and became a separate political entity in
Southeast
Asia.
A) Singapore
B) Hong Kong
C) Sarawak
D) Brunei
E) Borneo - Answers - A) Singapore
Japan's economic growth was well underway by the:
A) Mid-1950's
B) Mid- 1960's
C) Mid-1970's
D) Mid-1980's
E) Mid- 1990's - Answers - C) Mid-1970's
Which of these statements about Mongolia is least accurate?
A) it can be termed a buffer state
B) it is desirous of union with China
C) it is landlocked
D) it was guided in its development for more than 60 years by the Soviets
E) it declared its independence from China in 1911 - Answers - B) it is desirous of union
with China
Which of the following was not occupied by Japan during World War II?
A) Siberia
B) Manchuria
C) Korea
D) Taiwan
E) Vietnam - Answers - A) Siberia
The Meiji Restoration:
A) marked the demise of the Shogun Dynasty
B) marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and
military transformation
C) triggered the shift of the country's capital city to Kyoto
D) halted Japan's explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since
about 1890
E) occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered
,in World War II - Answers - B) marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and
generated its economic and military transformation
Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's capital city was:
A) Honshu
B) Tokyo
C) Edo
D) Kansai
E) Kyoto - Answers - E) Kyoto
The capital of Japan was moved:
A) from Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948 to assert claims to the Kurile islands lost to Russia
at the end of World War II
B) from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
C) to Hiroshima after World War II
D) has always been located in Osaka
E) to the newly-planned city of Nippon in 1946 - Answers - B) from Kyoto to Tokyo by
the Meiji rulers
Japan's natural landscapes:
A) resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of
farmers, plateau country elsewhere
B) being tropical, consists of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
C) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
D) consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the
Japanese archipelago
E) delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the
Asian mainland - Answers - C) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
Which of the following statements is false?
A) Most Japanese are Christians.
B) Japan has the most unvaried population of its size in the world.
C) The Ainu were the first inhabitants of Japan.
D) Shoguns were military rulers in Japan.
E) Japan remained isolated for many years until U.S. warships sailed into Japanese
harbors in the 1850s - Answers - A) Most Japanese are Christians.
Japan's population:
A) is expected to decline over the next half-century
B) is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
C) exhibits a low rate of literacy
D) is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
E) is reflective of a multicultural society - Answers - A) is expected to decline over the
next half-century
,Japan's largest and main island, containing the Japanese capital and almost all of its
core area is:
A) Kyushu
B) Honshu
C) Shikoku
D) Hokkaido
E) Sakhalin - Answers - B) Honshu
The largest conurbation in Japan is:
A) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
B) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
C) Kyoto-Nagasaki
D) Nagoya-Hiroshima
E) Osaka-Hokkaido - Answers - A) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
By 2100, Japan's current population of 128 million is expected to shrink to about _____
million:
a. 49
b) 67
c) 88
d) 102
e) 118 - Answers - b) 67
Japan's recent economic problems are a result of all of the following except:
a. heavy dependence on foreign oil
b) the rise of competing economic powers in East Asia
c) financial mismanagement
d) losses in investments made in other countries
e) three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in 500,000 deaths and billions of
yen in losses - Answers - e) three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in
500,000 deaths and billions of yen in losses
Which of the following statements about Japan is false?
a. Relations with Russia are strained as a result of a longstanding dispute over the
Kurile islands closest to Japan
b) Relations with China are difficult because of memories of Japanese (unapologized-
for) behavior during World War II
c) The population of Japan is aging, thereby creating labor shortages
d) Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life
in Japan
e) Japan has numerous ethnic minorities that create significant internal strife - Answers
- d) Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life
in Japan
The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was:
a. defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the control of Japan
, b) victory for the South, which soon became communist c) a military stalemate resulting
in the continued division of the country
d) a short pause, followed by renewed war that still drags on to this day
e) the unification of the two Koreas - Answers - c) a military stalemate resulting in the
continued division of the country
South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as:
a. communism
b) laissez-faire capitalism
c) globalization
d) state capitalism
e) socialism - Answers - d) state capitalism
Taiwan was at one time a colony of:
a. Russia
b) the United States
c) Japan
d) Australia
e) Britain - Answers - c) Japan
Which of the following statements is false?
a. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
b) Taiwan exports personal computers.
c) More than 22 million people live on Taiwan.
d) The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese.
e) Taiwan recently held free elections for a parliament. - Answers - d) The Taiwanese
cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese.
Taiwan is located off the coast of:
a. Russia
b) China
c) Korea
d) Vietnam
e) Japan - Answers - b) China
Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was first
proclaimed in 1912:
a. Hong Kong
b) Lhasa
c) Taipei
d) Macau
e) Pyongyang - Answers - c) Taipei
Which of the following was the first highly developed country in East Asia, significantly
ahead of
any other East Asian state in its level of economic development?
ANSWERS
In 1965, _____ broke away from Malaysia and became a separate political entity in
Southeast
Asia.
A) Singapore
B) Hong Kong
C) Sarawak
D) Brunei
E) Borneo - Answers - A) Singapore
Japan's economic growth was well underway by the:
A) Mid-1950's
B) Mid- 1960's
C) Mid-1970's
D) Mid-1980's
E) Mid- 1990's - Answers - C) Mid-1970's
Which of these statements about Mongolia is least accurate?
A) it can be termed a buffer state
B) it is desirous of union with China
C) it is landlocked
D) it was guided in its development for more than 60 years by the Soviets
E) it declared its independence from China in 1911 - Answers - B) it is desirous of union
with China
Which of the following was not occupied by Japan during World War II?
A) Siberia
B) Manchuria
C) Korea
D) Taiwan
E) Vietnam - Answers - A) Siberia
The Meiji Restoration:
A) marked the demise of the Shogun Dynasty
B) marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and
military transformation
C) triggered the shift of the country's capital city to Kyoto
D) halted Japan's explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since
about 1890
E) occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered
,in World War II - Answers - B) marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and
generated its economic and military transformation
Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's capital city was:
A) Honshu
B) Tokyo
C) Edo
D) Kansai
E) Kyoto - Answers - E) Kyoto
The capital of Japan was moved:
A) from Honshu to Hokkaido in 1948 to assert claims to the Kurile islands lost to Russia
at the end of World War II
B) from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
C) to Hiroshima after World War II
D) has always been located in Osaka
E) to the newly-planned city of Nippon in 1946 - Answers - B) from Kyoto to Tokyo by
the Meiji rulers
Japan's natural landscapes:
A) resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of
farmers, plateau country elsewhere
B) being tropical, consists of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
C) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
D) consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the
Japanese archipelago
E) delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the
Asian mainland - Answers - C) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
Which of the following statements is false?
A) Most Japanese are Christians.
B) Japan has the most unvaried population of its size in the world.
C) The Ainu were the first inhabitants of Japan.
D) Shoguns were military rulers in Japan.
E) Japan remained isolated for many years until U.S. warships sailed into Japanese
harbors in the 1850s - Answers - A) Most Japanese are Christians.
Japan's population:
A) is expected to decline over the next half-century
B) is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
C) exhibits a low rate of literacy
D) is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
E) is reflective of a multicultural society - Answers - A) is expected to decline over the
next half-century
,Japan's largest and main island, containing the Japanese capital and almost all of its
core area is:
A) Kyushu
B) Honshu
C) Shikoku
D) Hokkaido
E) Sakhalin - Answers - B) Honshu
The largest conurbation in Japan is:
A) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
B) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
C) Kyoto-Nagasaki
D) Nagoya-Hiroshima
E) Osaka-Hokkaido - Answers - A) Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki
By 2100, Japan's current population of 128 million is expected to shrink to about _____
million:
a. 49
b) 67
c) 88
d) 102
e) 118 - Answers - b) 67
Japan's recent economic problems are a result of all of the following except:
a. heavy dependence on foreign oil
b) the rise of competing economic powers in East Asia
c) financial mismanagement
d) losses in investments made in other countries
e) three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in 500,000 deaths and billions of
yen in losses - Answers - e) three major earthquakes since 1990 that resulted in
500,000 deaths and billions of yen in losses
Which of the following statements about Japan is false?
a. Relations with Russia are strained as a result of a longstanding dispute over the
Kurile islands closest to Japan
b) Relations with China are difficult because of memories of Japanese (unapologized-
for) behavior during World War II
c) The population of Japan is aging, thereby creating labor shortages
d) Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life
in Japan
e) Japan has numerous ethnic minorities that create significant internal strife - Answers
- d) Japanese tourists, seeing how those in the West live, are now less satisfied with life
in Japan
The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was:
a. defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the control of Japan
, b) victory for the South, which soon became communist c) a military stalemate resulting
in the continued division of the country
d) a short pause, followed by renewed war that still drags on to this day
e) the unification of the two Koreas - Answers - c) a military stalemate resulting in the
continued division of the country
South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as:
a. communism
b) laissez-faire capitalism
c) globalization
d) state capitalism
e) socialism - Answers - d) state capitalism
Taiwan was at one time a colony of:
a. Russia
b) the United States
c) Japan
d) Australia
e) Britain - Answers - c) Japan
Which of the following statements is false?
a. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
b) Taiwan exports personal computers.
c) More than 22 million people live on Taiwan.
d) The Taiwanese cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese.
e) Taiwan recently held free elections for a parliament. - Answers - d) The Taiwanese
cannot keep pace economically with the mainland Chinese.
Taiwan is located off the coast of:
a. Russia
b) China
c) Korea
d) Vietnam
e) Japan - Answers - b) China
Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was first
proclaimed in 1912:
a. Hong Kong
b) Lhasa
c) Taipei
d) Macau
e) Pyongyang - Answers - c) Taipei
Which of the following was the first highly developed country in East Asia, significantly
ahead of
any other East Asian state in its level of economic development?
