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1. The UNCLOS allows states to claim all resources within a(n) _____________ that extends up to 200
nautical miles from their coasts.
Special Administrative Region
Exclusive Economic Zone
Underwater Protrusion
Extraterritorial Zone
Territorial Sea
2. The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950s was:
defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the control of Japan
victory for the South, which soon became communist
a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country
a short pause, followed by renewed war that still drags on to this day
the unification of the two Koreas
3 . Which of the following is true?
New Zealand is only about 100 miles from Australia.
While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.
The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.
New Zealand is comprised of three large islands.
Most of New Zealand’s population lives in the interior of the North island.
4. A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is:
Macau
Singapore
Brunei
Papua New Guinea
East Timor
5. The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of:
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Myanmar
6. Which of the following mother country-colony associations is false?
Netherlands–Indonesia
Spain–Thailand
France–Laos
Britain–Burma
United Kingdom–Singapore
7. China’s total area is:
much larger than that of the United States
slightly larger than that of the United States
slightly smaller than that of the United States
much smaller than that of the United States
8. Which of the following countries has made no claim to territory in Antarctica?
Chile
Argentina
Australia
the United Kingdom
the United States
9 The colonial power that lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 was:
the United States
Portugal
France
Japan
the United Kingdom
10 North and South Korea may be said to be in a situation of:
joint state capitalism
joint economic development
areal functional specialization
regional complementarity
industrial inertia
11. Half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in which two countries?
Indonesia and Vietnam
Indonesia and the Philippines
Vietnam and the Philippines
Malaysia and Myanmar
Indonesia and Thailand
12. Which of the following is one of the worlds’ most heavily populated agricultural areas:
the Northeast China Plain
the Liao-Songhua Basin
Xinjiang
the Jakota Triangle
the North China Plain
13. A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout
the colonial era was:
Vietnam
Malaya
Borneo
Thailand
Burma
14. Two former colonial entities that reunited with China during the late 1990s are:
Vietnam and Tibet
Macau and Shenzhen
Hong Kong and Shenzhen
Hong Kong and Guangdong
Macau and Hong Kong
15. Most of the core area of Australia is located in the:
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
Outback
16. Japan’s population:
is expected to decline over the next half-century
is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
exhibits a low rate of literacy
is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
is reflective of a multicultural society
17. For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that:
allowed only white people to enter the country
forced aborigines to move to New Zealand
encouraged migration from Indonesia
allowed only former criminals to move into the country
allowed only relatives of gold miners to enter the country
18. The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
Eucalyptuses
Kangaroos
Marsupials
Outbacks
Anzacs
19. New Zealand’s largest ethnic minority group, whose roots are Polynesian, is known as the:
Aborigines
Maori
Kiwi
Australindians
High Islanders
20. An archipelago is:
a chain of islands
an elongated state
a state with more than one proruption
best exemplified by Laos
a divided state on the mainland
21.Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are:
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
China, Vietnam, Malaysia
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
Malaya, Indonesia, Singapore
22. Which country temporarily withdrew from UNCLOS as an indirect result of the independence of
East Timor?
Australia
Indonesia
New Guinea
East Timor
New Zealand
23. The island across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia called:
Sydney
Canberra
Tasmania
South Island
East Timor
24. The majority of Indonesia’s population is located on the Island of:
Sulawesi
Sumatera
Jawa
Kalimantan
Timor
25. The ethnic group that accounts for over 75 percent of Singapore’s population are the:
Indians
Chinese
Indonesians
Siamese
Malays
26. Native Australians are known as:
Maoris
Cook Islanders
Aborigines
Australindians
Marsupials
27. The Special Economic Zone that has been most successful is:
Macau
Shenzhen
Guangdong
Hainan Island
Hong Kong
28. Xizang:
is the Chinese name for Tibet
is now directly connected by rail to Beijing
has suffered from the destruction of its culture by the Chinese
has its capital at Lhasa
all of the above
29. The better-watered volcanic islands, where the economy is based upon agriculture, are known as:
high islands
low islands
Melanesian islands
Micronesian islands
Polynesian islands
30. An example of a relict boundary is the boundary between:
North and South Vietnam
North and South Korea
Israel and the West Bank
Australia and East Timor
United States and Mexico
31. The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is:
Bangladesh
Iran
Pakistan
Indonesia
Nigeria
32. Wallace’s Line refers to:
the fault in Australia where earthquakes are particularly severe
the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species
the middle ridge of the Great Dividing Range
the place at which Australian waters are divided from New Zealand waters
the dividing line between the Southern and Pacific oceans
33. China’s current population is closest to:
400 million
800 million
1 billion
1.3 billion
2.1 billion
34. Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan’s capital city was:
Honshu
Tokyo
Edo
Kansai
Kyoto
35. The vast interior rural area of Australia is known as the:
national core area
Central Australian State
Aboriginal Territories
Empty Quarter
Outback
36. Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is:
less densely populated
more densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living
very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas
entirely a remnant of Britain’s East Indies colonial empire
much less affected by Chinese immigration
37. An example of a country with a proruption is:
Cambodia
Myanmar
Vietnam
Brunei
Malaysia
38. The concept that indicates that destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas
is known as the:
Vietnam syndrome
organic theory
buffer theory
domino theory
fragmentation model
39. The leader who took over in China following the struggle after Mao’s death was:
Deng Xiaoping
Kim Jong Il
Chien-Ming Wang
Yao Ming
Hu Jintao
40. The emerging economic region of China, driven by forces of globalization, is:
the Sichuan Basin
Shenzhen
the Pacific Rim
Hainan Island
the Jakota Triangle
41. A territorial sea is:
an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail
a body of water completely surrounded by a state
a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water
identical to the term “high seas”
an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals
42. A country that is elongated is:
Cambodia
Vietnam
Brunei
Singapore
Philippines
43. Which of the following is false?
East Timor is the realm’s newest state.
Thailand was a French colony.
Southeast Asia contains no dominant state among its 11 countries.
Southeast Asia can be considered a buffer zone.
Southeast Asia can be considered a shatter belt.
44. The historic 1840 agreement between the Maori and Europeans in New Zealand is known as the
Treaty of:
Waitangi
Canterbury
Wellington
the South Pacific
Sydney
45. Mao Zedong’s proclamation creating the communist People’s Republic of China was announced in:
1911
1925
1949
1976
1997
46. China’s largest city is:
Beijing
Hong Kong
Guangzhou
Shenzhen
Shanghai
47. In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:
Solomon Islands
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Hawai’i
Easter Island
48. Japan’s natural landscapes:
resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau
country elsewhere
being tropical, consists of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago
delayed Japan’s modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland
49. The Xinjiang region:
contains desert basins near Turkestan
is located south of Tibet
contains the Gobi Desert
is in the northeastern part of the country
is another name for Xizang
50. Which of the following statements is false?
Australia’s total population is modest in size.
The largest segment of the core area of Australia is on the southeastern coast.
Most Australians live in rural areas.
Much of Australia is arid or semiarid.
The capital of Australia is Canberra.
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