1) The teachings of Confucius stressed: A. independence of rule of the emperor from the will of Heaven; B. the necessity for for the dynastic cycle; C. accountability of the Emperor for human conditions; selection of administrators on the basis of competence; and order, continuity, and social cohesion above personal gain; D. ideals that linked families together into extended families, or clans, which were the heart of village life.
2) The origins of Chinese civilization can be traced to the North China Plain. This area can be located: A. in the Xi Jiang lowlands; B. along the Huang He (Yellow River); C. in the middle basin of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze);D. in what is today identified as Outer China.
3) The ecological basis of Chinese civilization is found in the cultivation of rice. As cultivated in China, rice farming is an example of: A. labor-intensive peasant agriculture; ;B. land-extensive machine agriculture; C. a society with a high percentage urban population; D. a thinly populated Third World landscape.
4) A basic regionalization of China into Outer and Agricultural China can be made on the basis of: A. effective administration; B. rainfall. It is the 20-inch rainfall line that separates the two regions; C. wheat cultivation versus rice cultivation; D. industrialization.
5) The acculturation of minority peoples in western China is carried out by policies: A. of officially sponsored migration and resettlement of Chinese from the east to western and northern provinces; B. idealizing the traditional Tibetan theocracy; C. favoring the resettlement of the Turkish-speaking Muslims as rice farmers in the developing areas of the Chang Jiang river basins; ;D. consolidating populations near railroad and pipeline centers.
6) During the 1930's and 1940's, the Chinese Communists found their basic strength to lie: A. with the sophisticated merchant class; ;B. in China's industrializing port cities; C. among the peasantry; D. among their allies in Eastern Europe and the strong Communist governments already established in North ;Korea and Vietnam.
7) Chinese heavy industry is: A. hampered by a lack of coal and hydroelectric potential; B. not yet important in the west of the country; C. likely to remain concentrated in the northeast, where large coal reserves are found; D. retarded largely due to the absence of proven reserves of petroleum and natural gas.
8) Chinese population growth has occurred mostly: A. in the largest cities; B. in the countryside; C. in the Chinese community exiled from the mainland on Taiwan; D. in the new areas of settlement in the North and West.
9) Policies aimed at regulating the Chinese birth rate: A. have consistently called for fewer births; B. have been directed toward eliminating the human miseries caused by industrialization; C. have considerably varied in aims and importance over the last 25 years, but today are among the most stringent in the world. More than one child per couple is becoming a rarity; D. have taken aim at the very high birth rate among Chinese women in the former foreign treaty ports.
10) The People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) are two different countries: A. with capitals in Taipei and Seoul, respectively; B. ever since the penetration of the Chinese economy by Western powers in the 1800's; C. with no ;economic or diplomatic relations with the U.S.A.; D. with important economic ties to the U.S. A..
11) The Huang He river is characterized by all of the following except: A. great variation in seasonal discharge rate; B. great variation in gradient and stream velocity; C. no variation in gradient and stream velocity; D. high silt load.
12) Society in traditional China focused on: A. family relationships at the village level; B. clan relationships; C. village elders; D. the role of women.
13) Employment in Chinese economy is mainly dependent on : A. agriculture; B. industry; C. oil extraction; D. consumer goods; E. service activities.
14) A major problem facing Chinese agriculture is : A. not enough farm laborers; B. lack of good land for agricultural expansion ; C. too much moisture; D. too cold.
15) The most striking pattern of Chinese agriculture is the : A. transition from rice in the north to cereals in the south; B. oasis agriculture in the dry west; C. specialized farming in Manchuria; D. transition from rice in the south to cereals in the north; E. none of the above.
16) According to the 1984 treaty between Britain and China, which colony will revert to China in 1997 and have 50 years of special autonomy? A. Macau; B. Taiwan; C. Hong Kong; D. Mongolia ; E. Shanghai.
17)The Red Basin of Sichuan, one of China's largest population clusters, is located in which of the following major river valleys: A. Xi Jiang; B. Huang He; C. Chang Jiang; D. Wei; E. Shanghai.
18) The Chinese city known for its steel production : A. Beijing; B. Lhasa; C. Shenyang; D. Shanghai; E. Guangzou.
19) The Great Leap Forward was: A. a development program introduced by Mao's successors; B. the pragmatists solution to China's ills; C. an attempt to modernize the country quickly by locating industry in rural areas; D. an increase in agricultural production within China.
20) Th Republic of China: A. was formed in 1949 on the island of Taiwan and was recognized as representing China until the early 1970's; B. is relatively rich compared to the People's Republic of China; C. has a large export market, including electronic goods; D. is an important trading partner of the United States; E. all of the above.
21) The eastern, populated part of China that includes 95% of the Chinese population can be regionalized into all of the following, except: A. the North China plain, dominated by the Huang He (Yellow) river and the capital city of Beijing; B. the Chang Jiang Basins in the center, dominated the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river, the city of Shanghai; and including the populated, interiorly located province of Sichuan; C. the Xi Jiang Delta in the south, including the Xi river and the city of Guangzou (Canton); D. the Northeast industrial region, including the steel city of Shinyang; E. the Xizang plateau tht is characterized by the Tibetan organized jtheocracy headed by the exiled Dalai Lama.
22) After the death of Mao, the communist leader that had guided china from 1949 to the mid-1970's, pragmatists gained control of China. While still retaining a totalitarian regime, the pragmatist set out to do all of the following except: A. improve agriculture to feed people and allow people to migrate to cities; B. improve the Army; C. emphasize light-industry and consumer goods; D. place decision -making ability in the hands of enterprises; E. expand the population base to provide cheaper labor.
23) The Chinese were, historically, A. isolated from much of the rest of the world; B. anxious to play a major role in world affairs; C. conquerors of much of SW Asia; D. rulers of Japan; E. rulers over much of South Asia.
24) Northern agricultural China is dominated by the : A. Huang He or Yellow river; ;B. Himalayas; C. Chang Jiang; D. Qinghai-Xizang Plataeau;; E. Ordos Desert.
25) The urban focus of much of South China on the Xi Jiang Delta and located near Hong Kong is: A. Tangshan; B. Guangzou; C. Shanghai; D. Tianjin; ;E. Beijing.
26) In the first Opium War in China (1839-1942) China's opponent was : A. Great Britain; ;B. Russia; C. Netherlands; D. Portugal; E. Japan.
27) The Portuguese possession near the mouth of the Xi Jiang is : A. Hong Kong; ;B. Macao; C. Timor; D. Shandong; E Hainan Island.
28) Which of the following statements about China is incorrect? A. China's land area is approximately equal to that of the United States; B. China is one of the two oldest continuous civilizations; C. China's population remains concentrated in the country's western half; D.; China remains a dominantly rural society; E. China contains subtropical climates in its south.
29) The river that acts as the major transportation corridor for central China and serves the hinterland of Shanghai is the : A. Huang; B. Chang Jiang; C. Xi Jiang; D. Liao E. Indus.
30) The attempt to rekindle the revolutionary spirit in China in the late 1960's and early 1970's was known as A. the Great Leap Forward; B the Sepoy Rebellion; C. The Cultural Revolution; D. the Extraterritoriality Debate; E. the Long March.
31) Which; of the following areas in China, also known as Manchuria, was conquered by the Japanese, industrialized by the Communist China with the help of the Soviet Union in the 1950's, and is now known for its industrial decline: A. Northeast China; B. Tai;wan; C. North China Plain; ;D. Xizang; E. Red Basin of Sichuan.
32) Major iron and steel production occurs in Northeast China near the city of : A. Beijing; B. Lhasa; C. Shenyang; D. Shanghai; E. Hong Kong.
33) Xizang: A. is the Chinese name for Tibet; B. is Buddhist; C. has suffered from the destruction of its culture by the Chinese; D. has its capital at Lhasa; E. all of the above.
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