Terms
China
Korea
Japan
Yes, More Terms
100
This male ruler governed China in ancient times.
What is an emperor?
100
Paper, gunpowder and the printing press
What are some of ancient China's most important inventions?
100
The close historical ties between Korea and China are the result of this event.
What is the migration of some ancient Chinese people down to the Korean peninsula?
100
They made the laws during much of Japan's history.
Who are the shogun?
100
This is a group of families with a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
200
A series of rulers from the same famiy.
What is a dynasty?
200
Dynasty
What a series of rulers from the same family? ALSO what is the term used to describe periods in China's history?
200
Emperors governed both nations.
What is one way that ancient China and Korea were similar?
200
Japanese leaders did this to keep the country united and safe.
What is isolating Japan from the rest of the world?
200
This is a person who moves from place to place in search of water and grazing for animals.
What is a nomad?
300
The word used to describe groups that are identical or very similar.
What is homogeneous?
300
Creating farm communes
What is one of the changes the communist government made in 1949?
300
Korea was divided into North and South after this event.
What is World War II
300
He came to Japan in 1853 in order to force the country to grant trading rights to the US.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
300
This is a regional variation of a language.
What is a dialect?
400
The spreading of ideas or practices from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
400
Russia, Japan, France, Great Britan, and Germany all had this in common.
What are nations which had trade relations with China prior to 1899?
400
This event in 1950 led to the Korean War
What is North Korea's invasion of South Korea?
400
The search for more land and natural resources led Japan to take this action.
What is expand into other Asian nations?
400
This is a group of people who share such characteristics as language, religion and ancestry.
What is an ethnic group?
500
An economic system in which the government controls a country's large industries, businesses and land.
What is communism?
500
This event created a Chinese republic
What is the 1911 revolution?
500
The current borders between North and South Korea were set at that time.
What is the end of the Korean War in 1953?
500
This statement best describes the populations of Japan and Korea
What is a homogeneous population?
500
A community in which land is held in common and wherer members live and work together.
What is a commune?
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