Question | Answer |
U.S. was involved in bitter Civil War there in 1960s and 1970s | Vietnam |
puppet nation of China | Hong Kong |
U.S. has most of its low cost manufacturing there | China |
Chiang Kai-shek fled there and started nation | Taiwan |
long history as free nation | Thailand |
fought with U.S. in WWI; fought against U.S. in WWII | Japan |
nuclear energy program is concern for rest of world | North Korea |
won independence from U.S. in 1946 | Philippines |
protected from neighbor by DMZ | South Korea |
most popular baseball team in Japan | Tokyo Giants |
94% of Chinese people descend from this group | Han dynasty |
area that does not have direct political control over itself | sphere of influence |
regional leaders with their own armies | warlords |
production of small consumer goods, such as clothing, appliances, and bicycles | light industry |
site of 1989 student protest in China | Tiananmen Square |
capital of China | Beijing |
China's largest port | Shanghai |
leader of Buddhist faith in Tibet | Dalai Lama |
pictures or characters representing thing or idea | ideograms |
practice of inserting needles at specific points on the body to cure disease or ease pain | acupuncture |
a chain of islands | archipelago |
area of great tectonic activity in Japan | Ring of Fire |
tropical hurricane in Pacific Ocean | typhoon |
family having an identical structure over time | homogenous |
Japanese schools' characteristics? | longer school day; more competition |
2 Japanese cities that were bombed by U.S. to end WWII | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
strip of land in which troops or weapons are not allowed | demilitarized zone |