End of an Empire

Reform & Revolution
Governments of East Asia
Culture
Potpourri
100
The last and largest of China's dynastic empires.
What is Qing?
100
This 'promise' of the Communists greatly appealed to the peasants.
What is owning their own land?
100
Japan's legislative body sounds like a weight loss system.
What is Diet?
100
This religion is practiced in every East Asian country except North Korea.
What is Buddhism?
100
The Chinese government introduced this measure to control population.
What is the One Child Policy?
200
The British used this substance to buy Chinese goods.
What is Opium?
200
Mao created this program to speed up China's economic development.
What is The Great Leap Forward?
200
This basic human right was denied to the protesters in Tiananmen Square.
What is Freedom of Speech?
200
This stringed instrument is popular in China.
What is zither?
200
Most of the people in China belong to this ethnic group.
What is Han?
300
This peasant revolt over the Treaty of Nanking lasted 14 years.
What is The Taiping Rebellion.
300
This reform was Mao's solution to opposition to Communism.
What is The Cultural Revolution?
300
This man was China's first, supposedly moderate leader.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
300
The purpose of this 17 syllable form of poetry is to suggest more than is stated.
What is haiku?
300
People in China, Korea and Japan each have their own versions of this unique form of fighting.
What is Martial Arts?
400
The founder of the Chinese Nationalist Republic.
Who is Sun Yat-Sen?
400
The ideal of Communism is suggested in this official name for China.
What is The People's Republic of China?
400
This East Asian country is the least free of any so-called People's Republic.
What is North Korea?
400
Government mandated art & literature is known by this name.
What is propaganda?
400
This philosophy is defined as the "belief in the importance of one's own nation."
What is Nationalism?
500
The "Righteous and Harmonious Fist" is the name for this group who wanted to drive all foreigners out of China.
Who are the Boxers?
500
Chairman Mao gave his Red Guards complete power to root out the Four Olds.
What are culture, customs, habits & thoughts?
500
Reunification has long been an source of conflict between these two pairs of countries.
What is North & South Korea and China & Taiwan?
500
These 3 values are a fundamental part of Japanese art.
What are simplicity, delicacy & tradition?
500
This country, one of the oldest in the world, was the home of the Mongol hoards led into China by Ghengis Khan.
What is Mongolia?
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