East Asian history trivia

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• Who opened the Kamakura shogunate?Japanese history
• Edo is the old name of which present-day city?Japanese history
• Perry, who brought warships to Japan in 1853 and demanded that its ports be opened, came from which country?Japanese history
• Which city became the seat of the Heian period when the capital moved there in 794?Japanese history
• Which war broke out between Japan and Qing China in 1894?Japanese history
• What was the title of the supreme ruler who headed the warrior governments of Japan?Japanese history
• Who founded the Edo shogunate?Japanese history
• Which city was the capital of Japan for a very long time?Japanese history
• What class of people were the samurai of Japan?Japanese history
• Which reform drove the modernization of Japan from 1868 on?Japanese history
• The Meiji Restoration began in 1868.Japanese history
• The capital of the Heian period was present-day Tokyo.Japanese history
• Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Edo shogunate.Japanese history
• Under the seclusion policy of the Edo shogunate, Japan traded with no foreign country at all.Japanese history
• The Mongol expeditions against Japan took place in the 13th century.Japanese history
• Edo is the old name of present-day Tokyo.Japanese history
• The four main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Okinawa.Japanese history
• The present capital of Japan is Kyoto.Japanese history
• The Kamakura shogunate was the warrior government founded by Minamoto no Yoritomo.Japanese history
• Samurai is the word for the merchant class of Japan.Japanese history
• In which country does Angkor Wat stand?India · Southeast Asia
• In which country does the Buddhist temple of Borobudur stand?India · Southeast Asia
• Which country of today was once called Siam?India · Southeast Asia
• Who founded the Maurya dynasty?India · Southeast Asia
• Who founded the Mughal Empire?India · Southeast Asia
• What did King Ashoka leave behind to make known his idea of rule and his teaching of Buddhism?India · Southeast Asia
• Who led the declaration of Indonesian independence?India · Southeast Asia
• Who led Vietnam's independence movement and the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?India · Southeast Asia
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded in 1967.India · Southeast Asia
• Who led India's non-violent independence movement?India · Southeast Asia
• In which Indian city does the Taj Mahal stand?India · Southeast Asia
• India won independence from Britain in 1857.India · Southeast Asia
• Angkor Wat is a ruin that stands in India.India · Southeast Asia
• Buddhism is a religion that began in India.India · Southeast Asia
• Gandhi led India's independence movement under the banner of non-violent resistance.India · Southeast Asia
• King Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty put down Buddhism and forbade it.India · Southeast Asia
• The period called the golden age of India's classical culture is the last years of the Mughal Empire.India · Southeast Asia
• Vietnam was once under French colonial rule.India · Southeast Asia
• Angkor Wat was first built as a Hindu temple.India · Southeast Asia
• The Taj Mahal is a building raised by King Ashoka in honour of Buddhism.India · Southeast Asia