May 6, 2016 - Test on Modern Asia

Test - The class will have a test on Modern Asia next Tuesday (5/10).  The test will have the short answer format that was common in the first part of the year - four questions will be asked and you will answer two of the questions.

Here are past test questions that you can use to study:

1. How is the Japanese model of "authoritarian development" different from Western liberal capitalism and how has this model affected the rest of Asia?

2. How did World War Two help Mao defeat Chiang Kai-shek in the struggle over China?

3. What does Deng Xiaoping’s quote, “What does it matter is the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice” show about how his approach to ruling China was different from Mao’s approach?

4. How did the American and Soviet conflict of the Cold War shape the development of Asia in the second half of the twentieth century?

5. How did the Japanese model of "authoritarian development" result in the Asian Tigers?

6. How has the process of growing international trade affected the region of Asia?

7. After his death, the modern Chinese government sum up Mao’s legacy as one who was pure of thought but misguided in his actions.  Is Mao a positive or negative force in Chinese history?