UIL 2019-20 - Week 2

The name of the soil that gives the Huang He river it's colorful nickname.

All of the following are associated with the Huang He River except

All of the following are elements of the Great Wall of China except

All of the following are related to the 2011 Japanese nuclear disaster except

All of the following are associated with the Hundred Day's Reform except

Known as "Great Script", Hangul was made the offical writing system in this country in 1446

N. Japanese island, its second largest, with untouched wilderness and home to remaining indigenous inhabitants, the Ainu

The Forbidden City was started during the reign of Kublai Khan but was primarily built and completed during this dynasty

Ancient kingdom which ruled northern Korea in the 2nd half of the 1st millennium until 108 BCE when conquered by the Han

Imaginary line from northern Myanmar in the south to southern Russia in the north and divides China into two parts E & W

All of the following are true of the Inner Mongolia Automous Region except

It literally means "wind-water"

What were Chinese trying to discover when they invented gunpowder?

Gunpowder includes all of the following ingredients except

The Chinese dynasty that instituted the Hundred Days' reform in 1898.

All of the following were associated with allied occupation of Japan after World War II except

All of the following are true of China separation into eastern and western regions except

All of the following are associated with the Jindandao Incident except

A castrated human male who served either as a palace guard or even sometimes as political advisors to emperors

The most extensive and best-preserved version of the Great Wall dates from this Chinese dynasty

Chinese practice of tightly wrapping the feet of girls of this class to keep them small and beautiful

First known ruler of Japan who seems to have a dual status as both a ruler and a kind of high preistess

The Great Leap Forward took place in China during the late

Militant Buddhist monks in medeival Japan who tried to topple the feudalist government but were defeated by Oda Nobunga

Gunpowder was invented during which Chinese dynasty?

The walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1420 and 1911

Period in Japanese history that was characterized by flourishing culture in art and literature of the court aristocracy

Largest of the four main islands of Japan & considered its mainland. It is also home to Japan's largest mountain - Fuji

The language associated with the Han Dyansty and Chinese ethnicity is known as

A corpus of texts considered authoritative by the early Confucians to train scholars and civil servants in ancient China

Also known as the Koryo, Korean dynasty that ruled for over 400 years & from where the Western name of Korea comes

1980 mass protest in South Korea against its military government that was instrumental in the struggle for democracy

All of the following are elements of the Grand Canal in East Asia except

Footbinding in China began during this dynasty and became more commonplace during this dynasty

All of the following are true of the Ise Grand Shrine except

Unglazed terra-cotta figures & sculptures arranged around the mounded tombs of the Japanese elites dating from 250 CE

The Japanese Heian Period from 794-1185 CE were contemporaries with each of the following Chinese dynasties except

This largest ethnic group in the world also makes up 92% of the total population of China

In Korean culture, a term associated with suffering and injustice along with a grim determination for vengeance

All of the following are associated with the Great Leap Forward except

Coastal city in southeastern China known as Canton. It has long been one of China's main commercial & trading centres

Chinese art & science of placement and orientation of tombs, dwellings, buildings, and cities to channel favorable flows

A large, usually family-owned, buisness group in modern South Korea formed on the model of the Japanese zaibatsu

The tomb of the earliest female Chinese general of the Shang Dyansty included all of the following except

A doorway for foreign influence since the 3rd century CE & the first Chinese port regularly visited by European traders

Earliest woman general of the ancient Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago and queen consort of Emperor Wu Ding

In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors

2011 accident at the number one nuclear plant in northern Japan & the second worst nuclear accident in human history

Also known as Koguryo, it was the largest of the three kingdoms into which ancient Korea was divided until 668 CE.

All of the following are associated with the Han Dyansty except