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Chapter 6: China and Its Neighbors
      
  1.The __________ is a high, flat land commonly called the Roof of the World.  
  a.   Kunlun Shan  
  b.   Tian Shan  
  c.   Plateau of Tibet  
  d.   Turpan Depression  
      
  2.The Chinese call the __________ River "China's sorrow" because in the past, its flooding has cost many lives and caused much damage.  
  a.   Xi  
  b.   Yellow  
  c.   Yalu  
  d.   Yangtze  
      
  3.When completed, Three Gorges Dam will force the relocation of __________ people.  
  a.   750,000  
  b.   1 million  
  c.   2 million  
  d.   100,000  
      
  4.Foreign companies invest in China because of China's huge market and because the companies __________.  
  a.   can pay Chinese workers less  
  b.   face less competition there  
  c.   pay no taxes in China  
  d.   like the climate in China  
      
  5.Countries around the world have criticized the Chinese government, saying that Chinese leaders have no respect for __________, the basic freedoms and rights that all people should enjoy.  
  a.   religion  
  b.   human rights  
  c.   the arts  
  d.   democracy  
      
  6.Hong Kong and Macau are both important centers of __________.  
  a.   fishing and trade  
  b.   mining and manufacturing  
  c.   trade and finance  
  d.   agriculture and trade  
      
  7.The teachings of __________, that people should be polite, honest, brave, and wise, shaped China's government and society until the early 1900s.  
  a.   Kongfuzi  
  b.   Laozi  
  c.   Chiang Kai-shek  
  d.   Mao Zedong  
      
  8.In 1989 a protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand more freedom was led by __________.  
  a.   women  
  b.   students  
  c.   older people  
  d.   soldiers  
      
  9.Taiwan's prosperous economy is based largely on __________.  
  a.   fishing  
  b.   mining  
  c.   agriculture  
  d.   high-technology products  
      
  10.__________, boasting more than 260 days of sunshine each year, is known as the Land of the Blue Sky.  
  a.   China  
  b.   Hong Kong  
  c.   Taiwan  
  d.   Mongolia  

 






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