CHINA - Geography
The mountain range that contains Mt. Everest, the tallest peak in the world.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
Japan's tallest mountain.
What is Mt. Fuji?
The belief system about government that was used by emperor Qin Shi Huang.
What is legalism?
The person who held the most political power in feudal Japan.
What is a shogun?
The term that refers to when a group or person controls the entire supply of a resource.
What is a monopoly?
A symbol that refers to natural forces that are opposites and balance each other, like hot and cold.
What is Yin & Yang?
Japanese art of intricate paper-folding.
What is origami?
The desert in the western region of China.
What is the Taklimakan Desert?
Japan's largest island.
What is Honshu?
The first dynasty of Ancient China that is proven to have existed.
What is the Shang dynasty?
The term that refers to a person who appears to have the most power in a society, but real power lies with another person or group.
What is a figurehead?
The primary reason the Great Wall was built.
What is protection from northern invasions (Mongols)?
A value that is focused on devotion to one's family and respecting elders/ancestors.
What is filial piety?
The two main colours used in celebrations of the Lunar New Year.
What are red and gold?
China's northern major river.
What is the Yellow River?
A region around the Pacific Ocean, which Japan is located on, known for seismic activity.
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
The group of people who were at the bottom of the social hierarchy of Ancient China.
Who are merchants?
The main role of the samurai in feudal Japan.
What is protection of the daimyo's land?
This is what silk is made from.
A term that refers to the state of enlightenment that is achieved when a person escapes life's cycle of suffering.
What is nirvana?
The two types of Kana (Japanese) scripts.
What are Hiragana and Katakana?
The direction of flow of both major rivers in China.
What is West to East?
A group or cluster of islands.
What is an archipelago?
The longest dynasty of Ancient China's history.
What is the Zhou dynasty?
The term that refers to a ritual suicide performed by samurai if they did not uphold their strict moral code.
What is seppuku?
The dynasty during which the Silk Road was developed.
What is the Han dynasty?
The word which means "way of the warrior" in Japanese.
What is Bushido?
The world's first novel, written during the Heian period of Japan.
What is the Tale of Genji?
The river where rice was primarily grown in Ancient China due to the warm and rainy climate of the region.
What is the Yangtze River?
Japan's smallest island.
What is Shikoku?
The number of years the Qin dynasty lasted.
What is fifteen?
The name of the landowners of feudal Japan.
What is a daimyo?
The main resource that China received from the Romans through trade.
What is glassware?
The word which means "divine" or "spirit" in Japanese.
What is Kami?
What is the year of the horse?