Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty’s capital at Dadu, which is now this city.

In this city, Jeff Widener took a photograph of an “Unknown Rebel” standing in front of a tank during one protest.

Over 300 eunuchs and maids died in this city's Old Summer Palace following its intentional burning by the British under Lord Elgin.

Three million people gathered in this city to bang pots and light fireworks to stop sparrows, one of the Four Pests, from landing on the ground and cause them to die from exhaustion.

The Red Guard movement started in a middle school in this city.

Jeff Widener took a picture in this city showing a man with a grocery bag standing in front of a line of tanks.

present-day capital city where the Yuan built their capital of Dadu?

This city contains Tienanmen Square whose northern end contains one of many entrances to its Forbidden Palace. name this capital of China.

This city was the site of the Siege of the International Legations, which caused the deployment of the Eight Nation Alliance during the Boxer Rebellion.

In 1989, a series of student demonstrations occurred in this city’s Tiananmen Square. name this capital city of China.

This city became the northern terminus of the Grand Canal in the 7th century.

Chinese city where the square is located.

Tiananmen Square is located in this city that contains the Forbidden City, the capital of China.

A student demonstration in this city included the building of the papier-mache Goddess of Democracy, which was promptly dismantled by the People’s Army.

This city, once known as Peking, was where a lone man stood in front of a tank in an iconic 1989 photo. name this city, the home of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

The Battle of Karnal paved the way for an attack on this city, leading the Peacock Throne to be carried off by Nader Shah in 1739.

Tamerlane sacked this Indian city in 1398, using flaming camels to charge the enemy and effectively ending the Tughlaq dynasty.

Muslim scholar Barani writes that "not a dog and cat" was left in this city after Muhammad bin Tughluq moved the seat of his government to the Deogiri citadel.

During a battle for this city, camels strapped with flaming haystacks were ordered to charge in order to scatter enemy elephants.

This city was taken by a ruler from the Afsharid Dynasty after the Battle of Karnal.

The Tughlaq dynasty repeatedly shifted its capital between this city and Devagiri.

A ruler of this city named Alauddin Khalji forbade its nobles from intermarrying to prevent opposition.

A sultanate named for this city existed under Ibrahim Lodi until he lost the Battle of Panipat.

A ruler of this city named Qutb al-Din Aibak constructed a namesake “complex” to celebrate his conquest of it.

Overthrew the Lodi Dynasty this was based in which city whose “new” version is the capital of modern India.

One ruler of a state with this name, originally governor of Multan, was Khizr Khan of the Sayyid dynasty.

Flaming camels were employed in an attack on this city by Tamerlane, and this city’s Red Fort was built after it was made the capital of the Mughal Dynasty by Shah Jahan.

After the Battle of Karnal, Nader Shah sacked a city with this name and stole the Peacock Throne from its Red Fort. name this name of a northern Indian sultanate and the capital of the Mughal Empire, a “new” version of which is the current capital of India.

Another sultan of this city, named Ibrahim Lodi, died on the battlefield at Panipat attempting to stop Babur the Tiger's invasion.

The last ruler of a state with this name, Ibrahim Lodi, lost a Battle of Panipat.

This city was the site of a 1995 attack in which members of Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas into its subway system.

A doomsday cult killed twelve people in this city’s subway system in 1995 using sarin gas.

In the 17th century, this settlement became known as “The City of Fires,” with blazes often escalating because of the wooden townhomes called Makiyo that were kept warm with charcoal fires.

According to legend, a 1657 fire in this modern day city that killed thousands started when a priest tried to burn a cursed piece of clothing.

This city is set to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, having previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Answer the following about the Edo period, :This is the modern-day name of the city of Edo, for which the Edo period was named. It is also the modern-day capital of Japan.

A fire tornado killed tens of thousands of people in this city during the aforementioned 1923 earthquake, which failed to destroy the Imperial Hotel, built by an American architect.

In this city, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Imperial Hotel, which survived a 1923 earthquake.

This city names a period of Japan when the shoguns of the Tokugawa clan reigned supreme over the emperor. name this historical city on the Kanto Plains that became modern Tokyo.

This city, formerly known as Edo, became its country’s capital after Emperor Meiji moved to this city from Kyoto. name this capital of Japan.

A monk burning a cursed garb legendarily started the Great Fire of Meireki in this city.

Capital city of the Tokugawa Shogunate; it was renamed after the Restoration. Give either name.

This city on the Kanto Plains is adjacent to cities like Yokohama and Saitama. name this largest metropolitan area in the world, the capital of Japan.

A castle in this city was converted into the Imperial Palace after the Emperor relocated from Kyoto.

Aum Shinrikyo perpetrated sarin gas attacks in this city’s subways in the 1990s.

The U.S. refused to prosecute scientists from this country’s Unit 731 in exchange for its data from testing biological weapons on live prisoners.

Francis Xavier led a 16th-century Jesuit mission to spread Christianity to this country.

Were the subject of the "Gentleman's Agreement" under Theodore Roosevelt?

This country’s “Special interests” were acknowledged in an agreement that Robert Lansing signed in 1917 that effectively contradicted the Open Door Policy in China.

In this country's mythology, the sun goddess is one of the "Three Precious Children" alongside Susanoo [[soo-SAH-no-oh]] and Tsukuyomi [[SOO-koo-yo-mee]].

In this country, decorative folding screens called byobu [byoh-boo] were often used as practical partitions in castles.

This country’s post-World War II years are described in the nihilistic novel The Decay of the Angel.

In 1995, a doomsday cult carried out a sarin attack in this nation’s largest city.

Article 9 of this country's constitution provides for a Self-Defense Force, but outlaws war. name this country whose constitution was created by Douglas Macarthur's staff following its defeat in World War II.

Elihu Root signed an agreement with a diplomat from this country in 1908 which followed an informal immigration agreement between this country and the U.S. that allowed “picture brides” to enter America while also ending certain Asian immigration into the United States.

From the 3rd to 7th centuries AD, tribes in this nation built distinctive keyhole-shaped burial mounds called kofun.

During a massacre by this country’s army, Nazi John Rabe created a “Safety Zone” to protect this country’s victims.

Country which fought the US in the Pacific Theater of World War Two.

The 1945 Jewel Voice radio broadcast announced the surrender of this country after its cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in World War II.

An ukiyo-e artist from this nation depicted the sea near Yokohama in the Great Wave off Kanagawa. name this country where Hokusai [hoh-koo-sah-ee] painted the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji.

A philosopher from this country wrote the paradox “One and one cannot become two if neither becomes two” and wrote that “white horses are not horses.” This country’s schools of philosophy included the School of Names, which branched off of Mohism, and its Hundred Schools of Thought bloomed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. name this country where Legalism battled Confucianism.

In one work from this country, a naval commander uses straw boats to capture arrows from Cao Cao’s archers, and three men swear the Oath of the Peach Garden.

This country is home to a school of philosophy that claimed “a white horse is not a horse.” In addition to the School of Names, this country was home to a school that emphasizes the Three Treasures and the title concept, which is represented by Yin and Yang.

An opera from this nation describes a bandit assisting the PLA in attempting to take Tiger Mountain.

This country signed the 1868 Burlingame Treaty with the United States.

Country the Han dynasty controlled from Chang'an and later Luoyang

Send George Marshall to mediate a civil war between Nationalists and Communists led by Mao Zedong?

Country that lost both Opium Wars to Britain.

A section on “ranked biographies” is found in a history of this country called Records of the Grand Historian.

In 2017, the U.S. challenged this country’s claim to the Spratly Islands.

An author from this country was imprisoned for writing the article “Thoughts on March 8,” which criticized this country’s leaders for leaving their wives.

Country over which the Great Jin ruled in the 12th century F

This country’s Four Great Classical Novels include the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. name this country, the birthplace of Nobel laureates Gao Xingjian [sheeng-jee-ahn] and Mo Yan.

Rulers of this country claimed legitimacy by invoking the "Mandate of Heaven," and semi-mythical rulers of this country include the Yellow Emperor and Yu the Great.

John Adams composed an opera about a 1972 Presidential visit to this country where Richard Nixon met Mao Zedong.

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the earliest known dated writing from this country.

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front also fought this country’s government.

This country was the location of the People Power Revolution during which Benigno Aquino [[beh-NEE-noh ah-KEE-noh]] was assassinated.

A leader of a rebel group in this country, Datu Amil, was killed at the Battle of Bud Bagsak, one of the final battles of a rebellion in which rebels were massacred at Bud Dajo.

The Spooner Amendment established a William Howard Taft-led government in this country, which was later granted independence via the Tydings-McDuffie Act.

This country’s revolution began with the Cry of Pugad Lawin and was orchestrated by the Katipunan society.

Cardinal Jaime Sin issued a radio appeal to participants in a popular revolution in this country symbolized by yellow ribbons.

This country was the subject of the 1946 Tydings-McDuffie Act, and its most populous city is named for an interwar president, Manuel Quezon.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought near this country, where Japanese forces carried out the Bataan Death March. name this Asian country to which Douglas MacArthur vowed to return.

Aquino's wife, Corazon, succeeded Ferdinand Marcos as president of this country.

Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos were influential figures in this country’s history. Ferdinand Marcos likely ordered Benigno Aquino’s assassination in this country’s Manila International Airport.

This country’s People Power Revolution found that its first lady owned at least one thousand pairs of shoes as it deposed Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos.

Ferdinand Marcos was the dictator of this country, where he ruled from Manila.

The Bataan Death March occurred in this country after a successful 1942 Japanese invasion.

American involvement in this country was satirized in Mark Twain’s “A Defense of General Funston,” a criticism of Frederick Funston’s capture of Emilio Aguinaldo, this country’s first President. name this Pacific island country where, in 1898, George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

Answer the following about nuclear explosions, :Smiling Buddha gave off an 8 kiloton blast in the first nuclear test of this nation, the 6th nation to possess nuclear weapons.

Initiates to one religion from this country undergo a baptism ceremony where sugar water is stirred with a sword.

With its northern neighbor, this country outlined the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in the Panchsheel Treaty.

An invasion of this country was halted at the Battle of the Tennis Court, part of an engagement at Kohima.

After the Carnatic Wars, the last French territory in this country was the district of Pondicherry.

This modern-day country was successfully defended at the battles of Kohima and Imphal, turning back a Japanese invasion.

world’s second most populous country home to the state of West Bengal?

A theater of the Seven Years’ War called the Third Carnatic War took place in which modern-day country?

Robert Clive made his fortune in this country where he beat Mir Jafar at the Battle of Plassey.

Lord Canning was the first viceroy of this country, and Lord Mountbatten was its last.

Arthur Schopenhauer was influenced by the philosophy of this country when he wrote The World as Will and Representation.

The Japanese invasion of Burma cut off rice supplies to this country, resulting in a major 1943 famine exacerbated by colonial laws.

This country was the site of a “Quit” movement that refused to fight until independence was gained. what country was led during World War II by the British Raj?

The first Prime Minister of this country commissioned Le Corbusier to design that planned city, Chandigarh.

Netaji Bose was a freedom fighter in this country where a movement to get the British out was led by the Congress Party.

In this nation, the 30 September Movement assassinated several generals in a coup attempt, leading to the massacre of the PKI party.

The cameraman Max Stahl helped expose troops from this country who had fired on protesters at a cemetery in Santa Cruz.

One leader of this nation was advised by a group of economists known as the “Berkeley Mafia” and followed the Pancasila ideology.

This country’s Communist party was blamed for its 30th of September Movement, also known as the Gestok.

This country launched Operation Trikora in order to annex Dutch territory that it later obtained with the New York Agreement.

A leader of this country presided over the New Order administration after overthrowing their predecessor in the 30th of September movement.

This country launched Operation Lotus to dispose of the FRETILIN government.

This country was home to a meeting which led to the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Bandung Conference.

Whose president Suharto led from its capital Jakarta

A leader of this country instituted Guided Democracy which lasted until the 1966 rise of the New Order.

Suharto and Sukarno both served as leaders of this large Asian nation. The most populous Muslim country in the world, its many islands include Borneo and Java.

The New Order succeeded Guided Democracy in this nation, which hosted the Bandung Conference and temporarily withdrew from the UN under the leadership of Sukarno. identify this nation ruled by the military under Suharto until his fall in 1998.

The principles of pancasila inspired this country’s “New Order,” which replaced the idea of “Guided Democracy.” name this Southeast Asian country whose president Suharto invaded East Timor.

This nation, once known as the Dutch East Indies, was under the control of “Guided Democracy” with Sukarno. name this Asian state with capital at Jakarta.

Sukarno and Suharto ruled this Asian archipelagic nation that controls the island of Java and has its capital at Jakarta.

This country was where Hone Heke [hono hekay] cut down a British flag on Maiki Hill, a move which ignited the Flagstaff War.

A National party prime minister of this country used Think Big industrial projects and led the "government of the ordinary bloke" before David Lange succeeded him.

This country experienced a 1984 constitutional crisis in which its outgoing prime minister refused David Lange’s instructions to devalue its currency.

The Native Land Court ended the communal land system in this country, the site of early 19th century intertribal conflicts called the Musket Wars.

After the 1979 Iranian oil shock, this country launched petrochemical projects under the “Think Big” strategy.

The defection of a local girl to live with a colonial butcher led to the Hone Heke-led Flagstaff rebellion in this modern nation.

This country allowed the visiting 1981 Springbok Tour to take place in violation of its obligations under the Gleneagles Agreement.

This country was founded shortly after William Hobson organized the Treaty of Waitangi. name this Oceanic country, home to the Maori people, whose capital of Wellington is on the North Island.

In 1893, the passage of the Electoral Bill made this country the first to give women the right to vote.

In order to prevent a sabotage of a French nuclear test on Moruora, the DGSE bombed the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in the port of Auckland in this country.

This country’s nuclear-free policy was enacted by David Lange, who was prime minister when a Greenpeace ship protesting nuclear tests in Polynesia was bombed in this country.

A treaty in this nation which was signed by over 500 local chiefs and which made William Hobson the first British Governor-General of this country was the Treaty of Waitangi.

The British signed the Treaty of Waitangi with the native people of this country in Oceania settled by the Maori.

This nation became a British colony via the Treaty of Waitangi. name this home of the Maori people with capital at Wellington.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in this country in order to coerce land from the Maori people. name this former British colony home to cites such as Wellington and Auckland.

Under Yahya Khan, this country launched Operation Searchlight to suppress the Awami League, a nationalist movement in a breakaway state.

It fought a nationalist movement in its eastern half with Operation Searchlight and its incursion across the Line of Control started the Kargil War.

In 1999, Nawaz Sharif was overthrown by General Pervez Musharraf. F

This nation, once led by Benazir and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, moved its capital from Karachi to Islamabad in 1966.

A leader of this country claimed that its own citizens would “eat grass,” if necessary, to develop its own nuclear arsenal if a rival nation did so.

In 1999, this country’s soldiers attempted to infiltrate the Line of Control, sparking the Kargil War.

This country's president Pervez Musharraf seized power in a coup in 1999 soon after the indecisive Kargil War.

In 1988, this country became the first Muslim-majority nation to elect a female leader, Benazir Bhutto.

An ancient site in this country has a "College Hall", a "Great Granary," and a "Great Bath," and was where a 4500-year old bronze "Dancing Girl" was found. name this country, the location of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus River Valley.

This country fought the Kargil War and frequently contests the region of Kashmir with its eastern neighbor.

Bangladesh fought for independence from this country, which it was the “East” portion of. The war marked the third of India’s conflicts against this nation, its western rival.

Another leader of this country promoted “Sharization” to move towards religious rule after launching Operation Fair Play to take control in 1978.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is considered the father of this nation, which split from India in 1947. This nation still disputes the Kashmir province with India.

This country has fought three wars with India over the Kashmir region. name this country, founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, with capital at Islamabad.

Nawaz Sharif leads this country whose capital is Islamabad.

A prime minister claimed that “the real life of this nation [...] cannot be found in petty gossip of so-­‐called fashionable suburbs” in a speech addressed to the “Forgotten People;” that longest-­‐ serving prime minister of this country was Robert Menzies.

This nation’s Prime Minister Harold Holt mysteriously disappeared while swimming in Victoria.

A ship from this country disappeared after fighting the German cruiser Kormoran some 180 miles southwest of Carnarvon in World War Two.

In this country, a revolt that started after the arrest of John Macarthur eventually included the deposition of William Bligh by George Johnston.

Outlaws in this country were called bushrangers, some of whom wore bulletproof iron armor like Ned Kelly.

During a gold rush in this country, fighting broke out at the Eureka Stockade between diggers and troops.

Natives of this nation commonly burn dogwood leaves to cleanse an area after a member of the community dies.

The Castle Hill Uprising occurred in this country, whose Rum Rebellion deposed William Bligh as governor of New South Wales.

This country’s longest serving prime minister was Robert Menzies, who founded its Liberal Party and famously called the middle class, “The Forgotten People”.

Harold Holt once led this country where the “Stolen Generation” of its native inhabitants are remembered on National Sorry Day.

This is the larger of the two countries that provided troops to the Gallipoli campaign via the ANZAC units.

During World War II, this country was led by John Curtin and Robert Menzies.

Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard are among the past leaders of its Labour Party, which opposes its Liberal Party. name this country where, in 2018, Scott Morrison replaced Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister in Canberra.

This country's forces fought the Japanese in Papua New Guinea, a country only 200 miles north of this nation's mainland, and this country was the target of the Japanese raid on Darwin. name this Commonwealth nation which operated the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and lost the heavy cruiser HMAS Sydney.

James Cook’s landing at Botany Bay inaugurated British colonization of what modern country, governed from Canberra?

On this island, Koxinga founded the Kingdom of Tungning after driving off the Dutch from Fort Zeelandia.

An extended period of martial law called the White Terror was proclaimed in this country following the 228 Incident in 1947.

A leader of this country once declared “the sky is not big enough for two suns.” This country was the site of the February 28 incident, which resulted in 40 years of martial law called the White Terror.

After expelling the Dutch from this region, Ming Loyalist Coxinga [[coh-shin-GAH]] established the short-lived Tungning Kingdom in its south during the 17th century.

This island is widely believed to be the origin of the Austronesian language family.

On this island, Koxinga defeated its European colonists and established a namesake regime.

On this island in 1930, Mona Rudao led a revolt of indigenous Seedig forces against colonial Japanese authorities in Wushe.

This island is home to the former Dutch East India Company-owned Fort Zealandia, and this island's tallest building is a 101-story skyscraper modelled after a shoot of bamboo.

The Keelung [jee-loeng] Campaign took place on this island, where Dutch forces were defeated at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia.

The friar Vittorio Riccio advised a seventeenth-century ruler of a kingdom on this island whose son captured the Dutch-held Fort Zeelandia.

Island nation he promised to defend from China in the Formosa Resolution.

Asian island with capital at Taipei where Hakka dialects are widely spoken.

Chiang Kai-Shek and the Kuomintang fled to this island after the Chinese Civil War. name this island, once known as Formosa and currently home to the Republic of China, whose capital is Taipei.

The Kuomintang fled to this island after losing the Chinese Civil War. name this island nation that is forced to compete at the Olympics under the name Chinese Taipei.

In 1895, this island was ceded to Japan as part of the Treaty of Shimonoseki at the conclusion of the First Sino-Japanese War.

A commission named for this word organized a 1972 “Festival of Arts” and a transnational university that employed Ron Crocombe , who formulated its namesake postcolonial “way.” This word names “British Western” territories that included a tripartite mandate mined by Albert Ellis’s BPC and an Anglo-French condominium.

This HBO miniseries aired in 2010 as a companion series to Band of Brothers. Also produced by Tom Hanks, it starred James Badge Dale and Joseph Mazzello.

This word names a “solution” that detained asylum seekers at facilities like Manus under John Howard.

The 1986 Treaty of Rarotonga created this region’s namesake nuclear-free zone.

The jungin were subservient to the aristocratic yangban class in this region, the site of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo , Baekje , and Silla.

Admiral Yi Sun-sin led forces in repelling the invasions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the rule of this region’s Sejong the Great-led Joseon dynasty.

The peninsular country annexed by Japan in 1910, ending its Choson Dynasty?

A polity in this region was victorious at the battle of Salsu River.

The Short Hair Act was included as part of this region's Gabo Reforms, which were passed after the assassination of the empress.

Six small states in this region were collectively referred to as the Gaya Confederacy. :Name this peninsula, whose Three Kingdoms period ended after it was united under the rule of the Silla.

In this region, Baekje was defeated by the kingdom of Silla, which unified this region before being subsumed by Goryeo.

At the Battle of Sacheon soldiers from this region used a fleet of “turtle ships,” led by Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, to stop an invasion led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The Hall of Worthies, which developed the Hangul alphabet, was established by this region’s ruler Sejong the Great. name this region once ruled by the Joseon dynasty from Seoul.

King U [[OO]] was toppled in this region by Taejo [[TAY-joh]], who founded a dynasty later ruled by the creator of the Hangul alphabet, Sejong the Great.

A kingdom here successfully resisted a Khitan invasion, while a later polity won a decisive victory at Noryang Point through the use of turtle ships.

That kingdom was defended against a Japanese invasion by Admiral Yi Sun-Sin and his Turtle Ships. name this peninsula once ruled by the Choson dynasty that is currently divided along the 38th parallel between countries with capitals at Pyongyang and Seoul.

The Ming dynasty aided this region in a war in which Yi Sun-sin made heavy use of turtle ships.

Warring kingdoms that ruled in this region included Silla, Baekje [[BAYK- jeh]], and Goguryeo [[goh-GOOR-yoh]]. name this East Asian region which was ruled by the Joseon dynasty and whose capitals included Kaesong and Seoul.

A dynasty established by Manchus was recognized as the rulers of this country by its Joseon dynasty. name this peninsular country in Asia now divided between North and South.

Trade across this body of water was nicknamed the “Monsoon Marketplace” and occurred at cities such as Mombasa and Calicut.

A ruler of another state on this body of water built the Husuni Kubwa and added a coral dome to a Great Mosque in its capital.

The Chagos Archipelago is located in the middle of this body of water. …Name this body of water, which contains the islands of Madagascar and Sri Lanka.

To reach Calicut, Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and sailed along and across this body of water.

During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He asserted Chinese dominance over trade routes in and around this ocean.

This ocean’s trading system was traversed by single-sail sambuk and dhow ships.

Ocean that Vasco da Gama reached in 1498, the first European to do so by sea.

Ocean reached by European explorers after rounding the Cape of Good Hope.

Coins from a kingdom on this body of water were found on Marchinbar island.

According to one theory, the Ma’anyan people were brought west across this body of water as laborers and slaves, settling one island around 500 to 700 AD.

The lack of an early warning system in this ocean led to the deaths of 250,000 people after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami on Christmas of 2004.

The endpoint of the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers is this South Asian ocean between Africa and Australia.

The city of Great Zimbabwe arose due to the gold trade with towns on this ocean like Kilwa and Zanzibar.

The Zamorin of Calicut and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama met on the shores of this ocean in 1492. name this ocean to the east of Africa.

Rising sea levels in this ocean may completely submerge the islands of the Maldives. name this ocean that includes the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the island of Sri Lanka.

The Sailendra dynasty primarily hailed from this island. The Srivijaya Empire fell to the Majapahit Empire, which was primarily based on this Island.

Before its conversion to Islam, a Buddhist state on this island built the temple of Borobudur.

One princess on this island committed suicide after her family was slain during the Battle of Bubat.

A different kingdom centered on this island had its history recounted in the Pararaton.

The fall of the Majapahit led many Hindus to flee from this island to Bali.

The last independent state on this island before its colonization was the Sultanate of Mataram.

This island was captured by a British contingent led by Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto in 1811. :Identify this island, home of a Dutch enclave called Batavia. In 1891, a namesake Homo erectus fossil was found at Trinil on this Southeast Asian island.

The Borobodur complex is located on this island, which was also the location for a base of the Dutch East India Company called Batavia, better known today as Jakarta.

Sukarno hailed from this southernmost of the Greater Sunda Islands, the world's most populous island.

The Nagarakretagama is one of a number of traditional kakawin poems from this island which eulogize the legendary ruler Hayam Wuruk who expanded the Majapahit Empire to neighbouring islands.

Indonesia’s largest ethnic group resides on this island, the most populous of Indonesia’s islands and home to its capital of Jakarta.

The cities of Semarang, Bekasi, and Surabaya are on this island, which the Dutch East India Company colonized and grew coffee on. name this Indonesian island where numerous cultures developed around Jakarta.

One of Raffles’ most famous roles was his involvement in the conquest of this Indonesian island, which had previously been held by the Dutch East India Company. The colonial capital of Batavia was located on this island.

Jan Pieterszoon Coen razed a Banten port on this island and founded the city of Batavia, which became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. name this island in Indonesia, the site of Jakarta.

The Majapahit Empire was centered on this island, on which the Buddhist temple of Borobudur was built. name this most populous island of Indonesia.

A military commander employed by a kingdom in this region designed so-called “turtle ships” to counter the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; that commander was Yi Sun-Sin.

East Asian peninsula annexed by Japan in 1910, from which they coerced many “comfort women.”

The “hermit kingdom” of this peninsula was its Joseon dynasty. name this peninsula containing Pyongyang and Seoul .

This region’s North and South are separated by the DMZ along the 38th Parallel. identify this region whose two countries have capitals Pyongyang and Seoul.

A kingdom in this region employed a regiment of elite warriors known as the “Flowering Knights” and divided its nobility into true bone and sacred bone castes.

This region was also home to kingdoms such as Silla and Goryeo, which were a part of this region’s Three Kingdoms Period.

Admiral Yi Sun-sin stopped Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s attempt to invade this region, but this location of the “Hermit Kingdom” was eventually occupied by its neighbor Japan.

This region's three kingdoms were Baekje [[BECK- jeh]], Goguryeo [[GOH-guhr-yuh]], and Silla. name this peninsula which today includes a country led by Kim Jong Un.

A later king of this region’s Choson dynasty is credited with inventing its modern alphabet, hangul. name this peninsula, ruled in the 15th century by King Sejong.

In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasion of this nation was disrupted by enemy turtle ships.

Turtle ships defended this peninsula from an attempted Japanese invasion by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is now divided at the 38th parallel.

This was the peninsula on which the Silla kingdom emerged victorious from the Three Kingdoms Period. It was later ruled by the Choson dynasty.

The Joseon Dynasty ruled in this Asian peninsula, now divided into North and South countries.

A phonetic alphabet native to this region, hangul, was introduced by Sejong the Great of the Joseon Dynasty, who sought an alliance with Ming China. name this East Asian peninsula that has been divided between two countries since a 1950s war.

Asian peninsula where Japan helped undermine the Joseon Dynasty in Seoul.

A 2003 attempt to amend Article 23 of this region’s law to allow police access to private property led to the downfall of its leader, Tung Chee-hwa.

Possession Street marks Edward Belcher’s landing in this city, and Boundary Street used to form a border for this city.

That march was in protest of Article 23 of this city’s Basic Law.

An ultra-dense “walled city” was demolished in this city in the 1990s.

Police in this city fought with demonstrators at Admiralty, Causeway Bay, and Mong Kok during protests that were centered at the Connaught and Harcourt Road area.

A peaceful protest in this city in 2014 was named for the umbrellas that students used to avoid pepper spray.Name this Special Administrative Region where protestors recently took over an international airport over political disputes with their Communist rulers.

During World War II, this region was held by the "Gin Drinker's Line" and was the site of the St. Stephen's College Massacre of wounded soldiers at a field hospital.

Carrie Lam leads this territory, which is governed under the principle of “one country, two systems.” name this territory that Great Britain returned to China in 1997.

This city was ceded in the Treaty of Nanking to the victors of the First Opium War.

This city was ceded to its former colonial overlords by the Treaty of Tianjin. name this city handed over by Britain to China in 1997.

Following the First Opium War, this city became a British colony under the Treaty of Nanjing. name this southern Chinese city that was returned to China in 1997.

I.M. Pei designed its Bank of China Tower.

In 1997, this city was returned to China after a century of being a British possession. name this Special Administrative Region located across from Shenzhen on the Pearl River.

This metro area, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, was transferred to China in 1997 at the end of the 99-year lease the United Kingdom had on the region.

This city’s “New Territories” were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years. name this city near the Pearl River Delta which was returned to China as a Special Administrative Region in 1997.

When this war broke out, one side warned the USS Vicksburg and other neutral ships in Chemulpo Bay that an attack would take place the next day.

During this conflict, the Koreitz cruiser sailed into Admiral Uriu’s fleet rather than accepting an ultimatum of surrender in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay.

A telegram message sent during this war reading "weather today fine but high waves" became a common phrase in a participating country.

The Treaty ended this Asian conflict that saw the victorious side destroy both the Pacific and Baltic fleets of the losing side.

The largest land battle in this conflict was the Battle of Mukden.

The last land battle of this war ended with the retreat of Alexei Kuropatkin’s army from Mukden.

During this conflict, Dairen was seized after the Liaotung Peninsula was cut off, and its final land war battle was fought at Mukden following the withdrawals at Liao-Yang and Sha Ho.

A replacement fleet in this war accidentally fired on British trawlers in the Dogger Bank incident.

General Kuropatkin lost 90,000 men and was forced to retreat from the largest battle of this war, Mukden.

The United Kingdom almost joined this war after its fishermen were mistaken for warships in Dogger Bank by the Baltic Fleet.

This war also featured land battles at Mukden and Port Arthur.

Early battles in this conflict included a struggle over the Yalu River and Mukden, as well as a months-long Siege of Port Arthur.

After an invading fleet was decimated at Tsushima Strait, Teddy Roosevelt brokered the Treaty of Portsmouth to end this 1904-1905 war between two Asian empires.

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to this war in the Treaty of Portsmouth.

It began inconclusively at Port Arthur, and was ended, with Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, by the Treaty of Portsmouth. name this 1904-05 war between countries led by Tsar Nicholas II and Emperor Meiji.

This structure is located in a lake whose waters are known as the “pool of ambrosial nectar.” In 1984, two bodyguards disgruntled over the fact that this complex was targeted in Operation Blue Star assassinated Indira Gandhi. name this gurdwara in Amritsar, the holiest site in Sikhism.

Reginald Dyer commanded troops that committed a massacre near this structure in the Jallianwalla Bagh garden.

Massa Ranghar profaned this structure by performing acts of gluttony and debauchery in it.

This complex houses the “throne of the immortal one,” or Akal Takht.

This structure is flanked by three Bhanjani Ber trees, and it is alleged to have originally risen from an excavated tank that was referred to as “The Pool of the Nectar of Immortality.” This square-based building features a door on each of its sides to symbolize that it’s open to people of all creeds and ethnicities.

The founder of one empire that consisted of several Misls between the Sutlej and Jhelum Rivers gilded this building; that leader was Ranjit, the Lion of the Punjab.

This building harbours a text that contains thousands of Angs and Baanis; that text is also considered alive.

Operation Woodrose followed one anti-terrorist raid that occurred here, which later led to the assassination of the woman that ordered it, by her bodyguards: that woman was Indira Gandhi. what is this Sikh gurdwara found in Amritsar that is known for its rich color?

That holiest place in Sikhism is this temple noted for it’s extravagant outside design of the namesake material.

Power under this dynasty was consolidated when the Three Feudatories revolt was put down by Kangxi, China’s longest reigning ruler.

This dynasty reformed its military with the help of Zeng Guofeng and Li Hongzhang in the Self-Strengthening Movement.

This dynasty signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk to fix borders along the Argun River.

Manchurian dynasty during which the rebellion occurred.

This dynasty was followed by the short-lived reign of the Hongxian Emperor.

This dynasty tried to reform through the Self-Strengthening Movement.

This empire’s forces failed to restore Le Chieu Thong to power in Vietnam after the Tay Son Rebellion.

A man claiming to be the brother of Jesus, Hong Xiuquan [shiu-chwan], led a rebellion against this dynasty from his capital of Nanjing.

During this dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi initially supported the Boxer Rebellion against Western invaders.

Towards the end of this dynasty, the Hundred Days’ Reform was instituted during the reign of the Guangxu emperor.

The last ruler of this dynasty, the boy emperor Puyi [], was overthrown by Sun Yat-Sen in the Xinhai [[SHIN-"HIGH"]] Revolution.

This dynasty came to power after the Manchus overthrew the Ming in 1644. name this dynasty that ruled until 1912, the last imperial dynasty of China.

During the Xinhai Revolution, the government of Sun Yat-sen replaced this dynasty’s last emperor, Puyi. name this final dynasty of China.

This dynasty lost the Opium Wars against the United Kingdom as part of its “century of humiliation.” name this last imperial dynasty of China.

Near the end of this dynasty, "dowager empress" Cixi [] held effective power. name this final imperial dynasty of China.

This government instituted a system of “alternate attendance” where nobles were forced to live in the capital for half the year.

This government permitted the “red seal ships” to trade with Southeast Asia.

This government fell during the Meiji Restoration a few years after Commodore Perry's "black ships" arrived. name this final Japanese shogunate which ruled from 1603 to 1868.

After he arrived on the De Liefde, one advisor to this ruler helped establish the red seal system, that person was William Adams.

It created a policy of alternate attendance between the central court and the domains of each provincial lord.

During this period, the Jisha-Bungyo, the highest ranking of the three administrators, was tasked with overseeing temples.

In retirement, this man announced a series of articles limiting entertainment expenses and who can ride on palanquins, the “Laws of the Military Houses.” Late in life, this man lived in Sunpu Castle, where he had been held hostage as a child.

This government’s policy of sakoku came to an end when Matthew Perry’s Black Ships forced the opening of Japan through the 1854 Convention of Kanagawa. name this last Japanese shogunate.

This government’s Bakumatsu period, which began after the Convention of Kanagawa was signed, reversed the sakoku-era policy of isolationism.

As head of the Eastern Army, this man defeated the forces of Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara.

During the disintegration of its namesake government, this period saw the establishment of the Ezo Republic and the Boshin War.

Until the Convention of Kanagawa, this government limited trade with China and Europe to the port city of Nagasaki via the sakoku law.

What final Japanese shogunate which was overthrown in the Meiji Restoration?

This last of the three great unifiers led the victorious Eastern forces at the Battle of Sekigahara. name this first leader of Japan’s final Shogunate.

Ieyasu founded this final Japanese shogunate that ruled until the Meiji Restoration.

A series of four purges during this dynasty targeted the Sarim faction, a group of neo-Confucian scholars in government positions.

The Sarim faction grew during this dynasty, whose king Sejo executed the Six Martyred Ministers.

A king of this dynasty created the Hopae identification system and was involved in the First Strife of Princes.

A ruler of this dynasty launched the Oei [oh-ay] Invasion, attempting to rid Tsushima Island of Japanese pirates.

This kingdom was founded when its founder abandoned plans to invade the Liaodong Peninsula and instead initiated a coup d’etat.

The founder of this dynasty led the Wihwado retreat.

The first female doctor to attend a ruler of this dynasty was celebrated in the TV show A Jewel in the Palace.

The Three Offices of this dynasty served as advisors to the king and evolved out of a royal research institute called the Hall of the Worthies.

This “hermit kingdom’s” navy repulsed Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Japanese invasion during the Imjin War by using panokseon and “turtle ships” commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-Shin .

Dynasty of his which dominated Korea for five centuries.

Neo-Confucian scholars in this dynasty reinforced its yangban caste system.

Japanese annexation toppled what last ruling dynasty of Korea?

Its 19th-century isolationist policy led to the nickname of “Hermit Kingdom.” Admiral Yi Sun-sin successfully defended this kingdom from two Japanese invasions.

This dynasty became known as the “Hermit Kingdom” for its isolationism. name this Korean dynasty that was ruled by Sejong the Great.

The European phrase "hermit kingdom" referred to this dynasty during its later isolationist years, after it developed the covered hulls of the turtle ship. name this dynasty whose emperor Sejong invented the hangul script, which ruled until 1910 on the Korean peninsula.

Members of this entity were executed by a rival group in the Amboyna massacre, and it was the benefactor of the Commutation act of 1784.

The tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party was sent by what English joint-stock company that worked mostly in Asia?

A nabob is a European man who rapidly made his fortune by working with this private organization, whose influence led to the trial of their Governor-General Warren Hastings.

Delhi was sieged by this joint-stock company in 1857 during the Sepoy Mutiny. This company basically ruled over India until the British Raj took control.

One representative of this organization, Warren Hastings, reported on a 1770 famine caused by the policies of its official, Robert Clive.

This organization was given the ability to levy taxes in the Treaty of Allahabad following a victory against the nawab Mir Qasim.

One organization of this name executed ten Englishmen as part of the 1623 Amboyna massacre.

This company deployed the Tanjore Expedition under Robert Clive, who later won the Battle of Plassey.

This organization rescinded its policy of land acquisition, the Doctrine of Lapse, after a conflict that began in Meerut.

In revenge for some of this organization’s members being imprisoned in a “black hole,” Robert Clive led it to victory at the Battle of Plassey.

Company that eventually conquered India from the Mughals. It won the Battle of Plassey against the Nawab of Bengal.

This British company created an opium monopoly in Bengal.

The Cornwallis Code governed this joint-stock company that colonized India prior to direct British rule.

This company lost control of its namesake country after the Sepoy Mutiny with the creation of the Raj. name this British company that controlled the trade of many spices throughout East Asia.

The discovery of animal fat in the grease on Enfield rifle cartridges triggered an 1857 rebellion against this organization.

A later holder of this post was killed by her own bodyguards after authorizing Operation Blue Star.

The first holder of this office stated that “now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” in a speech given right before his country’s independence.

This office has been held by a woman who oversaw the Smiling Buddha Nuclear Tests and Operation Blue Star, which ultimately led to her assassination.

This was the position held by a man whose country initiated the Forward Policy, resulting in outposts built past the McMahon Line during one conflict.

One person to hold this office singed the Tashkent agreement with Mohammed Khan but died the following day of a heart attack.

It’s not the pope, but a holder of this position mused that the “light has gone out of our lives” after an assassination rocked his country.

One holder of this office claimed that he had extended his vitality by drinking a cup of his own urine every morning.

This was the political position held by a man whose finance minister uncovered the Bofors arms scandal in 1987.

One holder of this office was embroiled in a scandal concerning alleged kickbacks from the Swedish arms company Bofors.

A holder of this position gave the “Tryst with Destiny” speech. name this office, which has been occupied by such leaders like Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

The current person to hold this office was elected to the Upper house of parliament from Assam and had served as Finance Minster during a 1991 balance of payments crisis.

The first holder of this position gave the 1947 “Tryst With Destiny” speech.

His wife struggled for power after his death as part of the Gang of Four.

This leader launched a plan to eradicate his country of sparrows during the Four Pests campaign, and his Hundred Flowers campaign failed.

This man was profiled in the most famous work of Edgar Snow.

This leader also wrote On Guerrilla Warfare after being forced to retreat to the Jinggang Mountains due to the failed Autumn Harvest Uprising.

This man’s intended successor allegedly betrayed him and died in a plane crash while fleeing.

This politician purged opponents in the "Anti-Rightist Campaign" after encouraging dissenters to identify themselves in the Hundred Flowers movement.

This man fostered a huge cult that worshipped mangoes after he was given a gift of the fruit by the Pakistani foreign minister.

A draft outline of Project 571 was circulated based on a planned attack against this leader but that attack was stopped by a plane crash in Mongolia.

This man opened his policies to criticism in the Hundred Flowers Campaign but then promptly oppressed anyone who participated.

The Canadian Norman Bethune was embedded as a doctor in this man’s army.

Five Encirclement Campaigns attempted and failed to defeat this leader, who compromised with an opponent after that opponent was kidnapped in the Xi’an [shee-ahn] Incident.

Participants in the Cultural Revolution quoted this man from a “Little Red Book.” name this first chairman of the Communist Party of China.

This leader's sayings were collected in his Little Red Book. name this first Chairman of the People's Republic of China.

This leader launched campaigns like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution after defeating Chiang Kai-Shek in a civil war.

The Little Red Book is a collection of sayings by this father of Communist China.

This figure’s government charged George Fernandes with attempting to blow up government buildings in the Baroda Dynamite Case.

This politician served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting under Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose death led to this person’s first term as prime minister.

At age 12, this figure led an informant group called the Monkey Brigade.

This figure accused socialist leader George Fernandes of smuggling dynamite after he led a railway strike.

This leader planned Operation Lal Dora, which was a proposed invasion of Mauritius.

In the 1950s, this person was put in charge of a group of child spies called the Vanar Sena, or “monkey brigade.” This person’s son carried out compulsory sterilizations during “The Emergency,” declared by this person in 1975.

This leader was accused of election fraud, but only charged with misuse of state resources in the Raj Narain case.

The Emergency was a period of unrest during the tenure of this only woman to serve as Prime Minister of India.

The Smiling Buddha test was authorized by this leader who ordered a raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in Operation Blue Star.

This leader’s son Sanjay advocated for a mass sterilization program that this leader implemented during a period known as the Emergency.

This leader oversaw the abolition of privy purses by passing the 26th constitutional amendment in 1971.

This prime minister ran an anti-poverty campaign marked by the words “Garibi Hatao.” This ruler ordered a military operation to remove extremist leaders from the Golden Temple in Operation Blue Star.

After this politician authorized Operation Blue Star, her own Sikh bodyguards assassinated her in 1984. name this first female Prime Minister of India.

Operation Blue Star, an army raid on the Golden Temple, was authorized by this leader to clear out extremists; in retaliation, she was assassinated. name this daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru who served as prime minister of India.

This leader initiated a two year period of rule by decree during the “Emergency” and authorized the Smiling Buddha nuclear test, the first in the country.

This leader was aided by the militaristic Blue Shirts Society in enforcing traditional values during the New Life Movement.

This man led the Northern Expedition to unify his country under the leadership of the KMT.

This man helped start the New Life Movement with his wife, Soong Mei-Ling.

The leader of the Northern Expedition and head of the Republic during the Chinese Civil War.

During this leader’s tenure, a dispute involving a cigarette vendor triggered the 228 Incident, which led his government to enact a “White Terror”.

This man used the Green Gang to help propagate the “White Terror,” a mass expulsion of communist intelligentsia.

This man and his wife propounded the semi-fascist New Life Movement, and he was the first commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy.

This man was forced to form the Second United Front with his enemies after he was kidnapped in the Xi’an [shee-ahn] incident.

Zhang Xueliang kidnapped this leader for two weeks during the Xi’an Incident.

This generalissimo was the first commandant of the Whampoa Academy.

This leader trained his future generals as leader of the Whampoa Military Academy.

Mao's longtime rival was this leader of the Nationalist Party, who led the retreat to Taiwan after defeat in the Chinese Civil War.

Sun Yat-sen mentored this leader of the Kuomintang who fled to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War.

This successor of Sun Yat-sen established a government in Taiwan after losing a civil war to the Communists. name this Nationalist leader who was defeated by Mao Zedong.

During the Xian [] Incident, Zhang Xueliang [] captured this leader and forced him to form the Second United Front with the Communists.

A “new star of Freedom in the East” rises in this leader’s “Tryst With Destiny” speech after their country’s 1947 independence.

After this leader’s death, his country chose his birthday of November 14th to be the holiday Children’s Day.

In 1962, this Prime Minister’s country lost the Aksai Chin region to China after a brief border war.

The Fazal Ali commission was created by this man to reorganize states.

Historical writings by this man, who delivered the “Tryst with Destiny” speech, include the autobiographical Towards Freedom and a collection of letters to his daughter organized into Glimpses of World History.

This man was involved in a conflict during which one nation launched a successful offensive across the McMahon line.

This leader adopted the Forward Policy in his country’s northwest along the McMahon Line.

Politician, her father, who was the first prime minister of that country

This leader agreed to a non-aggression pact with China as one of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

The term “non-aligned” was first used in a 1952 speech by the diplomat V.K. Menon, a close ally of this first prime minister of India.

This man, who advocated for Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence towards a northern neighbor, ordered the annexation of Goa from Portugal in 1961’s Operation Vijay.

This leader, who lost control of the Aksai Chin region during a war with China, claimed his country would “awake to life and freedom” “at the stroke of the midnight hour” in his “Tryst With Destiny” speech.

This leader lamented “The light has gone out of our lives” following the assassination of his mentor, Mahatma Gandhi. name this first Prime Minister of India.

Politician who served as first Prime Minister of India and helped found the Non-Aligned Movement.

The Indian National Congress was once led by this follower of Mahatma Gandhi and first Prime Minister of India.