Japan and the Koreas

In 1853 the Japanese were forced to open trade privileges by

• the United Kingdom

• the United States

• China

• Portugal

Most of Japan's people live in crowded urban areas along the

• Japan current

• coastal plains

• Sea of Japan

• Ring of Fire

Japan's two major religions are Buddhism and

• Confucianism

• Christianity

• Shinto

• Roman Catholicism

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter

• World War II

• World War I

• the Russo-Japanese War

• the Sino-Japanese War

In both rural an urban Japan, what has traditionally been the center of one's life?

• family

• temple

• work

• school

The North Korean government has out aside the needs of individuals and families in favor of

• the communist system

• the free enterprise system

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

In 1950 the North Korean plan to unite all of Korea led to

• World War I

• World War II

• the Vietnam War

• the Korean War

The Korean War ended in

• victory for North Korea

• victory for South Korea

• victory for the United Nations

• no victory

From A.D. 668 to 935, what Korean kingdom united Korea under one government?

• Shogun

• Shinto

• Silla

• North Korea

South Korea has one of Asia's strongest

• armies

• communist governments

• economies

• navies