China, Japan, and Korea Study Guide ANSWER KEY
China, Japan, and Korea Study Guide ANSWER KEY
- Yuan
- Ming
- Han
- Qin
- Marco Polo
- Mao Zedong
- Matthew Perry
- Kim Jong Un
- Dalai Lama
- Kim Jong Il
- Kublai Khan
- Emperor Qin- Shi Huang Di
- Genghis Khan
- Confucius
- Emperor
- Mixed Economy
- Communist Party
- One-child policy
- Interdependent
- China
- Tokugawa
- Meiji
- Imperialism
- December 7th 1941
- Constitutional Monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
- Communist dictatorship
- Democracy
- DMZ or demilitarized zone
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Japan and China
- USA and Soviet Union
- Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhists believe in reincarnation, the four noble truths, and the eightfold path.
- The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that connected China with the west. It was used for trade for over 1,000 years. Many goods such as silk, gold, spices, etc. were traded. Ideas such as Buddhism were also shared by way of the Silk Road.
- During the 1600-1800s the Chinese felt superior to westerners. They were also very suspicious of westerners. Therefore, they refused to trade with Europeans until Great Britain forced them to open up trade during the Opium Wars.
- Mao Zedong created a strict communist economy. All farms and businesses were put under the government’s control. People were forced to live like peasants and work on state run farms. A terrible famine took place that killed millions. Mao closed schools and universities during the Cultural Revolution.
- China has been accused of denying human rights because of its one child policy, harsh response to peaceful protests, limits on religious worship, and internet censorship.
- The Mongols never invaded Japan because typhoons or tropical storms stopped them.
- Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants
- The USA dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II.
- Japan is a developed country with a pretty high GDP. Japan’s currency is the yen. Japan exports many things such as cars and electronics.
- Korea was a Japanese colony, but after WWII, Japan lost it foreign territory. Korea was split into two parts. North Korea was supported by the communist Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by the USA. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea and tried to unite the two parts under one communist government. The USA got involved in the war. The war ended in 1953 as a ceasefire and the two countries remain divided today by the DMZ or demilitarized zone.
- North Korea: Communist dictatorship, poor, low GDP, very secretive, citizens have no rights and freedoms, nuclear weapons, cyber attacks
South Korea: Democracy, free market, strong economy, world’s fastest internet access