Vocabulary
This is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
What is a tsunami?
China built this to try to keep invaders out of the country.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The Mongol Empire once spread across this continent.
What is Asia?
The name for animated shows that originated in Japan.
What is anime?
The Korea that is isolated and has a controlling leader.
What is North Korea?
They are the warrior soldiers of feudal Japan.
What are Samurai?
This is the thing that China has the most difficulty controlling, even with child policies they've enforced over the years.
What is population?
The animal considered most important in Mongolia. Used by herders and warriors alike.
What is a horse?
This person was the figure-head "ruler" of Japan, though he didn't have much real power.
Who was the emperor?
The Korea that has a democracy and was supported by the United States in the Korean War.
What is South Korea?
This is a line of hereditary rulers of a country, like China.
What is a dynasty?
The kind of government China currently has.
What is communism?
The first people to live in Mongolia lived this kind of lifestyle.
What is nomadic?
The name of the rules Samurai had to follow.
What is the Code of Bushido?
What is government?
This was the name of the ruler in Japan who had the power and controlled the Samurai.
Who is a Shogun?
This was one of the earliest examples of global exchange, allowing people to trade and connect with others near and far.
What is the Silk Road?
The name of the conqueror who united Mongolia.
Who was Genghis Khan?
The people of Japan live mostly in these areas. (Hint: Urban or Rural)
What is urban settings?
This type of government owns all property and dominates all aspect of life and people have very little freedoms.
What is communism?
This is a Japanese religion incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami).
What is Shinto?
Many question if this early dynasty was real or a myth.
What is the Xia dynasty?
This was Genghis Khan's birthname.
What is Temujin?
Japan experienced this when they closed their borders to the outside world for over 200 years.
What is isolation?
The name of the hostile border that separates North and South Korea.
What is the DMZ (demilitarized zone)?