Where's That?
The capital of the Silla kingdom in Korea
What is Gyeongju?
The "Sinographic Sphere" includes these modern nations
What are Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam?
Japan became a modern nationstate in this period, between Tokugawa and Tasho, named after an influential Emperor
What is the Meiji period?
The religion in which kami are worshipped
What is Shinto?
The name given by an emperor to the era(s) under his or her rule
What is a reign title?
This former dynastic capital is situated on the fertile banks of the Yellow River
What is Luoyang?
East Asian cross-cultural communication using a shared written language (Classical Chinese)
What is brush talk?
The Mongols ruled this dynasty that preceded the Ming
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
The first chapter of the kojiki introduces these two male and female kami
Who are Izanagi and Izanami?
The earliest societal era marked by archeological evidence in Japan
What is the Jōmon era?
Originally called Heian-kyo, this ancient Japanese capital was modeled after a Chinese city
What is Kyoto?
Chinese characters are an example of these, where one symbol corresponds to a word
What are logographs?
The three kingdoms of Korea were made up of Baekje, Goguryeo, and this kingdom, for which the following dynasty was named
What is Silla?
The ancient text containing legends and genealogies of Japanese clans
What is the Kojiki?
(Bonus: Name the other major primary source mentioned in Hardacre's text)
"Asia" as a concept did not have relevance during this period
What is the pre-modern period?
The northernmost major Chinese river
What is the Yellow River/Huang He?
These two groups made the most use out of vernacular writing in East Asia
What are women and lower-class individuals?
Lasting over 500 years, this Korean dynasty established the foundations of modern Korean culture, before Japanese colonial rule set in
What is the Joseon/Choson dynasty?
The sun goddess and mythological ancestor of the Japanese imperial line
Who is Amaterasu?
The mythical founder of China’s dynastic cycle and one of three ancient Chinese cultural heroes
Who is Yu?
The modern day capital of Shaanxi Province, this city is home to the famous terra-cotta warriors
What is Chang'an/Xi'an?
Two reasons why literary Chinese was learned in Japan and Korea
What are diplomacy and China's strong central government?
This period occurred after Heian, and is marked by the emergence of samurai and feudalism
What is the Kamakura period?
These objects make up the imperial regalia
What are a sword, mirror, and magatama bead?
The only two nations in Asia that haven't been colonized
Bonus: The number of countries in Asia
What are Thailand and Japan?
Bonus: What are 48?