East Asia
Southeast Asia
Culture
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

This is the capital of Japan.

What is Tokyo?

100

These are the island countries of Southeast Asia.

What is Malaysia, Indonesia, & the Philippines?

100

This culture, being the oldest has had the most direct impact culturally on all other East Asian nations.

What is China?

100

East Asia is characterized by varying levels of this.

What is economic development?  

100

The Silk Route was used to overcome this physical barriers.

What are mountains and deserts?

200

This East Asian country has an economy that operates similarly to that South Korea.

What is Japan?

200

This is how Islam was brought from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, which today is the largest Islamic nation, with over 200 million followers.

What is trade?

200

This accounts for most of the cultural diffusion in East Asia throughout history.

What is trade?

200

This term occurs when one nation takes over another nation bringing with them their cuisine, religion, language, etc.

What is colonization?

200

This is why government leaders would limit the rights of their opponents.

What is to keep control of the government?

300

These barriers have forced the concentration of China's population to be along the east coast.

What are mountains & deserts?

300

This is how the government of Indonesia has changed since 1998.

What is to a limited government from an unlimited government?

300

This can create new cultural patterns in a society.

What is cultural diffusion?

300

This East Asian country is an example of an unlimited government.

What is North Korea?
300

This geographic factor is why most Chinese cities are concentrated in the southeast.

What is mountains & deserts?

400

This is who lead the government in the People's Republic of China?

Who is Communist Party Officials?

400

The physical geography of vast archipelagos (thousands of islands) contributed to this in the region.

What is cultural diversity?

400

All of the following are examples of this:

I.  Dams for flood control

II.  Tsunami warning systems

III.  Earthquake-proof buildings

What is humans adapting to the environment?

400

This term means the government controls what people can say and read.  It is used to regulate (control) society by some countries.

What is censorship?

400

This is a common goal of protest groups.

What is a governmental accountable to the people (Limited Government)?

500

The Grand Canal of China provided a north-south transportation route in China producing an example of this.

What is modification of the environment?

500

This is why the British establish the Port of Singapore in 1819?

What is Singapore's ideally located along shipping routes?

500

This reflects the East Asian cultural belief that people should live in harmony with nature.

What is paintings?

500

This is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group?

What is genocide?

500

This country in East Asia has historically experienced more cultural diffusion from Western nations compared to other East Asia countries.

What is Japan?

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