VOCAB
What is wizened?
Wizened is dry, shrunken, or wrinkled, usually on account of old age.
What is the name of one of the main volcanoes in Japan?
Mount Fuji
How many syllables do Chinese words have?
What is a samurai?
A samurai is somebody who has the art or skill of fighting.
How much money does the Japanese tip?
No money
What is to sack?
It is to plunder
(a captured town)
What is the ancient name for China?
Chung Kuo
What is a Mikado?
A Mikado is the emperor of Japan.
What is a shogun?
A supreme general.
What are the Japanese arts?
1) Bonsai
2) flower arrangement
3) poetry
What does prose mean?
Prose is the ordinary form of speech; not poetry.
What were the two wildest rivers of China?
The Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
How do you become a civil servant?
You need to take a very difficult reading test and score the highest score.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
He was a decendant of Yoritomo.
What does literate mean?
Able to read.
What is filial piety?
Filial piety is the piety shown by a son or a daughter to his or her parents.
How many dynasties are there, and what are they?
There are five dynasties and they are the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Ching Dynasty.
What did the Korean king send to the Mikado?
An individual book called the Thousand Character Classic that was written in Chinese script.
Who was Commodore Perry?
Commodore Perry was a US naval officer and diplomat.
When is Chinese Independence Day?
October 1st
What is submissive?
It is obedient, humble.
What is the enormous nation of China called?
The people's republic of China.
What are Japan's nearest neighbors?
China and Korea.
who was Meiji
An enlightened ruler
What countries are in Indochina?
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonisia