Geography chapter 9 – Flashcards

Which of the following statements about Japan is false?

The Long March took Chinese Communists from Shanghai to Taiwan. T/F

China's Shenzhen is a Special Economic Zone. T/F

South Korea's growth has resulted from an economic system described as:

The North China Plain is one of the world's most densely populated farming areas. T/F

Japan's recent economic problems are a result of all of the following except:

Which of the following is not located in Northeast China?

Japan's second-largest city, Osaka, is located in the _____ District.

About 75 percent of Taiwan's population live in rural areas. T/F

Which of the following is false concerning the western interior of China?

Japan's natural landscapes:

The Boxer Rebellion was a reaction by the Chinese to foreigners in 1949. T/F

North Korea has numerous industrial raw materials; the resources of the South are more agricultural. T/F

The country of the "people of Han" is:

The economies of North and South Korea are complementary and both states would have much to gain by reunification. T/F

Although they experienced difficulties in getting along with each other in the early years following the communist revolution, China and the former Soviet Union were always close friends and allies from the mid-1960s until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. T/F

Taiwan ranks ahead of the People's Republic of China in GNI per capita. T/F

Japan's economic growth was well underway by the:

The Nobi Plain lies between the Kansai District and the Kanto Plain. T/F

Japan's territorial dispute with Russia is over four small islands in the Kurile Island chain. T/F

The North China Plain is dominated by the:

With the single exception of Kyoto, all primary and secondary cities of Japan lie on the coast. T/F

Mongolia is a good example of a buffer state. T/F

Japan's four large islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Sakhalin. T/F

Mao Zedong's proclamation creating the communist People's Republic of China was announced in:

Shenzhen has now ended its role as an SEZ since Hong Kong reunified with China in 1997. T/F

The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has done little to halt trade and population movements between the two political entities. T/F

Japan's name for itself is Nippon. T/F

China's current population is closest to:

The Han Dynasty was China's formative period; Chinese still call themselves the "people of Han." T/F

Which city is located in the last outpost of the Republic of China, which was first proclaimed in 1912:

To symbolize modernization, the Meiji rulers shifted the capital from Kyoto to Tokyo. T/F

Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's capital city was:

The _____ is Japan's Mediterranean.

The Meiji Restoration preceded the 1853 arrival of Commodore Perry's flotilla, and hailed this contact immediately as a major new trading opportunity. T/F

Xizang:

Japan's core area is developing along the shores of the Sea of Japan (East Sea). T/F

Which of the following regions is often called "Manchuria" by uninformed foreigners?

Which of the following is one of the worlds' most heavily populated agricultural areas:

The Huang He:

The Han Dynasty:

The Meiji Restoration:

Which of the following is not a Special Economic Zone?

Powdery wind-blown soil formed from pulverization by glaciers is called:

Which of the following was not occupied by Japan during World War II?

Japan's largest and main island, containing the Japanese capital and almost all of its core area is:

The capital of Japan was moved:

The following are the busiest container ports in Asia except:

The Liao Basin is one of the most productive agricultural regions of Guangdong Province in South China. T/F

Japan's leading region of urbanization and industry (and agriculture as well) is the:

Which of the following has not been important in the development of Shenzhen as an SEZ?

North and South Korea are in the process of reuniting into a single country. T/F

By 2100, Japan's current population of 128 million is expected to shrink to about _____ million:

The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was:

The region in Japan best situated to do business with Korea and China is:

Taiwan is located off the coast of:

In terms of coal, iron ore, and petroleum, Japan is better supplied by domestic resources than the British Isles. T/F

An area of China that can be designated as a "regional state" is:

Taiwan was at one time a colony of:

Xinjiang and Xizang are two of the most densely populated regions of China Proper. T/F

The Xinjiang region:

Which of the following statements is false?

The SEZ located closest to China's largest city, Shanghai, is:

Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet?

Taiwan was invaded by the Communist Chinese in 1945. T/F

Which of these statements about Mongolia is least accurate?

Japan forged a major colonial empire in Asia during the first half of the twentieth century. T/F

China's largest city is: