Soc 208: Review for Test Two – Dr. Zhang Jie

1. What is the type of Chinese Government?

2. What is the official language of China?

3. Why do some people consider Confucianism as a “religion”?

4. Which description from Karl Marx of religion is wrong?

5. Which is NOT a reason why many Chinese go to Buddhist temples today?

6. Among the four choices, which one is most closely associated with Taoism?

7. Which is the reason why many Chinese want to become a Christian?

8. Most people from ____ could not spell Chinese characters in pinyin.

9. By the time of ____ , the Chinese had a written language based on “characters.”

10. Different Chinese ideographs may have the same pronunciation, and usually the ____ is adequate to indicate which word is being used.

11. In the large cities of China, ____ years of mandatory schooling is becoming the norm.

12. In China, Which is not a problem that the village schools are facing?

13. Who reversed the tendency politics dominated the curriculum that began in the 1960s?

14. Since 1979, about ____ Chinese students have been sent for a university education to the United States?

15. Before 1979, ____ owned the power to determine the economic policies.

16. Which one is not a reason for the “three bad year” from 1959 to 1962?

17. In the economic reforms since 1979, the Chinese government started to sell state-run industries to other entities, except .

18. During the economic reforms, which one is a reason that forced many peasants to leave the rural homes?

19. Shenzhen is on the ____ of Hong Kong.

20. Among the four cities, which one is a special economic zone?

21. Which is the primary source of energy in China?

22. About ____ percent of China’s rivers and lakes are severely polluted.

23. What is the most damaging aspect of the capitalist “get rich” atmosphere?

24. Which might be the weakest ministries in China?

25. Before 1979, people seldom preferred to call in ____ to settle disputes.

26. Before the legal reform that began in 1979, law is meant to ____ in China.

27. China had been ruled by ____ before the legal reform.

28. Who is the General Secretary of CCP now?

29. In China, ____ of the population are CCP members.

30. Which is not the real center of power in CCP?

31. Who represented the “theory of the three represents” in 2001?

32. Throughout the history of China, the rulers have shown few concerns for .

33. In 1949, the most urgent need for Chinese people was .

34. There are stock markets in China since late 1980s.

35. There is a stock markets in .

36. Who is Zhang Yimou?

37. In China, of the Internet’s users are under the age of 30.

38. China joined the World Trade Organization in .

39. In 2008, the Olympics Games were held in .

40. China is the largest economy in the world.

41. The United States established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China in .

42. Hong Kong was returned to China in the year of .

43. Who was the General Secretary of CCP when Hong Kong was returned to China?

44. Hong Kong is .

45. Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy after 1997, except in matters of .

46. Today, the largest number of immigrants to Hong Kong are .

47. Which are Hong Kong’s official languages?

48. Who was the first chief executive of Hong Kong since 1997?

49. Hong Kong became a British colony as a result of treaties ending a series of wars between the Qing Dynasty and Britain. What was the name given to the wars?

50. Under the treaty drafted by the British and Chinese government, the “One Country, Two Systems” policy will last for .

51. is Hong Kong’s currency.

52. Hong Kong is located at the mouth of .

53. Hong Kong’s population was nearly in 2008.

54. is responsible to Hong Kong’s public security.

55. Who is the chief executive of Hong Kong now?

56. Which is the capital of Taiwan?

57. What is the official language of Taiwan?

58. Who is the president of Taiwan now?

59. Which city is not a port?

60. In 1895, Qing Dynasty was forced to cede Taiwan to .

61. Taiwan’s culture has been shaped by various culture elements, except .

62. The “national day” of Taiwan is .

63. In 2000, won the president election, ending the KMT rule

64. In , PRC replaced ROC in the United Nations as the legitimate government of “China.”

65. were the first Europeans to visit Taiwan.