Traditional East Asia
What is the name for the writing used in traditional China, Korea, and Japan?
Chinese characters.
What was the name of the imperial dynasty in China c. 1800?
The Qing dynasty.
What was the name of the imperial dynasty of Korea c. 1800?
The Joseon/Choson dynasty.
What was the name of the Japanese "dynasty" (i.e., government) c. 1800?
The Tokugawa.
Who won the Opium Wars?
Great Britain!
What type of government did traditional China, Korea, and Japan have?
Monarchies!
What was China's stance toward trade and relations with foreign countries c. 1800?
No thanks!
What was Korea's position to the outside world c. 1800?
No thanks!
Why did Japan agree to trade with the U.S.?
American military might; First Opium War.
What year was Brooks founded?
1926!
What was the largest religion in traditional East Asia?
Buddhism!
What is the name of the outcome of the Opium Wars?
The Unequal Treaties.
What nation wanted to invade/take over Korea?
Japan!
Who was the name of the U.S. naval officer who help "open up" Japan?
Commodore Matthew Perry.
What did Lin Zexu do?
Burned opium.
What was the main philosophical system that gave order to traditional societies in China, Korea, and Japan?
Confucianism.
Who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion?
Hong Xiuqian.
Who were the yangban?
Traditional, educated elites in Korea.
What is the name for the event where the Japanese people got ride of the samurai/shogun and put the emperor back in charge of the country?
The Meiji Restoration.
What does nineteenth-century nationalism mean?
Countries existing for their people.
What are the capitals of N and S Korea, Japan, and China.
Pyongyang, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing.
Name at least two of the previous (pre-Qing) imperial dynasties of China!
Ming, Yuan, Song, Tang, Sui, Han, Qing, etc.
What was the name of the last Korean monarch?
King Kojong/Gojong.
Name at least three out of the four main islands of Japan.
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku.
What was the name of the Japanese guy who argued for modernization?
Fukuzawa Yukichi.