Asia Vocab

Question 1

Japans aboriginal people

Answer 1

Ainu

Question 2

Series of cities along the pacific coast of Honshu

Answer 2

Tōkaidō corridor

Question 3

Japan’s first shogun

Answer 3

Minamoto

Question 4

Ancient religion that reserves nature

Answer 4

Shintoism

Question 5

A form of Japanese poetry

Answer 5

Haiku

Question 6

A city in South Korea

Answer 6

Seoul

Question 7

Nickname for Korea in the 1800s

Answer 7

Hermit kingdom

Question 8

Leader of a military coup in South Korea

Answer 8

Major General Park Chung Hee

Question 9

Leader of North Korea

Answer 9

Kim Jong Un II

Question 10

A pale green glaze used on vases

Answer 10

Celadon

Question 11

When a country’s exports exceed its imports

Answer 11

Trade surplus

Question 12

A trade restriction

Answer 12

Economic sanction

Question 13

Fleets of ships used for commercial transport

Answer 13

Merchant marine

Question 14

Cultivation of fish or other seafood

Answer 14

Aquaculture

Question 15

When a country’s imports exceed its exports

Answer 15

Trade deficit

Question 16

Military leader of feudal japan

Answer 16

Shogun

Question 17

Violent storm from the Pacific Ocean

Answer 17

Typhoon

Question 18

A person who speaks out against the government

Answer 18

Dissident

Question 19

Warrior in feudal japan

Answer 19

Samurai

Question 20

Enormous wave

Answer 20

Tsunami

Question 21

Site of disastrous earthquakes in 1999

Answer 21

Taiwan

Question 22

Discouraged due to overfishing

Answer 22

Supertrawlers