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What is the Three Gorge Dam Largest dam in the world, found in China.
Who are the Yakuza Japanese crime family
What is the Mandate of Heaven Described by philosopher Mencius. Belief that emperor was chosen by Heaven to rule.
What is a Dynastic Cycle Emperor gains power, rises, weakens, loses Mandate causing a civil war, the a new emperor is instated.
Mongol Rule Genghis khan led the Mongols into China. Ruled over China increasing trade with Europe
Who was Confucius Considered China’s greatest philosopher. Believed men should be kind, tolerant, and love their elders
What are historical Chinese inventions Silk, gunpowder, Paper, ink, moveable type
Who is Mao Zedong Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China
What is an Archipelago A chain of islands, like those that make up Japan
How does one become a Japanese Emperor Determined through the family tree. Typically the next born male.
What is Terraced Farming practice of cutting flat areas out of a hilly or mountainous landscape in order to grow crops
What is a Demilitarized zone an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel.
Why did Korea split? After WWII, The politics between Communist Russia and Democratic America prompted the division of Korea into North and South.
Which country usedsterraced farming to increase land  Japan
Which country was annexed by Japan before WWII. Split in half after WWII by the US and Russia. Korea
Which country would you go to see the Terracotta soldiers? China
What did Princess Mako of Japan have to do in order to marry her fiance? Give up her title and will live life as a commoner.
Who are the Hikikomori Typically young Japanese men that refuse to leave their rooms after they feel the pressures on them to be successful become too much.
Which country is communist and ruled by a dictator, North or South Korea? North Korea
Which country does not contain a peninsula? China, South Korea, Japan Japan
Where do most citizens of China live? Near the coast or water ways. Not near the mountains or desert.
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