East & Southeast Asia

Question 0

shogun

Answer 0

a Japanese military leader that governed Japan until the 1800s

Question 1

samurai

Answer 1

landowning warriors of Japan

Question 2

dynasty

Answer 2

line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time

Question 3

yurt

Answer 3

a large circular structure made of animal skins and can be packed up and moved from place to place

Question 4

pagoda

Answer 4

serves as a temple, it has several stories with tiled roofs that curve up at the edges

Question 5

Angkor Wat

Answer 5

a large Hindu temple and royal tomb

Question 6

Tiananmen Square

Answer 6

about 100,000 students and workers gathered here peacefully to call for democracy in China. The government sent troops to end the protest killing for injuring thousands of people.

Question 7

Dalai Lama

Answer 7

Exile Buddhist leader of Tibet

Question 8

Shinto

Answer 8

stresses that all parts of nature (humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers) have their own spirits

Question 9

Confucius

Answer 9

China’s best known thinker taught that people should be morally good and loyal to their families

Question 10

Why did the Japanese and Chinese isolate themselves from the rest of the world?

Answer 10

They wanted to keep out European influences.

Question 11

Who are the Asian tigers and what have they done?

Answer 11

South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong, They have built strong modern economies.

Question 12

Singapore

Answer 12

smallest nation in Southeast Asia with the highest population density

Question 13

Japan

Answer 13

has the world’s second-largest economy, also has a low birth rate and long life expectancy which creates a large aging population and a shortage of workers who will have to pay more taxes to support healthcare benefits for the elderly.

Question 14

Hong Kong

Answer 14

is part of China’s is Special Administrative Region of China

Question 15

China

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is trying to control population growth by enacting a policy that encourages families to have only one child. Political leadership is gained by promotion and loyalty to the Communist Party

Question 16

Indonesia

Answer 16

Southeast Asia largest country and has trouble uniting because it’s people belong to many different ethnic groups and live on many different islands

Question 17

Laos

Answer 17

is economically poor. Most of their people are farmers and due to isolation and years of civil war their industry is largely undeveloped

Question 18

Korea

Answer 18

Became a divided country after World War II. Troops from Communist Soviet Union took over North Korea. American troops occupied South Korea. Attempting to unite all of Korea under communism North Korea attacked South Korea which started the Korean War.

Question 19

Vietnam

Answer 19

has a communist government.

Question 20

Kim Jong Un

Answer 20

dictator of North Korea

Question 21

Thailand

Answer 21

is the only southeastern country that was never a European colony

Question 22

East Timor

Answer 22

newest country in Southeast Asia.

Question 23

archipelago

Answer 23

group of islands