What is both Hinduism and Buddhism's name for the concept of "heaven"?
100
Capitalist/Communist dictatorship.
What is China's unusual system of government like?
100
In 1950, the North Korean Army crossed the 38th Parallel.
What is the start of the Korean War?
100
Brutal dictator who renamed Cambodia "the Khmer Republic" or "Kampuchea".
Who is Pol Pot?
100
The former home of the Dalai Lama, this land was taken over by China in 1959.
What is Tibet?
200
Cremation
What must be done to a corpse in order to free the soul (according to the Hindus and the Buddhists)?
200
Pure dictatorship based on a soldier/farmer economy.
What type of government did Pol Pot set up in Cambodia?
200
A monument built as a mausoleum for Shah Jahan's favorite wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
200
The harsh ruler who forced hundreds of thousands into a life of forced labor in order to build 'the Wall'.
Who is Emperor Qin?
200
This nation was formerly know as Burma.
What is Myanmar?
300
Incantation.
What is the name for a magical spell which is a part of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism.
300
Dynasties
What is name given to the various 'family groups' who ruled China throughout history?
300
Building was largely completed during the reign of Emperor Qin. It provides a barrier against the "barbarians."
What is the Great Wall of China?
300
The Indian leader who's policy of non-violent resistance caused the British to leave India in the late 1940s.
Who is Gandhi?
300
Everest and K2 are both part of this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
400
Tripiteka (or Three Baskets).
What is the name given to the writings of Buddha (they were written on woven palm leaves so they looked like baskets.)
400
Preventing communism from spreading.
What is the reason the US and the UN were involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
400
This followed much of the Great Wall and brought commerce from Europe, the Middle East and Africa into Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
400
The Chinese leader who was not communist and fought against Mao's forces in the Chinese Civil War.
Who is Chiang kai-shek?
400
The Chinese government's massive hydroelectric project that redirected three major river systems in order to control flooding and produce electricity.
What is the Three Gorges Dam project?
500
Varanasi.
What is in Hinduism where if you die there you will immediately reach Nirvana. It is also called Benares.
500
The internet and ownership of cell phones has been made illegal.
How has the North Korean government managed to keep world information from the North Korean people?
500
A system of forced reforms in Mao's China that modernized the nation while also ruining millions of lives through starvation, forced labor, and land redistribution.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
500
Grandfather of the current North Korean dictator.
Who is Kim Il Suk?
500
A chain of islands that is home to one of the world's largest populations, the artists island of Bali, the volcano Krakatoa, and the Orangutan.