The Olden Days
This ancient civilization settled along the Yellow River
Erlitou
Bad drug deals lead to this conflict between Britain and China
The First Opium War
Created by students and former KMT members. Goal: peasant-class revolution
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Define: bureaucracy
administration of the state (gov’t)
3rd largest economy in the world (GDP)
Japan
Pastoral nomads (from the Eurasian steppe)
Germany, Italy and Japan are super buddies!
axis allience
Leader = charismatic center of all authority and wisdom
cult of personality
Japanese national identity, essence and character
Kokotai
Country and cities where weapons of mass destruction where dropped
Japan, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Confucianism was this dynasty's ruling philosophy
Han Dynasty
region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates (set the boundaries or limits of) North Korea from South Korea
DMZ
period from 1956 to 1957 in the People's Republic of China during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged citizens to openly express their opinions of the Communist Party
Hundred Flowers Campaign
the hereditary military dictatorship of Japan (1192–1867)... yes it involves samurais
Shogunate
This organization's side gig was smuggling opium into China
British East India Company
Japan's earliest civilization
Sannai-Maruyama
In this agreement, the Emperor of Korea gives all authority to the Emperor of Japan
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
historic trek of the CCP, which resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and in the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader
The Long March (1934-35)
Japanese Empire's ruler; "heavenly sovereign"
tenno
Name of the current "Supreme Leader of Korea"
Kim Jung-un
Opened diplomatic relations with Japan; never married and lived in a castle served by 1,000 women!
Queen Himiko of Japan
Japan attacks China (hoping to capitalize off of the KMT-CCP divisions)
Second Sino-Japanese War
This person persecuted Chinese communists; eventually exiled to Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Korea's namesake comes from what kingdom?
Goryeo Kingdom
Define: reform and opening (must include name of creator!)
Deng Xiaoping; opening up China's economy to international trade, working with capitalist countries, placing communist ideals on the sidelines