Ancient Korea
Early Korean settlements featured very large, heavy stones used to mark the graves of the dead called:
Dolmens
What term describes the family groups of Japanese culture that resembled a small local government?
Clans
What was the original meaning of the word samurai?
Attendant
What nomad group attacked and later ended the rule of Korea's Goryeo dynasty?
The Mongols
What is the name of the horseshoe-shaped belt of increased tectonic plate activity that spans across the Pacific Ocean.
The Ring of Fire
The first complex state of early Korean history was known as:
Gojoseon
Imperial Japanese emperors were believed to be direct descendants of the sun goddess...
Amaterasu
What is a shogun?
A military leader.
Which Korean city was forced to move their capital to a remote island by the Mongols?
Goryeo
What is the term used to describe gods, ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural entities of the Shinto religion?
Kami
After the Three Kingdoms Period, the country was finally unified under what government?
The Unified Silla Kingdom
What type of infrastructure led to increased agricultural growth during the Yayoi Period in Japan?
Irrigation systems
Ritualistic suicide by Japanese samurai.
What weather event stopped the Mongols from successfully attacking Japan?
Typhoon
What two coountries are considered Eastern Asia?
Japan and Korea
The earliest Korean villages emerged near 2000 BCE, mostly on what type of landform?
Hillsides
What staple crop emerged in Japan from Korea and Chinese influence?
Rice
What is the name of the religion founded in Japan during the Kofun period?
Shinto
The peace treaty between the Mongols and Korea forced Korea to provide what tool to the Mongols for them to attack Japan?
Ships
Give examples of countries considered Southeast Asia.
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Phillipines, & Indonesia
The kingdom of Silla created what strict social hierarchy that determined tax status and job opportunities, who one could marry, housing, and even details like what kind of architectural features a person’s house could have?
Bone Rank System
What type of landform is Japan?
Archipelago
What was the name of the visual ranking system created by Emperor Shomu during Imperial Japan?
Cap System
Japan attributed the death of the Mongol army to Hachiman, the Shinto god of...
War
What type of landform is Korea?