HISTORY. CHECKS 6D & 6E

What is a pagoda?

A building or tower with many stories. Each story has a small roof before the next one begins, and each story is slightly smaller than the one beneath it.

What happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

A million of Chinese people gathered to protest Communism and demand democratic reforms that would allow citizens to take a more active part in their country's government.

What are junks and sampans?

Barges and small boats

What is the capital of China?

Beijing (formerly Peking)

What caused America to enter World War II?

The surprise attack on Dec 7, 1941 on Pearl Harbor, an important US military base in Hawaii.

After World War II, who controlled North Korea? South Korea?

North Korea - Soviet Union (Russia), South Korea - USA

What American right helps prevent innocent people from being punished for crimes they did not commit?

Right to trial by jury; a person is innocent until proven guilty.

Who opened Japan for foreign trade?

Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy

The lack of what freedom makes people in Communist countries like prisoners without a jail?

Freedom to move about freely at home or abroad

Which desert, located mostly in Mongolia, is one of the coldest and is the northernmost desert in the world?

Gobi Desert

What brought the end of World War II and Japanese fighting?

In August of 1945, the U.S. dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Genghis Khan was ruler of the ____ Empire, the largest empire in the world.

Mongol Empire

What is Japan's most famous landmark?

Mt. Fuji or Fujiyama