Geography
This country is known for the Great Wall that spans over 13,000 miles.
What is China?
A way of life; a belief system that guides one's decisions.
What is philosophy?
The rise and fall of dynasties as power passes from one emperor to another.
What is the dynastic cycle?
An aristocratic warrior who follows a code of honor.
What is a samurai?
These two Asian countries significantly influenced Korea's culture, language, and government.
What are China and Japan?
This country is home to Mt. Fuji, which is covered in snow for most of the year.
What is Japan?
This philosophy is common across the world, and centers on respecting elders.
What is Filial Piety?
The addictive substance that Britain grew and sold in India with the goal of smuggling it into China.
What is opium?
A form of government in which a few people or only one person has all of the political power. In Japan's case, it was the shogun.
What is Centralized Feudalism?
A buffer zone where militaries are not allowed to enter in order to prevent conflict.
What is a demilitarized zone?
This country has been ruled by the Kim dynasty since its founding in 1948.
What is North Korea?
This philosophy was developed by a Chinese scholar who named 5 key relationships for living in harmony.
What is Confucianism?
The forced movement of Mao Zedong and the Communist forces across China by the Nationalists.
What is the Long March?
This period of Japanese history saw the introduction of western ideas such as democracy, industrialization, and a market economy.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
A labor camp or prison used to punish people who disagree with or disobey the Kim dictatorship.
What is a gulag?
This country became a democracy under the United States' influence, and has developed much more than its northern neighbor.
What is South Korea?
This symbol represents the Daoist idea of darkness and light working in harmony together.
What is the yin-yang?
Hong Xiuquan's dream of a better China that lead him to begin the Taiping Rebellion.
What is the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace?
This event was sparked by a railroad explosion and placing blame on China in order to start a conflict.
What is the Manchurian Invasion?
These are the three levels of Kim Il-Sung's songbun system.
What are loyal, wavering, and hostile?
This country was once part of China before the Nationalist party declared it an independent country.
What is Taiwan?
This is the only key relationship of Confucianism that is equally balanced.
What is friend to friend?
Desperate to create steel for the Great Leap Forward, Chinese people began to melt these objects in their backyard furnaces.
What are spoons?
The Japanese Emperor that was revered like a god by his people, to the point where his name couldn't be said aloud.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
Kim Il-Sung's son, who utilized propoganda to make him look like a hero to the people of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jong-Il?