Chapter 20-1 Notes (History and Governments of East Asia) Asian Empires (China) ___________ civilization began in the Huang He valley over 4,000 years ago. Until the 1900’s, emperors from ____________ ruled China ___________ and Laozi were 2 important thinkers of this time. Under the ____ Dynasty, paper was first made in China in 100 AD. Han rulers encouraged trade through the ______ Road trade route. The Tang and Song __________ built roads, canals, and irrigation systems. Later Chinese Dynasties In 1211, __________ rulers conquered and united most of China. The _______ Dynasty drove out the Mongols and built the famous “Forbidden City” (Beijing) Chinese dynasties Confucius Han Silk dynasties Mongol Ming

III. Korea and Japan About 1200 BC, Chinese culture spread to Korea and _________. ___________ and Confucianism spread from China to Korea. In AD 1100’s, nobles fought for control of Japan which led to rule by _______ (military leaders) and landowning ________ (warriors). The samurai helped the shoguns govern _____ until the late 1800’s. Chapter 20-1 Notes Modern Nations Changes in China By 1500’s, goods from Asia were valued and wanted in ________. Europe and Japan claimed areas of China which this is known as the “___________ of influence”. In 1911, the Chinese revolted against the against the __________. In 1949, Chinese communist (___________) defeated the nationalist (Chiang Kai-Shek) Japan Buddhism shoguns samurai Japan Europe spheres foreigners Mao Zedong

II. Modern Japan Japan also tried to limit Western influence. Power was taken from the shoguns and returned to the ___________. Japan adopted western technology and became an industrial and ___________ power. Its expansion led them into WWII in which they were defeated by the ________ Japan became a democracy in 1945. A Divided Korea After WWII, Korea was divided into (___________) S. Korea and (communist) N. Korea. In 1950, N. Korea invaded __________, the U.S. rushed support to force N. Korea back. Today, Korea remains ___________ under a truce, but w/ no peace treaty. emperors military U.S. democratic S. Korea divided

Chapter 20-1 Notes (Economic Powers) Japan and the “Asian Tigers” After WWII, Japan’s economy was in ruins, but received 3.5 billion in aid from the ______. This created an ________ boom which made Japan the 2nd largest economy in the world. (car manufacturing) S. Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and _____________ have booming economies based on electronic goods and cars. These countries have been given the nickname “________ Tigers” _________ is a free port, which countries don’t pay an import tax. China China’s economy was slower to develop because of the strict ____________ control over it. In 1979, China began a number of _______ market reforms that has allowed its economy to grow. U.S. economic Hong Kong Asian Singapore communist free