China
The most powerful figure in Chinese society was
The Emperor
What major Asian religion began in India( 2 potential answers)
Hinduism or Buddhism
An armored Warrior was known as
A Samurai
How many Korea's are in the world today?
Two
Indonesia is an Archipelago. What is an Archipelago?
A Group of Islands
This Chinese thinker believed we should treat one another with respect(Golden Rule)
Confucius
This Indian believed that his country was ready for independence from England in the 1900s.
Gandhi
A popular type of Japanese poetry is known as
A Haiku
A popular type of Korean music today is known as
K-Pop
What is the most popular monotheistic religion in Indonesia?
Islam
The Dynastic cycle governed China for thousands of years. What did you need to gain/ have to start a new dynasty in China?
The mandate of Heaven
How did Partition( Division of India into India and Pakistan) create tensions in the region to this day?
Partition led to a million deaths between traveling Hindu and Muslim migrants. Those deaths have created animosity between the two nations and also the dispute over Kashmir.
What Western nation ended more than 200 years of Japanese isolation in 1853?
The United States
What military invention helped defeat the Japanese invasion of Korea in the 16th century?
The Turtle Ships
What natural disaster was heard over more than 20% of the Earth's Surface in 1883?
The Eruption of Krakatoa
Name one figure who dramatically changed Chinese History how they changed Chinese History.
Variable answers including Mulan, Shi Huangdi, Mao Zedong, Empress Wu, Confucius, Zheng He, Kublai Khan
Why is the current leader of India problematic?(Multiple Answers possible)
Hindu-Nationalist, anti-journalist, destroys Mosques, lies to the people, strong-man, still in power.
The Meiji Era
Why was the Korean war a significant conflict in the Cold War and how did it end?(Multiple Answers)
The Korean war was a struggle for control of the Korean peninsula under communism or capitalism. It ended with a ceasefire and created two different Korea's that continue to be divided today at the 38th Parallel.
Indonesia benefitted from a international trade system in its ancient history. What new trade system, with China at its center, is currently trying to establish itself
The New Silk Roads or The Belt and Road Initiative.
History=Mystery
What is the only group that has ever successfully invaded and conquered China, making it part of their empire?
The Mongols
History=Mystery
What did the Varuna, the Indian god of Truth, do to the hearts of liars?
He fed them to his pet Crocodile
History=Mystery
What did Oda Nobunaga succeed in doing for the first time in Japanese history?
He united Japan under his banner as a singular nation.
History=Mystery
What is the name of the popular Korean drama featuring people in debt playing deadly children's games?
Squid Game
History=Mystery
Why did Japan target Indonesia during WW2?
They had vast oil fields that Japan needed for their war machines and ships.
What was Yu Babba's final test for Chihiro in the film Spirited Away?
She had to correctly identify her parents who had been transformed into swine.