Starting in ancient times, China was ruled by a(n) _____________, or leader.
What is an Emperor?
During much of Japan's history, laws were made by
What are Shoguns?
What event started the Korean War in 1950?
What is when the North invaded the South?
Under the ______________ economic system, the government controls a country's large industries, businesses and land.
What is Communist?
A farm that is shared by multiple families
What is a commune?
Some of ancient China's most important inventions were paper, gunpowder and _________________.
What is the Printing Press?
For most of Japan's history this position was technically the leader of the country but had no real power.
This korean country decided to stay democratic and free after WWII
What is South Korea?
A group of families with a common ancestor
What is a Clan?
The structure that was placed about every 100 - 200 yards along the Great Wall?
What were watch towers?
Most people in China can trace their ancestry to which ethnic group?
What is the Han?
Which Asian nation granted trading rights to the United States in the mid-1850s?
What is Japan?
This war was fought between North and South Korea in the 1950's
What was the Korean War?
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a Dynasty?
Why did Emperor Qin want to build the Great Wall?
What was to protect China from invaders?
When the Communist government came to power in China in 1949, one major change it made to the Chinese way of life was
What is Creating Farming Communes?
This American forced Japan to give the U.S. trading rights in the 1850s
Who was Matthew Perry?
The name of North Korea's supreme leader
Who is Kim Jong-Un
A male ruler of an Empire
What is an Emperor?
The UK gave this city back to China in 1997 under the agreement that China would not interfere with their economy for 50 years.
What is Hong Kong?
The man who lead the Communist Revolution in China was _____
Who is Mao Zedong
The term for Japan's stance on the outside world for much of its history
What is Isolationism?
The name for the border line that divides North and South Korea
What is the Demilitarized Zone
The spreading of ideas or practices from one country to another
What is Cultural Diffusion?
An Ancient Chinese Philosopher who taught many students his way of thought, which eventually became the basis for Chinese education and government.
Who was Confucius?