The name of the mountain range which separates China from India
What are the Himilayas?
100
Europeans were able to gain a foothold in China and in other parts of Asia during the 19th century primarily because of their advanced. . .
What is technology?
100
Geographically, Japan is a group of islands. We call a group of related islands this.
What is an "archipelago"?
100
After centuries of borrowing Chinese written characters, the Koreans invented their own alphabet in the fifteenth century. This language is called. . .
What is "hangul"?
100
Hundreds of Indias were killed and thousands were wounded in 1919 at Amritsar in the state of Punjab because. . .
What is that the Indians were gathered talking peacefully about nationalist issues?
200
A succession of rulers from the same family is known as this:
What is a dynasty?
200
The peasant rebellion which swept across China in the 1850s and 1860s was called this.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
200
The time period in ancient Japan when the shoguns and samurai held power (1185 to 1600) is known as this.
What is "feudal Japan"?
200
This line is the separation between North and South Korea.
What is 38th parallel?
200
Gandhi promoted this in order to achieve independence for India from England.
What is civil disobedience?
300
The former imperial palace of Beijing, constructed during the Ming Dynasty, was called this:
What is "the Forbidden City"?
300
The Yuan (Mongol Dynasty) and the Qing (Manchu Dynasty) had this trait in common.
What is that they were both times when foreigners were in control of China?
300
This American sailed into Edo (Tokyo) Harbor in 1853 seeking to establish trade and diplomatic relations.
Who is Matthew Perry?
300
India and Pakistan became independent nations in this year, the same year that Gandhi was assassinated.
What is 1947?
400
During the reign of the Tang Dynasty, the culture of China grew to great heights. This is the term we use to describe a prosperous, culturally advanced time in any country's history.
What is a "golden age"?
400
The Opium War of the mid 19th century took place during this dynasty.
What is the Qing?
400
This religion diffused into Japan from China in 558 AD.
What is Buddhism?
400
The years of the Korean War.
What is 1950 to 1953?
400
When East Pakistan seceded from Pakistan in 1971, it became known as this. . .
What is Bangladesh?
500
Government officials in ancient China, proved their educational expertise by taking and passing civil service examinations. These tests were based on the teachings of this man.
Who is Confucius?
500
The Nationalist party, led by Dr. Chian Kai-shek in the early 20th century, was also known as this. . .
What is "Guomintang"?
500
During the Meiji period, Japan began building an empire, as Japan had done. Wars with China and Russia at the turn of the 20th century led to Japanese control over this country.
What is Korea?
500
This American general was the leader of the UN forces during the Korean War.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
500
This is the concept promoted by the writer Rudyard Kipling which helped to promote the attitude of superiorty that many Britons felt toward the Indian people. . .