Geography
In what way is the climate of South Korea different from North Korea?
Which part of Korea's culture was not patterned after China's?
Language/Alphabet (Hangul)
Which Korean dish has over 150 varieties and is made by allowing vegetables to ferment?
Kimchi
What did Japan do which ultimately led the United States to join WWII?
What type of government does Japan currently have?
Constitutional Monarchy
What type of economies do North and South Korea have?
North - Communist
South - Capitalist
What is the nickname for Korea based on its isolationist policies?
The Hermit Kingdom
Name two milestones mentioned in the readings that Koreans celebrate besides marriage.
First 100 days, 61 birthday, death anniversaries.
What was the name of at least one of the wars that allowed Japan to take control of Korea in 1910?
Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
What line divides North and South Korea?
38th Parallel or the DMZ
Within 5% how much of Japan's land is actually farmable because it is so mountainous?
13%
Name two countries besides China and Korea itself that controlled Korea.
Japan, Mongolia, Russia*
Which holiday is often referred to as the "Korean Thanksgiving?"
The Harvest Moon Festival
What were the names of the two cities where the United States dropped atomic bombs, ultimately leading to the end of WWII in the Pacific?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Which famous NBA player visited Kim Jong-un and described him as "socially awkward."
Dennis Rodman
Which state of the United States is closest to the size of Japan, or is used the most in talking about Japan's size?
California
Name two countries that supported North Korea during the Korean war?
China and the Soviet Union (Russia)
Which Asian language is most similar to Japanese?
Korean
Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki habitable areas while the area surrounding Chernobyl in Ukraine is not, when both areas saw nuclear disasters?
Only small amounts of uranium actually reacted at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The bombs were detonated in the air.
Radiation dispersed in a mushroom cloud.
Which industry provides Japan with most of it's income?
Manufacturing
Why are people choosing to live in "coffin apartments" in Japan?
Overpopulation
Who was the president of the United States when Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union invaded South Korea
Harry Truman
Name at least 3 of the main religions practiced in South Korea.
Buddhism, Christianity, and Cheondogyo
What is the name of the Japanese warrior code of honor, bravery, and loyalty?
Bushido
The Diet