Lesson 1
_______ is the largest country in the region.
China
During the Korean War, the United States needed ______________ to provide supplies for its war effort.
Japanese factories
The Japanese islands were settled by people from ______ and ______.
Korea and China
A military leader who ruled Japan in early times.
Shogun
China's capital is _________.
Beijing
The _________ were great warriors as well as landowners.
samurai
In which system does the government control all economic goods and services?
Communism
The official languages of Hong Kong are
Cantonese and English.
Who are the four remaining teams in the NFL playoffs?
Bengals, Chiefs, 49ers, and Eagles
South Koreans live in urban areas. The country’s capital city, ______, has more than 10 million people.
Soul
What kept MOST foreign invaders from China’s lands?
natural barriers such as seas, mountains, and deserts
In Taiwan, _________ is the official language
Mandarin Chinese
What are the two staples of most East Asians’ diets?
Rice and Noodles
Which Chinese thinker based his teachings on the idea that people should live in harmony with nature?
Confucius
_______ is Japan’s capital and its largest city, is home to about 32 million people.
Tokyo
_________ is the tallest mountain range in the world and they rise along the southern edge of China. They reach their highest point at ______________
Himalayas & Mount Everest
What was the main purpose of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward?
to increase industrial output
What is the main reason that the percentage of elderly people has increased in China's and Japan’s populations?
Fewer children are born as living standards rise.
In 1854 U.S. naval officer ______________ sailed to Japan with four warships. He pressured the Japanese to end their isolation and open their country to foreign trade
Matthew C. Perry
__________ has about 11 million people, making it the largest city in China
Shanghai
Japan was ruled by emperors, but over time, they lost power. Eventually landowning families set up a feudal system. What happen under this system?
High nobles gave land to lesser nobles in return for their loyalty and military service.
In the late 1950s, Mao Zedong introduced what program? What was the program’s goal?
Great Leap Forward & to increase China’s industrial output
By the early 1600s, Japan’s rulers had begun to fear that European powers were planning a military conquest of the islands. They decided to isolate Japan by what THREE things
Forcing all foreigners to leave, banning European books, and blocking nearly all relations with the outside world.
___________ gained support from Chinese farmers. He believed in __________, a system in which the government controls all economic goods and services
Mao Zedong & Communism
After years of civil war, the Communists won power over China in 1949. They set up the ___________________ on the Chinese mainland. The ___________ fled to the island of Taiwan. There, they set up a government called the Republic of China.
People’s Republic of China & Nationalists