The year that a revolution in China led to the establishment of a republic.
What is 1911?
100
Huge amounts of goods pass through this port in Southeast China since goods can be unloaded, stored, and shipped again without payment of import taxes.
What is Singapore?
100
This country's government enacted a one-child policy in 1979.
What is China?
100
The major religion in Indonesia.
What is Islam?
200
This dynasty encouraged trade on the Silk Road.
What is the Han dynasty?
200
Areas of a country where a single foreign power has been granted exclusive trading rights.
What are spheres of influence?
200
This port city was ruled by the United Kingdom for about 150 years until it was given to China in 1997.
What is Hong Kong?
200
Most people in East and Southeast Asia live in this type of area.
What are rural areas?
200
The largest ethnic group in Korea.
What is Korean?
300
These rulers unified China.
Who are the Mongols (Mongol warriors)?
300
This person led the Communist party, which won power in China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
The nickname given to South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong because they have built strong, modern economies.
What is "Asian Tigers"?
300
Large cities in China.
What are Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou?
300
The largest ethnic group in China.
What is the Han?
400
Chinese people wrote novels and created a census under this dynasty.
What is the Ming dynasty?
400
In 1949 the Nationalist party set up the People's Republic of China on this island.
What is Taiwan?
400
After World War 2, the U.S. poured $3.5 billion of aid into developing this country's economy, making it the second-largest economy in the world today (after the U.S. economy).
What is Japan?
400
Cities in Japan that form a megalopolis.
What are Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Yokohama?
400
The official language of China.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
500
Japan's first shogon.
Who is Minamoto Yoritomo?
500
The United States won these islands from Spain in a war.
What are the Philippines?
500
This country changed from a military rule to a democracy in the 1990's.
What is South Korea?
500
Immigration contributes to the loss of this kind of people, which negatively affects the economies of countries in East and Southeast Asia.