the climate of northern Korea & Japan, similar to Indiana, has ___

___ (started by Siddhartha Gautama) is a religion common to S.Koreans & Japanese

there are ____ in South Korea & Japan

in the 1950-53 _______, the North was helped by the Soviet Union & Chinese, while the South was mainly helped by the U.S.

after WWII, the Soviet Union & China helped a _______ take over of the northern half of Korea

all Koreans write the same language using a ___ called Hangul

South Korea & Japan allows freedom of ____, so any ____ is OK

today it divides North & South Korea today, a 2-mile-wide border

he was first to lead Communist North Korea until 1994 when he die

the second leader or North Korea, from 1994 to 2011

the third (and current) dictator in North Korea (since late-2011)

South Korea's capital

a spicy & sour cabbage recipe that a Korean would eat

a type of Korean music that has become popular world-wide

like China, Korea had centuries of ____, cutting themselves off from trade with the world

Today, Japan & South Korea have become educated, ____ or wealthy, and have well-developed economies. NORTH KOREA DOESN'T.

today, ______ has the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press

most South Koreans & Japanese live in _____ , not like in North Korea

a Korean martial art

in North Korea, the government's power is ____, and they have total control over everything imaginable

North Korea has been ruled by a 3-man _______, where power is passed on from grandfather to father to son, like a monarchy

North Koreans lack access to the _____ ,TV, and news from outside the country

North Korea's Communist ____ means the government is in control of every single detail of what's made, grown, bought, or sold

North Korea has successfully tested ____ underground

South Korea's newest president is ___ (he was elected, unlike in North Korea)

South Korean & Japanese kids go to school ________

staple crop of Korea & Japan

every North Korean home must display ____ and must dust them daily!

not a lot of ____ in South Korea: 96% are ethnically "Korean" (In N.Korea it's 99.9% Korean!)

Korean currency is called the ____ in both North and South Korea

"나는 미합중국 국기와 그 나라의 공화국에 대한 충성을 맹세한다. 모든 나라를위한 자유와 정의로 불가분의 신의 밑에있는 한 국가."

Kim Jong-Un LOVES this American sport

Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest ____, a volcano!

___ is Japan's highest mountain

Japan's population is around ___ people

the area around the Pacific with earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis

being close to ___ had a big influence on early Japanese culture, language, & buildings

like in China, early Japan's government had ____ (similar to kings) & dynasties

During ______, Japan pulled the US into the war by bombing the US military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

over 2000 Americans & dozens of ships+airplanes were destroyed when Japan bombed ____ on Dec. 7, 1941

the first Japanese city to be destroyed by an American atomic bomb in World War II

the second Japanese city to be hit with an American atomic bomb in World War II

Japan's native religion where "kami" (sacred spirits) take form of wind, mountains, trees

the ___ Ocean is the huge ocean east of Japan

after World War II, Japan became friends (or _____) with America, the nation that so badly defeated them in the war

Japan today has a problem with a low birthrate and lots of ____ people to take care of

anime, manga, origami, Nintendo video games, Hello Kitty, and Pokemon are examples of ____ culture that are known around the world

Japanese animation, popular worldwide

Japanese people eat far more ___ that most humans on earth

the Japanese art of folding paper

Japanese comics, popular worldwide

popular Japanese seafood dish

Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Canon, Nintendo, Hitachi, Seiko, Mizuno, Fujitsu, NEC

underground train system; Tokyo has gloved workers who pack people into the cars!

old building design, taken from China

___ & US navy ships bullied Japan into re-opening to foreign trade in 1850s