East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Etc.

QUIZ: East Asia PART I: Answer only 45 of the first 47 questions. PART II: Write a full essay (multiple paragraphs) on Question #48. 1. What is meant by the concept of the Mid d le Kingd om and what is the basis of this concept? Historically, China identified itself as the Middle Kingdom, because it was positioned centrally in the known world. 2. When d id the Communist Party take over China and where d id the Nationalist Chinese army retreat to at that time? The Communist Party gained control of China in 1949. The same time the remainder of the nationalist army escaped to Taiwan. 3. Compare the size of the Japanese economy to that of the United States in 1960. Compare the size of the economy of the rest of East Asia to that of Africa in 1960. By 1960, Japan had a gross national income per capita that was only 1/8 that of the United States, while other East Asian countries had GNIs per capita equal to or lower than those of African countries at the time. 4. How fast d id the Japanese economy grow between 1960 and 2000? When d id the size of