Asian History

Korea lies on a peninsula in Northeast Asia.

• True

• False

In Korea, the Three Kingdoms were at peace and worked well with one another.

• True

• False

The Japanese prince Shotoku was hostile toward China and prevented his people from having any contact with the Chinese.

• True

• False

Mongol attacks on Japan in the late 1200s were helped by violent typhoons.

• True

• False

In the A.D. 700s, a Malay state controlled the trade route through the Strait of Malacca.

• True

• False

Which of these is a chain of islands?

• Samurai

• martial arts

• shamanism

• archipelago

• tsunami

Japanese warriors who fought for nobles in exchange for land.

• Samurai

• martial arts

• shamanism

• archipelago

• tsunami

sport involving combat and self-defense.

• Samurai

• martial arts

• shamanism

• archipelago

• tsunami

Belief in gods, demons, and spirits

• Samurai

• martial arts

• shamanism

• archipelago

• tsunami

A huge ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake.

• Samurai

• martial arts

• shamanism

• archipelago

• tsunami