Geography, History, and Culture of South and East Asia, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Geography, History, and Culture of South and East Asia and more Quizzes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What are the major environmental problems of South Asia? DEFINITION 1 Water and Air pollution, no acid rain Deforestation, Fertilizer plant blew up, Flooding TERM 2 When and how did Bangladesh gain independence? DEFINITION 2 March 26, 1971. British gave up control of S. Asia and two countries were created: India and Pakistan (east Pakistan is now Bangladesh) TERM 3 What and where is the Quadrilateral Highway? DEFINITION 3 Multi-lane highways, Connect New Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay(Mumbai) -- its in India TERM 4 Indian agreement with what country to improve energy production. DEFINITION 4 Japan TERM 5 Region of India that is the area of greatest agricultural productivity. DEFINITION 5 Punjab, Valleys (Ganges and Indus) TERM 6 What is the population of South Asia? DEFINITION 6 1.4 Billion TERM 7 What is the major religion of India? DEFINITION 7 Hinduism TERM 8 How were the Himalayas formed? DEFINITION 8 Indian Subcontinent colliding with Asian landmass TERM 9 What and where are the Western Ghats? DEFINITION 9 low mountain range on west side of Deccan TERM 10 What is the most serious natural hazard in Bangladesh? DEFINITION 10 Ganges and Brahmaputra river deltas FLOOD in wet summer monsoons; dense settlement there causes many DEATHS TERM 21 Who are the Tamil Tigers. DEFINITION 21 Rebel force that attacked Sri Lankan army in 1983; tensions still brewing - they demanded equal rights TERM 22 Why is Bangladesh internationally competitive in textile and clothing manufacture? DEFINITION 22 Low Wages and poorest country TERM 23 What is the Tata Nano? DEFINITION 23 World's least expensive and smallest car, sells for $1200 TERM 24 Major climate factor in South Asia? DEFINITION 24 Monsoons/Typhoons TERM 25 Who was the major colonial power in South Asia? DEFINITION 25 British TERM 26 Who was Ashoka? DEFINITION 26 Ruler that established the first large united empire in south asia TERM 27 Where is the Three Gorges Dam and why was it built? DEFINITION 27 On the Yangtze River and was built to control flooding and to produce electricity and reduce dependency on coal Problems: Threatening animal species, Flooding a major scenic attraction, Displacing up to 2 million people TERM 28 Strategy used by some East Asian countries to address their air pollution problems. DEFINITION 28 Japan, Taiwan, South Korea have implemented stringent pollution control and moved pollution- generating industries outside of their countries TERM 29 Under what Chinese dynasty did rice production significantly increase? DEFINITION 29 Song Dynasty (went from wheat and millet production to rice production) TERM 30 Why has East Asia occupied a central position in climate change debates? DEFINITION 30 China's rapid increase in carbon emissions by burning high sulfur coal TERM 31 Describe the agriculture in East Asia. DEFINITION 31 Japan is one of worlds largest food importers; self- sufficient in rice. Imports wood products, oil, coal, and minerals. China has imported rice since 1990s. Chinas demand for resources is reordering global trade patterns. Rice is dominant in the south; wheat, millet and sorghum in the north. TERM 32 Japan has a policy of self-sufficiency in what agricultural product? DEFINITION 32 Rice TERM 33 What later dynasties in China were not Chinese dynasties? DEFINITION 33 Yuan Dynasty and Qing Dynasty The Qing were Manchu and the Yuan were Mongols TERM 34 What is loess? DEFINITION 34 Fine glacially generated wind blown soil (can be found on the Loess plateau and Ordos Desert in North Central China) TERM 35 Yangtze River rank in terms of the volume of water it carries? DEFINITION 35 third largest TERM 46 Environmental hazard in Japan? DEFINITION 46 seismic activity, AKA earthquakes. being in the ring of fire makes the threat of earthquakes a significant concern here. A recent example would be the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a catastrophe at a nuclear power plant. TERM 47 Feng Shui. DEFINITION 47 Chinese and Korean practice of designing buildings in accordance with spiritual powers that supposedly flow through the local topography. TERM 48 National language of China? DEFINITION 48 standard mandarin TERM 49 Possible reason why China has not invaded Taiwan and reclaimed the island. DEFINITION 49 Economics; threat of american invasion; taiwan won't declare independence TERM 50 What is the name of the last dynasty in China? DEFINITION 50 Qing Dynasty TERM 51 Country of East Asia with a diaspora of hundreds of thousands of people. DEFINITION 51 Korea. Diaspora = a scattering of a particular group of people over a vast geological area TERM 52 Country of East Asia with the lowest percentage of urban population. DEFINITION 52 China(51.2% Urban) TERM 53 Who were the Colonial powers in China? DEFINITION 53 mostly British. Later - Germans, French, Spanish, British, Russian, Japanese and Portuguese TERM 54 What writing system forms the basis for the writing throughout East Asia? DEFINITION 54 (Ideographic writing) Chinese writing system; form of writing using symbols, representing whole words rather than sounds; disadvantage: lots of characters; advantages: speakers of different languages use same system TERM 55 The Shinto religion is located where? DEFINITION 55 Closely bound to Japanese Nationality; based on harmony of nature and its connection to humans TERM 56 What is Urban primacy DEFINITION 56 Concentration of urban population in a single city; south korea was noted for this TERM 57 Country of East Asia has the highest total fertility rate. DEFINITION 57 North Korea - can change from year to year TERM 58 Island country in East Asia claimed as part of the Chinese nation? DEFINITION 58 Taiwan TERM 59 Which Chinese region has the greatest recent economic expansion. DEFINITION 59 Beijing and coastal regions; TERM 60 What is Taoism and where did it develop? DEFINITION 60 Rooted in nature worship; related to geomancy/ feng shui; developed in China and Korea**