East and Southeast Asia

Question 1

buffer zone between N and S Korea

Answer 1

demilitarized zone

Question 2

capital city of china

Answer 2

Beijing

Question 3

dominant Chinese dialect

Answer 3

Contenese

Question 4

a group of islands found on the eastern rim of asia

Answer 4

Archipelago

Question 5

what is the population of China?

Answer 5

2.5 billion

Question 6

how many countries does china border?

Answer 6

15

Question 7

late-term

Answer 7

abortions and forced sterilizations

created gender imbalance

Question 8

Great Wall

Answer 8

keeps foreigners out from “infecting” Chinese society

4500 miles long

Question 9

Air pollution

Answer 9

choking on success

air quality in china’s cities are poor

Question 10

what is the primary source of pollution?

Answer 10

coal burning

Question 11

1949

Answer 11

Mao becomes communist leader

Question 12

1953

Answer 12

development of heavy industries

Question 13

1957-1958

Answer 13

“great leap forward” plan for instant industrialization

Question 14

1964

Answer 14

china develops the atomic bomb

Question 15

1966

Answer 15

cultural revolution

millions who are deemed too educated are jailed or executed

Question 16

red guard

Answer 16

enforces mao’s orders

Question 17

1976

Answer 17

mao dies

Question 18

1978

Answer 18

china is recognized as the “peoples republic of china”

Question 19

woo jing

Answer 19

secret police

Question 20

experimental zone

Answer 20

districts where capitalism is practiced

Question 21

contenese

Answer 21

major language

Question 22

chinese new year

Answer 22

January/February

Question 23

ching ming festival

Answer 23

honors the dead by cleaning the graves

Question 24

Opiumm wars

Answer 24

1700’s British and the Chinese battled over the drug trade

Question 25

kowloon peninsula

Answer 25

Conceded to the British

Question 26

when did the 1000 year lease expire?

Answer 26

July 1, 1997

Question 27

feng shui

Answer 27

front should be facing water

Question 28

shenzhen

Answer 28

copyright/piracy laws are ignored

Question 29

archipelago

Answer 29

group of islands

Question 30

diet

Answer 30

law makers

Question 31

how big is japan?

Answer 31

its the size of Montana. | 150 million for pop.

Question 32

what is the japanese currency

Answer 32

yen

Question 33

rabbit hutches

Answer 33

japanese homes | multiple uses

Question 34

bushido

Answer 34

code of honor

Question 35

hara-kiri

Answer 35

commit suicide by taking a short knife into the abdomen

Question 36

nirvana

Answer 36

state of peace

Question 37

spirit house

Answer 37

wards off spirits

Question 38

merit

Answer 38

good deed

Question 39

japanese occupation

Answer 39

japan annex's korea | 35 year rule

Question 40

The Korean Division

Answer 40

After WW2, the korean peninsula divided

Question 41

two nations

Answer 41

North Korea forms a communist state

Question 42

Korean war

Answer 42

North Korea invades south Korea

Question 43

secret name for pol pot

Answer 43

Brother # 1

Question 44

mass graves in Cambodia

Answer 44

killing fields

Question 45

ancient Japanese ritual of honor in which they kill themselves

Answer 45

hara kiri

Question 46

simple farm lifestyle

Answer 46

agrarian

Question 47

prisoners of war built a bridge over this river in Thailand

Answer 47

kwairiver

Question 48

formally known as Formosa

Answer 48

Taiwan

Question 49

brutal killing organized in Cambodia

Answer 49

khmerrouge

Question 50

former independent nation that reverted back to china in 1997

Answer 50

Hong Kong

Question 51

site of the pro democracy rally that was crushed by military

Answer 51

Tianenmen square

Question 52

leader of china after mao

Answer 52

deng xio ping

Question 53

placed on the cambodian thrown by france in the 1940's

Answer 53

sihanouk

Question 54

year hong kong reverted back to chinese control

Answer 54

1997

Question 55

cause of death of pol pot

Answer 55

heart attack

Question 56

leader of cambodia

Answer 56

pol pot

Question 57

disproportionate amount of power in japan

Answer 57

farmers

Question 58

geographic area outlining the pacific ocean

Answer 58

ring of fire

Question 59

drug which caused wars between British and Chinese

Answer 59

opium