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A Geographic Profile of Monsoon Asia
4. Which of these countries does not have a shoreline on the South China Sea?
a. Vietnam
b. Philippines
c. Malaysia
d. Brunei
e. East Timor
Answer: e [p. 280]
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8. In terms of population, the third-largest country in the Monsoon Asia region is:
a. Japan
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Indonesia
e. Vietnam
Answer: d [p. 281]
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12. Which of these countries does not extend south of the Tropic of Cancer?
a. Pakistan
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. Taiwan
e. Myanmar
Answer: a [p. 280]
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18. The characteristic natural vegetation of tropical savanna areas in Asia is:
a. Coniferous forests
b. Deciduous forests
c. Mixed forests
d. Grasslands
e. Desert and Mediterranean shrubs
Answer: b [p. 282]
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27. A traditional theory for selecting favorable sites for buildings and cities is called:
a. Geomancy
b. Feng shui
c. Suwon
d. Jinsan
e. Swidden
Answer: b [p. 290]
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32. The two predominantly Christian nations in Asia today are _____ and _____.
a. Philippines and South Korea
b. Singapore and East Timor
c. Singapore and South Korea
d. East Timor and the Philippines
e. Philippines and Singapore
Answer: d [p. 293]
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38. Confucianist and Daoist thought are generally not found in:
a. North Korea
b. China
c. Taiwan
d. Mongolia
e. Vietnam
Answer: d [p. 293]
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43. Which country has so far resisted using genetically modified food crops?
a. China
b. South Korea
c. India
d. Japan
e. Malaysia
Answer: d [p. 301]
44. Farmers who are _____ cannot be sure the money they invest in the Green Revolution will benefit
them in the future.
a. Peasants
b. Cash croppers
c. Rice exporters
d. Share tenants
e. None of the above
Answer: d [p. 301]
45. “More crops will be produced at lower cost for higher revenue” describes:
a. Swidden agriculture
b. Geomancy
c. Cash cropping
d. The Green Revolution
e. Wet rice agriculture
Answer: d [p. 300]
47. Which of these was likely not one of India’s motivations for conducting nuclear tests?
a. To get India a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council
b. To establish India as a major world power
c. To present its military might to its rivals Pakistan and China
d. To gather enough support for a Hindu nationalist political party to win a majority of seats in the
Indian parliament
e. None of the above
Answer: a [p. 302]
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49. The 1994 agreement between North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the United States stated that:
a. The United States would double its food aid to North Korea and give development aid to the
country in exchange for North Korea abandoning its nuclear program
b. South Korea and Japan pledged not to attack North Korea as long as North Korea dismantled its
nuclear and WMD programs
c. The United States agreed not to use its nuclear weapons against North Korea in exchange for
North Korea readmitting IAEA inspectors
d. The U.S. would give North Korea fuel oil and assistance in building nuclear power plants as long
as North Korea froze development of its nuclear weapons program
e. North Korea had to halt its nuclear weapons program and allow other nations to dispose of its
nuclear fuel or face the threat of further sanctions
Answer: d [p. 304]
50. What incident prompted the United States to renew its resolve to developing an antimissile shield
over the country?
a. The U.S. spy plane incident near Hainan Island, China, in 2001
b. India’s underground nuclear tests in 1998
c. North Korea launching an unarmed missile over Japan in 1998
d. China’s nuclear weapons tests in 1996
e. Japan’s reconsideration of its non-nuclear stance
Answer: c [p. 304]
52. Analysts are most concerned with the “domino effect” in which of these countries?
a. Pakistan
b. Indonesia
c. China
d. North Korea
e. India
Answer: b [p. 305]
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53. Which group was formed in 2000 to mobilize Indonesian Muslims to fight Christians on several
Indonesian islands?
a. Laskar Jihad
b. Abu Sayyaf
c. Jemaah Islamiah
d. Riduan Isamuddin
e. None of the above
Answer: a [p. 306]
55. On a per capita GDP-PPP basis, which of these countries is the poorest?
a. Nepal
b. Mongolia
c. Bangladesh
d. Philippines
e. East Timor
Answer: e [p. 281]
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True/False Questions
1. Borneo is the only island Indonesia shares with other countries.
Answer: False [p. 296]
2. Only China, Mongolia, and Pakistan have desert climate conditions and vegetation in this region.
Answer: False [p. 285]
4. Theravada Buddhism originated in India and spread along the Silk Road to Central Asia, China, and
Japan.
Answer: False [p. 296]
5. Singapore is one of only a few of the world’s sovereign states that are 100 percent urban.
Answer: True [p. 279]
7. India’s recent economic prosperity, as seen in its 8 percent rate of growth since 2000, has
significantly reduced problems such as childhood malnutrition and rural poverty.
Answer: False [p. 297]
8. Japan, South Korea, and Myanmar have the highest Human Development Indices (HDI) in the
region.
Answer: False [p. 281]
9. Although China’s one-child policy has managed to curb population growth, some couples have
violated the policy by having larger families.
Answer: True [p. 287]
10. Population density in Monsoon Asia is greatest away from coastal areas because of concerns for
tsunamis and heavy seasonal precipitation.
Answer: False [p. 288]
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Chapter 8: A Geographic Profile of Oceania
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A Geographic Profile of Oceania
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8. The body of water that lies between Australia and New Zealand is the:
a. Arafura Sea
b. Tasman Sea
c. Coral Sea
d. Sargasso Sea
e. Great Australian Bight
Answer: b [p. 417]
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15. Which of the following has been called the “extinction capital of the world”?
a. Fiji
b. Hawaii
c. Solomon Islands
d. American Samoa
e. New Guinea
Answer: b [p. 422]
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20. Of the indigenous population of the Pacific, about _____ percent are Melanesian.
a. 6
b. 14
c. 37
d. 55
e. 80
Answer: e [p. 422]
21. Which of these islands or island groups was the last to be settled by the descendants of
Austronesians?
a. New Zealand
b. Madagascar
c. Easter Island
d. Northern Mariana Islands
e. Hawaiian Islands
Answer: e [p. 422]
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26. The entire Pacific Basin was in European or American hands by:
a. 1750
b. 1800
c. 1850
d. 1900
e. 1950
Answer: d [p. 425]
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28. American troops brought over many people from which island to help push Japanese troops off the
island of Guadalcanal in 1942?
a. Bougainville
b. Viti Levu
c. Saipan
d. Malaita
e. Santa Isabel
Answer: d [p. 426]
29. Which of the following is not a major economic enterprise in the Pacific region?
a. Exports of plantation crops
b. Exports of fish
c. Exports of minerals
d. Services for Western military interests
e. Assembly of goods from imported parts
Answer: e [p. 428]
30. Which of the following is the only country in the region outside Australia and New Zealand to have
a significant manufacturing sector?
a. Tuvalu
b. Solomon Islands
c. Fiji
d. Papua New Guinea
e. Palau
Answer: c [p. 428]
31. Which country’s two-letter Internet suffix was purchased by an American businessman?
a. Tonga
b. Tuvalu
c. Vanuatu
d. Kiribati
e. Samoa
Answer: b [p. 428]
32. Phosphate mining has stripped which nation of 80 percent of its soil and vegetation?
a. Tuvalu
b. Tonga
c. Nauru
d. Palau
e. Samoa
Answer: c [p. 428]
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36. What was the cause of the crisis that erupted on the island of Bougainville?
a. France postponed a scheduled referendum on the island’s independence until 2014.
b. Australia closed the large copper mine on the island, which was the only major source of
employment and income.
c. Immigrants from Papua New Guinea were buying much of the productive agricultural land on
Bougainville leaving only marginal lands for indigenous farmers.
d. A blockade was established around Bougainville to blunt its aspirations for independence in
1975.
e. Bougainville was separated from the Solomon Islands and incorporated into the country of
Papua New Guinea.
Answer: e [p. 429]
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38. Which of the following statements about nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific is false?
a. France declared it would not sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996 and vowed to
continue its weapons testing.
b. French agents attacked and sank a Greenpeace ship in 1995 as it confronted French Navy ships
near Mururoa.
c. The greatest fear in French Polynesia now is that France will reduce its military presence in the
region.
d. Throughout the 1950s, the United States used the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands as one of
its main nuclear weapons testing grounds.
e. Some radioactive dust was blown downwind to inhabited Rongelap Atoll during one U.S.
nuclear test in 1954.
Answer: a [p. 431]
39. What year did Guam become a possession of the United States?
a. 1779
b. 1846
c. 1898
d. 1914
e. 1950
Answer: c [p. 431]
40. New Zealand was removed from the ANZUS treaty because:
a. New Zealand objected to American involvement in the Vietnam War
b. New Zealand refused to allow nuclear-powered American ships access to its ports
c. New Zealand and the United States could not agree on a military framework in the treaty
d. New Zealand would not allow American access to the Cook Islands and other New Zealand
possessions in the Pacific
e. None of the above
Answer: b [p. 432]
41. Which nation sued the United States and Australia over rising ocean waters attributed to global
warming?
a. Kiribati
b. Tonga
c. Samoa
d. Tuvalu
e. Marshall Islands
Answer: d [p. 432]
True/False Questions
1. New Zealand is the second-largest country in the region as measured by area.
Answer: False [p. 416]
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3. Aboriginal Pama-Nyungan languages are mostly found in northwestern Australia.
Answer: False [p. 422]
4. Papua New Guinea was originally controlled by both Germany and Great Britain simultaneously.
Answer: True [p. 425]
5. Most tourists to the Pacific islands come from the United States and Japan.
Answer: True [p. 428]
6. The nation of Kiribati unilaterally shifted its portion of the International Date Line westward to be
the first country to greet the new millennium.
Answer: False [p. 429]
8. Fiji’s thriving tourist industry has remained unaffected by the country’s social and political unrest.
Answer: False [pp. 426-427]
9. Because it shifted the International Date Line, Kiribati was first to greet the new millennium.
Answer: True [p. 429]
10. The U.S. agreed with the Alliance of Small Island States that it would support the Kyoto Protocol in
order to stop the sea level rise that threatened the very existence of low-lying Pacific-island nations.
Answer: False [p. 432]
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