Middle East
Resource that has made the Middle East economically relevant
Oil
Nation that will have the largest population by 2050
India
Nation never colonized by Europeans
Thailand
One of two ancient Chinese philosophers
Laozi (Lao Tze)
Confucius
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Where Muslims hajj to
Mecca
Muslim nation that broke away in the Indian Partition
Pakistan
Bangladesh
First communist leader of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Island nation claimed by People's Republic of China
Taiwan
Korean Stalinism refers to him
Leader of North Korea (Kim Jong Un)
Where Saddam Hussein was dictator
Iraq
Lowest caste; also called the untouchables
Dalits
Cambodian dictator responsible for the killing fields genocide
Pol Pot
His Cultural Revolution killed approximately 35 million in order to make China communist
Mao Zedong
Japanese for source of the sun
Nippon
The country where the Tehran hostage crisis took place
Iran
Monsoon season
Island nation of over 17,000 islands
Indonesia
Biggest hydroelectric power-plant in the world
3 Gorges Dam
Military class of feudal Japan whose legacy is still apart of Japanese culture
Samurai
Peninsula with Persian gulf to the east and Red Sea to the west
Arabian Peninsula
What separates the subcontinent from the rest of Asia
Himalaya Mountains
Nation with the most Catholics
Philippines
This "top of the world" region has remained loyal to Buddhism and the Dalai Lama despite being apart of communist China
Tibet
Island containing Mount Fuji and Tokyo
Honshu