asian studies test 2 china, ww2, tibet, japan

Republic of china founded by

Mao Zedong

Said to have ascended into heaven with a sky cord so no one would find his tomb

Nyati Tsenpo the first king

Who establish Lhasa as the capital of Tibet and united Tibet

Songsten Gampo

Buddhism became state religion due to

King Trigong detsen

At samye a major monastery

Monks began translating Buddhist scripture in to Tibetan

Theravada Buddhism

Oldest variant and focused on individual enlightment through meditation

Mahayana Buddhism

Emphasizes on wisdom / compassion (east asia)

Vajrayana

Related to mahayama: practices and rituals at rapid spiritual awakening in ( Tibet Bhutan, Nepal , Mongolia) Very group community driven

Tibetan Buddhism dominated by

Dominated by sekya and Kargye sects of Buddhism (Red Hats)

Kargyu sect invented

Theory of reincarnation

Altyn Khan gave sonam gyatso the title of

“Dalai making him the Dalai Lama

The regent deceived to

Hide the death of the 5th Dalai Lama

King Lhabgang khan

Overthrew 6th Dalai Lama with help from the Qing dynasty

13th Dalai Lama was

In exile in India

British attempts to help Tibet but

Eventually never signs the agreement to actually give Tibet his independence (they didn’t back stab china)

FDR sent a false note that

Made it seem like they would recognize Tibet as an independent state

Mongolia was

A buffer state of china which eventually gained independence

Tibet foreign military asked for support

From foreign militaries to fight china but everybody denied

The delegates of Tibet

Sign a paper delegated to china without Dalai Lama

Jowon culture was a

Hunter gather society (10,000 BCE)

Yayoi culture was

Rice farming technology and bronze was transferred from mainland Asia (small kingdoms

Yamato period was when

Buddhism was introduced from mainland Asia and the three kingdom period of Korea was in power.

During the yamato empire

The Yamato adopted Buddhism from the tang dynasty

Kamakura shogunate

A form of government by the samurai

Emperors existed during Japanese empire

but real power was with shogun

The power structure was

Emperor - shogun - daimyo - lords - samurai - peasants

When mainland Asia attacked Japan what kept them safe

Natural disasters

Sen goku period is where oda nobunaga

Becomes victorious and unlocked the matchlock gun the Portuguese uses.

Who asked the jogeon dynasty of Korea to help takeover the Ming dynasty

Toyotomi hideyoshi

during the injin wars

Hideyoshi invaded joseon (Korea with. 160,000 soldiers)

Admiral Yi sun-shin had made the

Turtle ships that defended Korea

Who is in power when William Adam’s arrives

Tokugawa Ieyasu who keeps William Adam’s as a close person due to his diplomatic skills

Edo shuogunate eventually

Prompted trade but then outlaws Christianity and bans trade

Commodore Matthew Perry utilizes

Gunboat diplomacy - threats of strong ships and strong military

The 1854 Japan and us treaty of peace and amity causes

U.s had first priority over trade over other countries by forcing them to open up there ports

What happened during the Boshin war

Collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the return of imperial rule

What movement overthrew the shogunate

The Sonnu Joi movement

Which government was copying the u.s with capitalism and enhance military strengths

Meiji Government

During shogunate Asian man didn’t cut there hair so during the Meiji era

All men were forced to cut there hair as a symbol of competence

What was the Japan Korea treaty of 1876 (Ganghwa treaty)

Was an agreement that made Korea open its ports to Japan because Japan uses gunboat diplomacy to intimidate Korea

What did the Japan Korea treaty of 1910 do

Annexed Korea as a colony until 1945

What was the nanjing massacre

An event where Japanese soldiers murdered a numerous amount of people in nanjing ( Chinese people)

What was the non proliferation treaty

A treaty that allowed the u.s to have nuclear weapons but other countries were not allowed to have nuclear weapons because they couldn’t be trusted

What did the Russo Japanese wars lead to

These wars led to Russia losing eventually causing Japan to invade china (Russia also lost by boat)

Modernity is something that

Is not linear and is relational it also does not spread li early from Europe to the rest of the world (positional superiority and orientalsim)

What did Japanese soldiers do with Chinese women

Made them comfort women that they used away from home

What did the tripartite pact of 1940 do

Japan Germany and Italy agreed end if someone declared war on one of them it meant war for all of them

Postdam declaration of 1945 was the

Statement issued to Japan the day before Hiroshima

Douglas McArthur wanted to….

Pardon the emperor of all his crimes in order to keep him in power because they didn’t want to cripple Japan

How many people in total were charged for war crimes in Japan

Around 28 but most sentences were reduced

Why has Japan not apologized for WW2

The Japanese are seen as victims of the atom bomb making it americas responsibility which is why they haven’t apologized

What led to the large expansion of u.s military bases throughout Asia

WW2