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East Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Three Gorge Dam | Largest dam in the world, found in China. |
| Who are the Yakuza | Japanese crime family |
| What is the Mandate of Heaven | Described by philosopher Mencius. Belief that emperor was chosen by Heaven to rule. |
| What is a Dynastic Cycle | Emperor gains power, rises, weakens, loses Mandate causing a civil war, the a new emperor is instated. |
| Mongol Rule | Genghis khan led the Mongols into China. Ruled over China increasing trade with Europe |
| Who was Confucius | Considered China’s greatest philosopher. Believed men should be kind, tolerant, and love their elders |
| What are historical Chinese inventions | Silk, gunpowder, Paper, ink, moveable type |
| Who is Mao Zedong | Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China |
| What is an Archipelago | A chain of islands, like those that make up Japan |
| How does one become a Japanese Emperor | Determined through the family tree. Typically the next born male. |
| What is Terraced Farming | practice of cutting flat areas out of a hilly or mountainous landscape in order to grow crops |
| What is a Demilitarized zone | an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel. |
| Why did Korea split? | After WWII, The politics between Communist Russia and Democratic America prompted the division of Korea into North and South. |
| Which country usedsterraced farming to increase land | Japan |
| Which country was annexed by Japan before WWII. Split in half after WWII by the US and Russia. | Korea |
| Which country would you go to see the Terracotta soldiers? | China |
| What did Princess Mako of Japan have to do in order to marry her fiance? | Give up her title and will live life as a commoner. |
| Who are the Hikikomori | Typically young Japanese men that refuse to leave their rooms after they feel the pressures on them to be successful become too much. |
| Which country is communist and ruled by a dictator, North or South Korea? | North Korea |
| Which country does not contain a peninsula? China, South Korea, Japan | Japan |
| Where do most citizens of China live? | Near the coast or water ways. Not near the mountains or desert. |
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