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Confucianism in traditional China served to ...?

maintain the social order..

Both Japan and China decided to limit trade with Europe during much of the 16th and 17th centuries because the Japanese and Chinese ...?

believed they would receive no benefit from trading with the Europeans..

The arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan in 1853 signaled the end to...?

policies of isolation..

What Asian country was never a victim of imperialism?

Thailand (Siam).

North Korea and South Korea are divided at the ...?

38th parallel.

The primary goal of the Indian National Congress (INC) was to...?

gain independence from Great Britain..

Civil disobedience was Gandhi's most effective weapon against the forces of foreign imperialists. Which person created the idea of civil disobedience?

Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was an American philosoper, Marx created the idea of communism, and Han Feizi was a famous Legalist writer.

Europeans were able to dominate much of South and Southeast Asia because ...?

Europeans had more advanced technology..

Which of these took place in China?

Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was the attempt of anti-foreign Chinese to reduce the amount of growing foreign missionaries and business people in China by killing the foreigners. The Sepoy Rebellion and Amistar Massacre took place in India. The Sharpsville Massacre took place in South Africa.

What Asian country used to have the same independence day as the US?

The Philippines. It was changed to June 12th in the 1960s, because on that date in 1898 the Phillipines got their freedom from Spain.