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A key element of China’s economic growth policy starting in the early 1980s are SEZs (Special Economic Zones). Where are they located?

Along the east coast

In the poorest regions to attract economic grow

In the region around the capital Beijing

N the minority areas (Yunnan, Xinjiang, Tibet)

They are no longer in operation as all have been abandoned

Which is NOT a consequence of China’s birth control policy?

Sex selectivity in the womb (more female fetuses aborted)

Bandonment of young girls disproportionate to boys

Population will eventually stabilize about 1.5 billion people

A current fertility rate of about 1.7 (# births to each woman)

A population that will start declining this year

Because of its strong demand for mineral resources and raw materials for its manufacturing sector, Chinese investment abroad has strongly concentrated on such sectors? Which country (aftter the US still in first place), has the largest Chinese foreign investment since 2005

Which of the factors below is NOT a centrifugal force in Pakistan?

Conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims

Differences between the 4 major regions especially Baluchistan

An aversion to Hindu-dominated India

Conflict between the state and the Taliban and other militias

E. Continual conflict between the armed forces and the civilian

The Mahatma Gandhi legacy of Indian politics has given the country which of the following?

A pluralist and democratic complexion

An antipathy towards Muslims, who are a large minority

A rigid birth control policy like China’s one child policy

A unitary state with a focus on the capital, New Delhi

E. A near-permanent state of war with Pakistan

The ‘ hukou ’ system in China allows the state to perform all of the functions below EXCEPT ?

Force people to fill out a household registration card

Stop the movement of people to cities

Control residence in cities

Monitor the movement of suspected people e.g. dissidents

Control the internet and block unwanted sites e.g. Facebook

The worst off areas in China (by the HDI measure) are in the

Interior (e.g. Gansu) and West (e.g. Xinjiang) area

Along the east coast

Near the big polluted cities (Shanghai, Beijing

Tibet and adjoining provinces with large ethnic minorities

E. The offshore islands (Hong Kong, Macao)

Which is the best definition of “ dalits ” who reside in India? (Economist reading)

The rebels of North-east India who have a Marxist view

The farmers who cultivate rice in southern India

The young engineers who work in the high-tech industries

The people of the scheduled castes (formerly untouchables)

S another name for the 160+ million Muslims of India

According to the Economist reading, which of the following animal killings are often violently protested by religious supporters in the BJP.

Which one of the following circumstances occurred in Kashmir in 1947-48?

The Hindu-oriented leader wanted to stay in India

The Muslim majority wanted to stay in India

The Muslim leader wanted to join Pakistan

Pakistan won control of most of the area

Radcliffe allocated the territory to India

Which of the following areas are richest in India?

Assam in the NE

East where the Naxalites are active

Maharashtra (area near Mumbai) and Kerala

Near the capital New Delhi

In the Ganges basin – Uttar Pradesh

N the Parenti reading on climate change effects in India, he writes that “where drought advances, so do ...... ” (fill in the blank)

Which of these statements is correct?

More than 2/3rds of Indian farmers depend on Himalayan runoff for their crops

India’s urban population is more than its rural population

India has a small Muslim minority (less than 5% of the total population)

A major terrorist attack in 2008 occurred in Kolkata

Muslim terrorist assassinated Indira Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister

Which of the following city-specialization/reputation match is incorrect ?

Delhi governmental services

Bangalore financial services (correct answer)

Mumbai ‘gateway to India’

Varanasi religious center on the Ganga

Kolkata formerly Calcutta

Which of the following statements about India ’ s agriculture is incorrect?

. T he Green revolution of the 1960s and 1970s was initially funded primarily by investors and moneylenders

Ndia is the world ’ s largest market for tractors

Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India

Agricultural yields increased initially after the Green Revolution but have recently stagnated

India is one of the worlds largest producers of wheat, tea and rice

What of these statements is correct about the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan – the name of the group that is bisected by it and the name of the line?

What happened at Ayodhya in 1992 that produced widespread violence and a legacy of hate in India

A Hindu temple was destroyed

A mosque was destroyed and a Hindu temple built

A shrine to Buddha was destroyed

A terrorist attack on Western interests occurred

A Sikh terrorist assassinated Indira Gandhi

Where is the Khyber pass?

Which of these set of countries/regions best represents the “near abroad”?

In which of the following general areas of Afghanistan are the Taliban most entrenched and active (Nov 2017)?

In which of the following ethnic groups in Afghanistan are the Taliban most likely to find support (Nov 2017)?

One of the most tragic events of the recent wars in the Caucasus was the terrorist attack and subsequent denouement at the school in Beslan with almost 400 killed in 2004? Where is Beslan ?

In the recent history of the Caucasus, the deportation of all members of 4 ethnicities in 1943-44 to Central Asia marks a major iconic and nation-identity event in their respective histories. Which Soviet leader ordered the deportations

Which is the poorest of the post-Soviet states (GDP/capita measure)? Hint: this country is famous for its teahouses

N this week’s reading, there is special aBen1on to Stalin, the Soviet leader. From which Tsarist/Soviet region did Stalin come?

There should be a discussion of the 3 rd group in Ukraine beyond the usual Ukrainian-Russian binary. This group is about 40% of the total population. Who are they

Which of the following combina1on of countries in the FSU are ‘least free”?

N his chapter on Mexico, Parenti talks about how President Cárdenas in the 1930s used Article 27 of the 1917 Mexican constitution to mandate which of the following?

As part of the 1982 bailout agreement, what did the Mexican government agree to do? (Parenti)

Sign the NAFTA agreement

Lower the minimum wage

Clamp down on drug trafficking

Start the maquiladora program

Ell off over 100 state-owned companies and agencies

Which of the following statements is false?

More Mexicans are leaving the United States than coming here

In FY 2015, Mexico apprehended more Northern Triangle nationals than the United States

Central Americans are the second largest immigrant group inthe United States

The majority of unauthorized immigrants in the United States are from Mexico

US Border Patrol apprehensions of unaccompanied minors peaked in 2014

The de Blij reading for this week discusses this particular Brazilian phase ‘favela’ for a prominent feature in the country? To which of the following does it refer

Brazil is now one of the most unequal countries in the world in terms of income distribution, which of the following is one of the most equal?

In his chapter on Brazil, Paren0 talks about the lack of a sense of community in ci0es such as Rio. To which of the following reasons, does he aIribute this lack?

What does the “ Bolsa Familia ” program - started by the Lula government in Brazil - do? ( Paren0 )

Raise the social wage

Raise the minimum wage

Raise the minimum years in school

Raise the state support for family planning programs

Raise the level of state support for indigenous claims to forest lands in the face of pressure from outsiders

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