I am the communist dictator who drove the Nationalists out of my country and into Taiwan.
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
The members of the Qin Dynasty claimed they descended from the sun goddess.
Qin Dynasty = Yamato clan from Japan
100
I am visiting Mt. Fuji. This mountain volcano in Japan is only a piece of a larger group of active volcano sites in the Pacific Ocean known as this. Where in the world am I?
What is the Ring of Fire?
100
After too many different cultures began to divide up spheres of influence in China, this revolt occurred.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
100
What are the capitals of North and South Korea?
What is Pyonyang, N. Korea and Seoul, S. Korea.
200
I am part of the minority group that faces discrimination in Japan.
Who are the Koreans?
200
The three most powerful Asian Pacific Rim economies lie in the Ring of Fire.
Ring of Fire = Jakota Triangle
200
I am visiting all of the exotic animals that reside in this mountain chain that divides North and South China. Where in the world am I?
What are the Qinling Shandi Mountains?
200
This earthquake destroyed the majority of Tokyo in 1923.
What is the Great Kanto earthquake?
200
The non-theistic belief that teaches humans are teachable and perfectible beings, while stressing the importance of a well-ordered society.
What is Confucianism?
300
I am an appointed governor in ancient Japan.
What is a daimyo?
300
Living in harmony with nature and being at peace with the universe are components of Confucianism.
Confucianism = Taoism
300
I am in a capital city. The country that I am in has a large nomadic population, and an economy based on animal herding. What capital city am I in?
What is Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia?
300
This organization discovered the unfortunate practice of child labor in China in the 1990's.
What is UNICEF?
300
Before rule by an emperor, Japan was inhabited by these self-governing bodies.
What are clans?
400
I am the more moderate ruler who took control of China after Mao's death. I instituted practices such as the one-child policy and industrializing industry.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
400
Tsunamis happen when volcanoes erupt underneath the ocean floor.
volcanoes erupt = at the subduction point of two tectonic plates
400
I am traveling through a hot, arid place that resides both in Mongolia and in China. Where in the world am I?
What is the Gobi Desert?
400
During this event in China, land was taken from the wealthy, farms were collectivized, and every able bodied person was put to work. The outcome was mass starvation.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
400
In the 300's through 600's Korea was organized in this way.
What are the Three Kingdoms?
500
I am the American commodore who ended Japan's isolationist practices.
Who is Matthew Perry?
500
The ROC, or the Republic of China, is the official name of China.
China = Taiwan
500
I am visiting the 3 Gorges Dam. This dam was built in part to stop flooding along this river, which is the third longest in the world. Where in the world am I?
What is the Chang Jiang River?
500
In China near the Red Deer Cave, these have been discovered in excavations.
What are early human remains and dinosaur fossils?
500
Order these by beginning with most power down to the least:
Samurai, Shogun, Peasant, Emperor, Daimyo
What is Emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, and peasants.