Geography of Asia (Historical Influences)

China witnessed much of its most prosperous growth during the Han Dynasty when traders developed the ___________ which linked Chinese trade across the Asian continent into Europe spreading cultural ideas as well.

• Silk Road

• gunpowder

• printing press

• compass

During the 1500s, Chinese might in trade was demonstrated by Zheng Hu's role in ________________ which took advantage of the monsoons to trade among Africa, India, Southeast Asia, China and eventually European sailors.

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

During the Age of Imperialism, East India Companies developed India into a dependent colony under the indirect rule of the _________________; colonization lead to several cultural changes including language.

• British Raj

• Chinese Emperor

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• Mughal Empire

Once China was restored by the Sung Dynasty, the nation practiced isolationism until the British desiring tea began the _________ to ensure Chinese ports would be open to westerners.

• Opium Wars

• Boxer Rebellion

• Boer Wars

• Taiping Rebellion

India's independence from Great Britain came through nonviolent means as the internationally renown _______________ used civil disobedience to awaken the western world to the injustices of Imperial rule.

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Guru Nanak

Following World War One and a successful transition to ________ , Russia (Soviet Union) began to focus on spreading the economic ideas throughout its neighboring countries such as China.

• communism

• dual monarchies

• social capitalism

• nationalistic fascism

During the Post World War II Cold War, United States was internationally motivated by the __________ which made them afraid several Asian nations would become Communist.

• Domino Theory

• Carnegie Principle

• Arms Race

• Space Race

The __________________ was fought in an attempt to stop the spread of Communism into _______; the United States militarily supported the Southern army which stopped the spread of communism at the 38th parallel and separated the nation into two nations.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Persian Gulf War

• First World War

The United States fought the _____________ in an attempt to stop the spread of communism into the French occupied Indochina nation of ___________; however, the nation fell to Communism.

• Vietnam War

• Pacific Rim Conflict

• Philippines War

• Cambodian Conflict