Question

3)In Murphey’s estimation, the East Asian environment:

a.
Suffers from temperature extremes, with severe winters along China's south coast and brutally humid Manchurian summers.

b.
Potentially is extraordinarily productive, but requires considerable organized labor to make it so.

c.
Is well suited for slash-and-burn agriculture, as this allows three rice crops to be harvested per year.

d.
Is well suited for horse herding, especially in the fertile deltas of southern Japan and north-central Korea.

e.
All of the above.


4)East Asian societies tend to view the pursuit of individual goals, ambition, and successful competition as:

a.
Disruptive and leading to social disharmony.

b.
Fundamental to economic progress.

c.
Mandates from heaven.

d.
Characteristics the barbarians would do well to emulate.

e.
Essential to East Asian solidarity.

Answer 1

1. b. Potentially is extraordinarily productive, but requires considerable organized labor to make so

Murphy's estimation about East Asia has been based on what he saw, examined, and what he learned about the region. One of the things that caught his eye was that the region has great potential and that it can be very productive. This was based on the soil, climate, and plants that were cultivated in the region. In order for this potential to be fulfilled though, Murphy says that it is required a lot of labor force, and not just that, but excellent organization of it so that the high productiveness can be achieved.

2. a. Disruptive and leading to social disharmony

The East Asian societies have differed in numerous ways from the societies around the world, and of the most important things was how they view on the pursuit of individual goals, ambition, and successful competition. The people of this region saw this things as disruptive and and leading to social disharmony. In this region, traditionally, the collective has been the most important, not the individual, and everyone has been working for the greater good for all. In a way we can say that these societies were actually having social organizations and beliefs similar to the communism, which came on the scene much later.