Physical Geography
Due to frequent natural disasters and tropical climates, Southeast Asia is similar to this other realm we've learned about.
What are the Caribbean Islands?
These skilled climbers' job is to carry the gear of people climbing the eight-thousanders.
Who are Nepali sherpas?
This is the most bombed country in all of history.
What is Laos?
Who was Mao Zedong?
This policy involved the United States aiding Japan in rebuilding after WWII.
What was the "helping hand" policy?
Because of several factors including low elevation, this country is perpetually underwater.
What is Bangladesh?
The king of this constitutional monarchy country is a total "douchebag."
What is Thailand?
This carbon sink is considered the least globalized country in the world.
What is Bhutan?
This American military man "opened Japan."
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
The main goals of this political movement was to quickly industrialize and produce as much steel as possible.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
China has built dams on this major river and can use them as a geopolitical weapon against countries to the south of them.
What is the Mekong River?
Examples of this type of region include Hong Kong and Macau.
What is a SAR?
This very wealthy city-state tends to prioritize business over people's individual freedoms.
What is Singapore?
This religious leader was exiled from Tibet.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
This era of Japanese history is known for extreme isolation and peacefulness.
What was the Tokugawa Shogunate / Edo Period?
What is the Ganges?
This ethnic group from Indochina that helped the US in the Vietnam war by doing a lot of the ground fighting is now heavily concentrated in the Midwest.
Who are Hmong?
Tea is this country's most important export.
What is Sri Lanka?
He was the leader of the Nationalist Party during the Chinese civil war.
Who was Chiang Kai-Shek?
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao tasked this group with eliminating the bourgeoisie.
What was the Red Guard?
Name the mountain that is the hardest to climb of the eight thousanders AND the mountain that is the most dangerous to climb AND the mortality rate.
What is K2, Annapurna, and 30%?
This region with a Hindu leader and a majority Muslim population has been the source of a lot of conflict.
What is Kashmir?
This country is home to Lethwei, which is considered the most brutal form of fighting.
What is Myanmar?
He brought capitalism to China.
Who was Deng Xiaoping?
This era of Japanese history is known for modernization, industrialization, and development of military.
What was the Meiji Restoration?