Here’s a concise summary of the responses to all 14 questions:
Question 1
- A) Access to natural resources.
- B) U.S. role in Japan's post-WWII reconstruction fostering partnership.
Question 2
- A) China.
- B) Economic growth and private ownership.
Question 3
- A) North Korea is communist; South Korea is democratic.
- B) The Korean War.
Question 4
- A) East Asia.
Question 5
- A) Air pollution.
Question 6
- A) Respiratory and heart disease related to air pollution are leading causes of death in China.
Question 7
- A) Densely populated areas along the coast.
Question 8
- A) Abundant desert landscapes in inland regions.
Question 9
- A) Development of bureaucracy.
- B) Shintoism.
- C) Confucianism.
Question 10
- A) China.
- B) Parliamentary democracy.
Question 11
- A) The People's Republic of China.
- B) North Korea.
Question 12
- A) Central government planning decides production.
- B) North Korea has a more purely command economic system than China.
Question 13
- A) All of the above.
Question 14
- A) North Korea's high literacy rate vs. low GDP per capita.
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