People
This man was the last ruler of the Qing Dynasty
Who was PuYi?
This quiet hero loved his family more than his sword (but he still kicked a$$)
Who is Seibei Iguchi (Seibei Tasogare or Twilight Samurai)?
This term is preferred by historians of East Asia when talking about WW2 in Asia
What is The Second Sino Japanese War?
This country was divided along the 38th parallel by the U.S.S.R and the U.S.
What is Korea
This ideology arguably has had the greatest impact on modern East Asia
What is imperialism or colonialism?
This man led the Chinese Communist Party to establish the People's Republic of China in 1949
Who is Mao Zedong?
This film depicted family separation and adventure in one boy's journey through French Indochina
What is Song of the South?
This country was occupied by Japanese forces and suffered a massive famine during WW2
What is Viet Nam (Indochina)?
Historians prefer this term instead of "The Vietnam War"
What is the Second Indochina War?
This country's 1947 Constitution enshrines this ideology in Article 9
What is Japan's policy of non-militarism?
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This character evolved as he experienced the Gwangju Uprising and Massacre firsthand
Who is Mr. Kim or The Seoul Taxi?
This woman made several appeals to the US Congress, the first foreign woman invited to address the US House of Reps.
Who was Madame Chiang, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek or Meiling Soong?
This program aimed to create backyard furnaces and make China's industrialization skyrocket (literally)
What is the Great Leap Forward?
This ideology took time to take root in East Asia and even now is relatively limited to specific areas such as South Korea
What is Christianity?
This deity was said to have been the ancestor of the Japanese emperors
Who is Amaterasu?
This film showed one family's struggles against the backdrop of the major events of the Maoist era including (name at least two mass mobilization campaigns seen in the film, and the name of the film)
Land Reform Campaigns, The Great Leap Forward, The Cultural Revolution; Film: To Live by Zhang Yimou
This controversial shrine for Japan's war dead, was opened in the late 1800s by the Meiji Emperor
What is Yasukuni Shrine?
This protest movement erupted in response to this country's humiliation at the Treaty of Versailles
What is the May 4th Movement in China?
What is Confucianism?
This woman became a Martyr for the Chinese Revolution after the Qing Dynasty executed her for treason in 1907
Who is Qiu Jin?
This character prevented Dyeok-hye's return to Korea several times
Who is Councillor Han (a.k.a. Evil Badguy)
This army included colonial subjects such as Koreans and Taiwanese as well as Japanese soldiers
What is the Imperial Japanese Army?
This event marks the start of modern Korean history, according to the DPRK official narrative
What is Kim Il Sung's birth in 1912?
This East Asian country is the only one that did not, at some point, have a government that could be described as authoritarian
What is none! All the countries at some point, some moreso than others (here's looking at you DPRK)