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| Korea: world's first book printed with moveable metal type |
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| Japan: end of Tokugawa Shogunate; Meiji Restoration |
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| Korea taken over by Japan |
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| Start of Japan's major fighting in China |
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| Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; entry of U.S. into World War II |
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| U.S. drops 2 atomic bombs ; Japan surrenders; end of World War II; Korea independent, but divided into North and South |
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| 1894 - 1895 was a war between Japan and... |
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| 1904 - 1905 was a war between Japan and... |
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| The 1894 war started after ... asked China for help |
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| Japan won it in 1895, but gave it back to China under pressure |
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| Japan won it in 1895 and kept it until 1945 |
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| Functioned as capital of China in the early 1930's |
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| Today, capital of South Korea |
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| Aaron Silberman will be an exchange student in this city next year |
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| Elenor Griffith will be an exchange student in this city next year |
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| Ruled by the Tokugawa family for over 200 years |
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| City hit by the first U.S. atom bomb |
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| City hit by the second U.S. atom bomb |
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| Country ruled by Japan, 1910 - 1945 |
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| City that was called Edo until the Meiji Restoration |
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| Country that made the world's first book printed with moveable metal type |
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| Country whose constitution says it will not go to war |
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| Port Arthur (now called Loshun) is on this peninsula |
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| Reigned from 1491-1451, instituted many social reforms, became popular with the common people |
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| Group of scholars tasked with creating a new writing system for Korea |
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| Hall of Talented Scholars |
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| The current language of Korea; it once had 28 characters but now only has 24 |
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| The birthday of han'gul, a Korean national holiday |
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| The first invaders of Korea in the early 1600s |
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| The second invaders of Korea in the early 1600s |
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| Results of the early 1600s invasions of Korea |
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| Korea adopted an isolationist policy, under which no foreigners could enter and only a few Koreans could leave |
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| Parallels of samurai to Europe's medieval knights |
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| Fought on horseback, wore helmets and armor, were supposed to live by a strict moral code |
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| Based on loyalty to one's lord (daimyo), which neither love of family nor duty to parents could supercede; death, never surrender |
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| government support in form of subsidies, training and foreign advisors, an improved education system, and improvements to transportation and communication systems |
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| Reasons for Japan's post-WW2 success |
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| capable workforce, emphasis on work ethic, land reform which gave land to many more Japanese, high savings rate, the U.S. bombing of Japanese factories, lack of an army, and fewer strikes |
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