Modern China, Japan, and The Koreas

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• Question:• What is a Tsunami?

• Answer• A fast-moving, destructive wave

Topic 1: 400

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• Question:• The islands of Japan and the Pacific were formed by

seismic activity from what:

• Answer• The Ring of Fire

Topic 1: 600

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• Question:• What policy did China, Japan, and Korea all use at

some point in their history:• Answer• Isolationism

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• Question:• The man responsible for ending Japanese isolationism

and opening their ports to trade with the United States, and at least one reason WHY the U.S. demanded they do so:

• Answer• Commodore Matthew Perry; wanted to make $$ by

trading with Japan; needed coaling bases; so Japan would rescue shipwrecked sailors and treat them humanely

Topic 1: 1000

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• Question:• Explain how Kamikaze got its name in Japanese history.

• Answer• Large Mongol invasion fleet headed towards Japan• Emperor prays for Divine intervention• Typhoon blows in and sinks many ships, forcing Mongols

to turn back

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• Question:• North Korea’s current leader:

• Answer• Kim Jong Un

Topic 2: 400

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• Question:• What is interesting about North Korea’s official

name: The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea

• Answer• It is neither a republic or a democracy … it is a

communist dictatorship

Topic 2: 600

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• Question:• North and South Korea are split at the _______, also

known as the ______.

• Answer• 38th Parallel; demilitarized zone (DMZ)

Topic 2: 800

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• Question:• MC - South Korea has a strong, healthy economy and

closely resembles _______, while North Korea is _________.

• Answer• Russia; isolated• China; aggressive• Japan; isolated• Japan; modern

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• Question:• Describe what life is like in North Korea.

(250 points for each match)

• Answer• Dictatorship, communist, isolated, cannot leave, few

are allowed in, famine conditions, few cars (many bikes); not allowed religion; worship Great Leader like a god; extreme poverty; densely populated

Topic 3: 200• Question:• The Korean War was fought because:

• Answer• Russia and Japan fought over Korea• Japan invaded Korea• Communist North Korea invaded Democratic South Korea• South Korea invaded North Korea

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Topic 3: 400• Question:• From the beginning of the Korean War, which country

backed the communists in North Korea, and which country backed democratic South Korea?

• Answer• USSR-USA

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Topic 3: 600• Question:• Why did the United States feel the need to become

involved in the Korean War??

• Answer• To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

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Topic 3: 800

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• Question:• The US General leading troops in the war was_______.

He was so confident the war would be over by the end of 1950 he launched the ________________.

• Answer• Douglas MacArthur; Home by Christmas Offensive

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• Question:• Summarize the Korean War. Why was it fought, what

was accomplished, and what makes this conflict so unique in the history of warfare?

• Answer• Communists started the war to unite the Koreas under

one government; after three years of fighting noting was accomplished; a state-of-war still exists as no treaty was ever signed

Topic 4: 200• Question:• Although not the top of the feudal system in Japan,

he traditionally served as Japan’s supreme military leader:

• Answer• Shogun

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Topic 4: 400• Question:• The warrior class in the Japanese feudal system:

• Answer• Samurai

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• Question:• MC – The ______ was an important political and religious figure

in Japan, but by the 1100s his power weakened and the ______ became the Japan’s real rulers.

• Answer• Daimyo; Shogun• Emperor; Samurai• Emperor; Shogun• Daimyo; Samurai

Topic 4: 800

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• Question:• Samurai's closely followed the ______________;

and the only way to regain their honor was to______________

• Answer.• Code of Bushido; die in battle

Topic 4: 1000• Question:• Explain why Feudalism ended in Japan. (answer

must include: specific people/classes involved, why they were upset, who was in power afterwards)

• Answer.• Japan opened ports to U.S. after Commodore Matthew

Perry demanded it; Samurai became upset at things that were happening; overthrew shogun and handed power back to emperor

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Topic 5: 200• Question:• U.S. President that dropped the atomic bombs on

Japan and led the U.S. into the Korean War:

• Answer• Harry Truman

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Topic 5: 400• Question:• The Japanese attacked the United States at

_________________ on ______________, bringing the U.S. into WWII.

• Answer• Pearl Harbor; December 7th, 1941

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Topic 5: 600

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• Question:• In the Japanese government, the _______ is Japan’s

____________ branch, and makes the laws.

• Answer• Diet; legislative

Topic 5: 800• Question:• MC - Challenges facing Japan today:

• Answer• Lack of space-Pollution-Natural Disasters-Economic challenges from rivals• Lack of space-Poverty-Natural Disasters-Economic challenges from rivals• Lack of space-Pollution-Natural Disasters-Godzilla• Trade Surplus-Pollution-Natural Disasters-Economic challenges from rivals

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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• Summarize FOUR ways people have adapted to living in and

around the Ring of Fire: (250-points for each correct response)

• Answer• Buildings designed to withstand earthquakes; • Evacuation/preparation drills; • Use fertile soli from volcanoes for farming• Machines measuring seismic activity used to predict eruptions/earthquakes• Buildings designed to deal with ash storms• Build canals to channel run-off away from cities after eruptions• Use geothermal energy for health purposes

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Topic 3: 800Question:

The US General leading troops in the war was_______. He was so confident the war would

be over by the end of 1950 he launched the ________________.

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AnswerDouglas MacArthur; Home by Christmas Offensive