China
Japan
N & S
Geography
Culture
100

This is the capital city of China.

What is Beijing?

100

Japan is especially prone to these natural disasters due to its location on the Ring of Fire.

What are earthquakes?

100

This is the capital of South Korea.

What is Seoul?

100

This tectonic zone contributes to earthquakes and volcanoes in East Asia.

What is the Ring of Fire?

100

This grain is a staple food in East Asia.

What is rice?

200

This famous wall was built to protect China from invasions.

What is the Great Wall of China?

200

This is the capital of Japan.

What is Tokyo?

200

This line divides North Korea and South Korea.

What is the 38th Parallel?

200

This peninsula is home to North and South Korea.

What is the Korean Peninsula?

200

China’s economy has grown due to manufacturing and this type of trade.

What is exports?

300

This 1989 protest in Beijing became a symbol of demands for democracy.

What is the Tiananmen Square protests?

300

This mountain is Japan’s highest peak and a symbol of the country.

What is Mount Fuji?

300

North Korea has this type of government with strict control by one leader.

What is a dictatorship?

300

This ocean borders China, Japan, and Korea.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

300

Japan and South Korea are global leaders in this technology industry.

What is electronics?

400

This government system is currently used in China.

What is Communism?

400

This traditional Japanese warrior class served powerful leaders.

What are the Samurai?

400

South Korea is known for exporting this music genre worldwide.

What is K-pop?

400

This major physical feature limits farming in much of western China.

What are mountains?

400

This Chinese holiday celebrates the lunar new year.

Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year?

500

This mountain range separates China from India.

What are the Himalayas?

500

This city was the first target of an atomic bomb in World War II.

What is Hiroshima?

500

The war fought between North and South Korea began in this year.

What is 1950?

500

This desert is located in northern China and southern Mongolia.

What is the Gobi Desert?

500

This religion began in India but spread to China, Korea, and Japan.

What is Buddhism?