Geography
This region of the world has increased tectonic activity, leading to increased volcanoes, earthquakes and more. Includes Japan, West Coast of the U.S., Indonesia and more.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Capital city of China.
What is Beijing?
This country took over Korea in 1910, using it as a source of labor and resources.
Who is Japan?
This Southeast Asian country was NEVER colonized by Europeans.
What is Thailand?
This cash crop is water intensive but is a staple food in Asian diets.
What is rice?
Mr. Patton's German Shepherd is named this.
What is Ziva?
This Chinese river has been colored yellow-brown by loess.
What is the Yellow/Huang River?
These were the enemy of the Chinese Communists during the Chinese Civil War.
Who were the Nationalists/Kuomintang?
Official name of South Korea.
What is the Republic of Korea?
This country colonized Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) during the European colonization of Southeast Asia.
What is France?
After the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalists fled to this island off the coast of China.
What is Taiwan?
What video game does Mr. Patton hate but secretly redownloaded a couple weeks ago due to his buddies.
What is Fortnite?
Capital cities of North and South Korea.
What is Seoul and Pyongyang?
This Chinese emperor standardized weights and measurements as well as creating a universal written language.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
Official name of North Korea.
What is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
After the French left Vietnam, it was divided into these two countries.
What is North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
These were the warrior knight noblemen of Japan.
What are the samurai?
This is Mr. Patton's signature dance move and is cringe every time.
What is 'Whip and Ney Ney?'
Largest mountain in Japan, is an active volcano.
What is Mount Fuji?
Leader of the Chinese Communist Party and first leader of the People's Republic of China. Responsible for the deaths of 80 million people.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This was the war fought between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea from 1950-1953.
What is the Korean War?
Leader of the Viet Minh and later North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam).
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
These were the rich landowners in Japan, very powerful nobles.
What are the daimyo?
Mr. Patton's favorite TV show.
What is Stargate SG-1?
These clash underneath the water, leading to tsunamis.
What are tectonic plates?
These were pro-democratic protests against the Chinese Communist government in 1979 but led to a massacre.
What are the Tiananmen Square Protests?
After the Korean War, this became the border between North and South Korea.
What is the Demilitarized Zone/DMZ?
These were the Communist rebels in South Vietnam who fought against the South Vietnamese government and American military.
Who were the Viet Cong?
This was the military dictator of Japan from the 1100s to the 1800s, brutal warlords who used samurai as their warriors.
What is the shogun?
Mr. Patton's favorite video game franchise.
What is Halo?
Tectonic plates crashing into one another lead to this.
What are earthquakes?
Second leader of the People's Republic of China.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This is the Communist party that rules North Korea.
What is the Korean Workers' Party?
This was the Communist party that ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979 and killed around 2 million of their people due to their policies and oppression.
Who are the Khmer Rouge?
These three resources are vital in a modern industry and Japan's lack of these led to it conquering its neighbors.
What are iron, coal and oil?
Current game Mr. Patton is playing. He sees the words 'You Died' constantly.
What is Elden Ring?
Underwater earthquakes due to tectonic plates lead to this which flood Japanese cities and prove destructive and deadly.
What are tsunamis?
This was Mao Zedong's policy to get farmers off of farms and into factories, but led to mass starvation that killed 30 million people.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
These are the three leaders of North Korea, all from the same family [grandfather, father and son] who have ruled the country from the late 1940s to the present day.
Who is Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un?
These are the last five Communist countries left in the world.
What are China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Laos?
In Japanese culture this was ritual suicide to redeem one's honor and that of their family.
What is seppuku?
Mr. Patton's favorite movie of all time.
What is Starship Troopers?