16. which of the following ethnic groups have suffered a long history of discrimination in japan?
a. falun gong
b. uygurs
c. xinjiang
d. ainu

17. the indonesian name for borneo is
a. brunei.
b. sulawesi.
c. kalimantan.
d. irian jaya.

18. which of the following statements about vietnam is true?
a. vietnamese farmers have long specialized in the production of arabica coffee.
b. vietnam's current level of rice exports challenges that of india.
c. vietnam is no longer a communist country.
d. hanoi is the main center of vietnam's marketplace economy

19. the demilitarized zone between north and south korea was established in
a. 1945.
b. 1953.
c. 1911.
d. 1963.

20. which of the following is not among the four main islands of japan?
a. shikoku
b. edo
c. honshu
d. hokkaido

One of the main reasons societies settled along rivers in the neolithic era was because a) the village elders demanded it. b) the land there was more valuable. c) it was more safe and secure there. d) it provided irrigation for farming.

Which type of seismic waves are confined at the surface

1. in 1492, spain expelled after being under their rule for centuries. a. the portuguese b. the basques c. the castilians d. the moors 2. an important cultural center during the renaissance was the city of a. milan b. bologna c. florence d. naples 3. what is the connection between the minoan civilization and a volcanic eruption on thera? a. the earthquake happened a century before the collapse of the civilization. b. the earthquake created a graben. c. the earthquake caused the collapse of the civilization. d. the earthquake caused a volcanic eruption. 4. throughout history, other cultures influenced greece through a. military conquest b. shared ideals c. trade agreements 5. geographically, spain is isolated from the rest of europe by a. portugal b. the atlantic ocean c. the pyrenees mountains d. narrow coastal plains 6. most of central spain is known as the meseta, which is the spanish word for a. mountains b. plateau c. peninsula d. plains 7. for the people of ancient greece, the  iliad, and the  odyssey  a. copied western ideals b. were not popular c. presented community standards d. were children’s poems\ 8. western cultures got many of their ideas about from ancient greece. a. warfare b. democracy c. education d. agriculture 9. how is greece’s natural vegetation similar to that of other mediterranean countries? a. it has been damaged by forest fires. b. it is mainly deciduous forests. c. it grows rapidly in the wet climate. d. it has been reduced to scrub vegetation by overgrazing. 10. what is the most productive agricultural area in italy? a. the alps b. the po valley c. southern italy d. the apennines 11. many factories in northern italy use for energy. a. coal b. hydroelectricity c. nuclear energy d. natural gas 12. what major landform covers much of italy? a. the apennines b. the po river valley c. the alps