CLEMSON GEOG-1030 EXAM 3 newest FINAL STUDY SET

CLEMSON GEOG-1030 EXAM 3 newest (FINAL) STUDY SET actual / QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED/graded a+

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Triple-Cropping System - ----Answers---agriculture system in China that cycles through 3 crops on one plot of land in a year to avoid soil depletion

• Gorges Dam - ----Answers---hydroelectric dam built in

China on the Yangtze river. displaced 3 million people and inundated archeological sites while increasing the wealth disparity

China's Transition to Modern Economy - ----Answers--- economic decline, famine, and uprisings slowly weakened China's economy, until they lost the opium wars and they opened to free trade.

Japan's Transition to Modern Economy - ----Answers--- opened itself for trade due to gunboat diplomacy by the US

Great Leap Forward - ----Answers---a Chinese Communist program from 1958 to 1962 lead by Mao Zedong to boost farm and industrial output that failed miserably

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Effects of the Great Leap Forward - ----Answers---the program failed, creating poor quality iron and disruptions in agricultural production that were exacerbated by poor weather conditions in drought. 30 million died

Japan's Industrial Revolution - ----Answers---Meiji

Restoration (1868); capitalistic monopolies form (ex: Zaibatsu);

silk is exported; improvements in heavy industry, infrastructure, education, and agriculture; military aggression

Japan's Economic Miracle - ----Answers---occurred after WWII, created 10% yearly growth in Japan; made it a leading manufacturing nation by 1963; created more personal savings, new tech, govt and cultural support and social stability; created Keiretsu ( informal alliance between Japanese companies)

The Four Asian Tigers - ----Answers---Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore; all are export focused

Challenges Posed by the Contemporary Chinese Economy - -- --Answers---intellectual property theft, fake goods, protectionism, heavy state involvement in economy

Why is North Korea a geopolitical concern? - ----Answers--- its population is facing a significant amount of poverty and starvation, and the government is controlling and oppressive, a quarter of GDP is spent on military, developing nuclear weapons

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