Asia Unit

Question 1

This philosophy developed in Japan around 1000 BCE

Answer 1

Shintoism

Question 2

Laozi founded this philosophy

Answer 2

Taoism

Question 3

This philosophy emphasizes power and harsh laws.

Answer 3

Legalism

Question 4

This philosophy believes in “kami” or spirits in nature.

Answer 4

Shintoism

Question 5

This philosophy encourages strong, positive behavior by leaders.

Answer 5

Confucianism

Question 6

The name of this philosophy means “The Way.”

Answer 6

Taoism (Daoism)

Question 7

This philosophy emphasizes the importance of family, respect for elders, and reverence for ancestors.

Answer 7

Confucianism

Question 8

This philosophy began in India and spread to China.

Answer 8

Buddhism

Question 9

This philosophy states that human existence is filled with suffering, and the only solution is to give up worldly goods in order to reach nirvana through reincarnation.

Answer 9

Buddhism

Question 10

This philosophy emphasizes living in harmony with the forces of nature.

Answer 10

Taoism (Daoism)

Question 11

This philosophy says that people are selfish and unworthy.

Answer 11

Legalism

Question 12

China gets its name from this dynasty.

Answer 12

Qin

Question 13

This dynasty began building the Great Wall.

Answer 13

Qin

Question 14

This dynasty created a solar calendar.

Answer 14

Shang

Question 15

This dynasty invented the calligraphy system of writing.

Answer 15

Shang

Question 16

Founded Taoism

Answer 16

Laozi

Question 17

Chinese philosopher whose works emphasized relationships and order between people

Answer 17

Confucius

Question 18

Code of honor samurai needed to follow

Answer 18

Bushido

Question 19

Top of the social order in feudal Japan

Answer 19

Emperor

Question 20

Who had the most power in feudal Japan?

Answer 20

Shogun

Question 21

Last dynasty to rule China

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Qing

Question 22

China’s enemy to the north

Answer 22

Mongols

Question 23

He tried to get rid of his political enemies by forming the Red Guards

Answer 23

Mao

Question 24

First leader of the Kuomintang

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Sun

Question 25

Emperor of Japan during WWII

Answer 25

Hirohito

Question 26

Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships

Answer 26

Kamikaze

Question 27

He put down pro democracy demonstrations in the 1980s.

Answer 27

Dent

Question 28

He led his followers on a 6,000 mile march to escape his enemies.

Answer 28

Mao

Question 29

He eventually took over China and opened it up to the West.

Answer 29

Deng

Question 30

He led China from 1949 to his death in 1976.

Answer 30

Mao

Question 31

The Qing resisted modernizing this country in the 1800s

Answer 31

China

Question 32

He led the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and tried to create a democracy

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Sun

Question 33

The Meiji tried to modernize this country starting in the 1860s

Answer 33

Japan

Question 34

Because they wanted resources and status, they became imperialistic

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Both China and Japan

Question 35

The Tokugawa Shogun shut off this country from the outside world starting in the 1600s

Answer 35

Japan

Question 36

They were forced to open up ports and trade with the British in the 1840s

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China

Question 37

They were pressed by foreigners to open up to trade

Answer 37

Both China and Japan

Question 38

They had certain groups that resisted Christianity

Answer 38

Both China and Japan

Question 39

They were forced to protect foreign sailors and trade with the US in the 1850s.

Answer 39

Japan

Question 40

During the Shang Dynasty, writing became an art called

Answer 40

Calligraphy

Question 41

The first historic dynasty in China was

Answer 41

Shang

Question 42

Britain wanted China to open its ports which led to this event

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Opium War

Question 43

The Shogun were overthrown and Japan's emperor modernized Japan

Answer 43

Meiji Restoration

Question 44

Mao and his followers try to get rid of Western and traditional ideas.

Answer 44

Cultural Revolution

Question 45

Under Deng, the Chinese government sent troops to stop the pro democracy demonstrations

Answer 45

Tiananmen Square Massacre

Question 46

He founded a Shogunate in the 1600s and closed Japan

Answer 46

Tokugawa

Question 47

This government, founded in 1644, was overthrown by Sun in 1012

Answer 47

Qing Dynasty

Question 48

An attack on Christians and foreigners during the Qing Dynasty

Answer 48

Taiping Rebellion

Question 49

Mao's failed attempt to modernize China

Answer 49

Great Leap Forward

Question 50

Nationalist army chased the Communist army for 6,000 miles

Answer 50

The Long March

Question 51

An uprising in 1850 in China which weakened the Qing Dynasty

Answer 51

The Boxer Rebellion

Question 52

Centralized system that runs the day to day business of government

Answer 52

Civil service system

Question 53

Variations of a language

Answer 53

Dialects