Food
This dish consists of vinegared rice, often paired with seafood.
What is sushi?
This famous ancient structure stretches across parts of northern China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This holiday marks the beginning of the traditional lunisolar year and is celebrated in China, Korea, Vietnam, and other Asian communities.
What is Lunar New Year?
He was an Indian independence leader known for promoting nonviolent resistance against British rule
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
This is the name of the Korean alphabet.
Hangul (Hangeul)
This Vietnamese noodle soup is known for its aromatic broth, rice noodles, and herbs.
What is pho?
This desert stretches across parts of northern China and southern Mongolia. What is its name?
What is the Gobi Desert?
This celebration is often called the Festival of Lights.
What is Diwali?
He was China's first emperor after unifying the Warring States in 221 BCE
Who was Qin Shi Huang?
These are the three Japanese writing systems.
Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana
This Filipino dish commonly involves braising meat in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic.
What is adobo?
This river, considered sacred in Hinduism, flows through northern India and eventually empties into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the Ganges River?
This Korean harvest festival involves honoring ancestors through memorial rituals called charye and eating rice cakes called songpyeon.
Chuseok
This historical event in 1868 ended the Tokugawa shogunate's rule and restored imperial power in Japan.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
This romanization system uses the Latin alphabet and tone marks to represent the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese.
What is Hanyu Pinyin.
This popular South Asian rice dish is prepared with spices and often layered with meat or vegetables.
What is biryani?
This mountain range contains Mount Everest and stretches across several South Asian countries.
What are the Himalayas?
This Japanese festival honors the spirits of ancestors, with traditions including visiting graves and performing the Bon Odori dance.
What is Obon?
This city was captured by North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975, marking the collapse of South Vietnam.
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
This Japanese phrase can mean "excuse me," "I'm sorry," or even "thank you," depending on the situation.
What is sumimasen?
This side dish is made from fermented vegetables, often napa cabbage and radishes.
What is kimchi?
This is the highest mountain in Taiwan.
What is Yushan?
During this Vietnamese New Year celebration, families traditionally prepare a square sticky rice cake filled with mung beans and pork. What is the cake called?
Bánh chưng
Following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty of China ceded Taiwan to Japan under this 1895 treaty.
Treaty of Shimonoseki
This script is used to write Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali.
What is Devanagari?