Geography
This Chinese river is named after the color of the dirt that washes into the water.
What is the Yellow River?
This philosophy is uniquely Japanese, and centers around spirits in the natural world.
What is Shintoism?
The name of the soldiers that now guard Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb.
What are the terracotta warriors?
The code of honor that all samurai were expected to follow.
What is bushido?
A blue/green pottery that Koreans developed from porcelain.
What is celadon?
This country was once at war with the United States due to the spread of Communism into Southeast Asia.
What is Vietnam?
The title given to Laozi, the man credited with creating Daoism.
What is Old Master?
Mao Zedong's campaign to encourage critics to share their opinions of his government that ultimately made him upset.
What is the Hundred Flowers Campaign?
This Japanese family removed power from the emperor and formed the first Shogunate.
What is the Tokugawa family?
The dynasty that Korea gets its name from.
What is the Koryo dynasty?
This country was home to an empire that agressively conquered much of Asia, causing the construction of the Great Wall.
What is Mongolia?
A person who avoids society and stays to themselves, like early Daoists often did.
What is a hermit?
The Chinese government actively blocks its citizens from learning or speaking about this incident.
What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
The symbol used on Japan's flag, and originates from the Yamato clan.
What is the rising sun?
The leader of the Soviet Union who was responsible for putting Kim Il-Sung in charge of North Korea.
Who is Stalin?
This island territory was once owned by Britain, but has since returned to being controlled by China.
What is Hong Kong?
Confucius' dream job before becoming a famous philosopher.
What is an advisor?
A government official from China who fought to remove opium and its smugglers from the country, but eventually lost his job.
Who is Lin Zexu?
The title of Lady Murasaki's novel, which was the first novel in the world.
What is the Tale of Genji?
Korea's use of these covered boats helped prevent them from being conquered by Japan in the 1500s.
What are turtle ships?
This city was once the capital of Japan before it was moved to Tokyo by Emperor Meiji.
What is Kyoto?
The name of the pure universal energy that Shintoists believe is within all living things.
What is musubi?
This extremist group of martial artists was responsible for the Boxer Uprising.
Who is the Righteous Harmonius Fists?
Wealthy business-owning families that influenced the government through political donations.
What are zaibatsu?
The original division between North and South Korea ran along this line of latitude.
What is the 38th parallel?