Culture & History
This philosophy, developed in China, emphasizes harmony, respect for authority, and filial piety.
What is Confucianism
This environmental issue in South Korea is caused by seasonal yellow dust storms originating in the deserts of China and Mongolia.
What is air pollution (or yellow dust)?
This major metropolitan area in South Korea is home to nearly half the country’s population.
What is Seoul?
Mongolia’s economy relies heavily on this natural resource, exported to countries like China.
What is Coal?
The Communist Party of China claims they have this style of government.
What is a democracy?
This philosophy, originating in East Asia, emphasizes harmony with nature and the balance of opposites, symbolized by the yin-yang.
What is Daoism
This desert, located in China and Mongolia, is one of the largest in the world and a major barrier to movement and migration.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Mongolia’s population density is one of the lowest in the world because of this primary geographic feature.
What is the steppe?
This East Asia country leads the world in aquaculture, producing over 60% of global farmed fish and seafood.
What is China
This country emerged as the first modern democracy in East Asia after World War II.
What is Japan?
Fortune cookies originated in this East Asian country.
What is Japan
This 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear disaster at this Japanese power plant.
What is Fukushima?
Japan has one of the highest levels of public debt due to this country’s extensive social welfare system.
What is Japan’s aging population?
Known as the "Asian Tiger," this city-state has transformed into a global financial hub despite its lack of natural resources.
What is Hong Kong?
This Chinese territory has maintained a separate legal and economic system under the “one country, two systems” framework.
What is Hong Kong?
This historical route facilitated trade and culture exchange between East Asia and Europe.
What is the Silk Road
This river, known as the “Yellow River,” is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization.
What is the Huang He?
This East Asian river basin, home to over 400 million people, is nicknamed "China’s Breadbasket" for its agricultural significance.
What is the Yangtze River Basin?
This East Asian island is famous for its economic transformation, transitioning from agriculture to tech industries.
What is Taiwan?
This East Asian country is known for its parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.
What is Japan?
This title is claimed by 93% of Chinese citizens to identify with their ancestors.
What is “People of the Han?”
Known as the "Roof of the World," this plateau influences the monsoon patterns critical to East Asia’s climate.
What is the Tibetan Plateau?
This island nation in East Asia has the highest population density in the world, with over 26,000 people per square kilometer, and is a special administrative region.
What is Macau?
South Korea has one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, earning it this nickname.
What is a Tiger Economy?
This Mongolian transition in the early 1990s marked its shift from a socialist state to a parliamentary democracy.
What is the Democratic Revolution?