SOC/335 Questions

The Peoples and Cultures of Asia

1. What characteristics does Vietnam have with the rest of Southeast Asia? What characteristics make it unique? 

2. What influence did China and Chinese culture have on Korea, Japan, and Vietnam? 

3. What events led to the first Sino-Japanese War? What effect did this war have on Sino-Japanese relations?

4. Communism was a powerful force in all the countries of Pacific Asia. What effects did Idealism, nationalism, and anti-imperialism have on the communist movements? What countries were most affected?

5. Nationalism grew and developed throughout Pacific Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In what ways did Asian nationalistic visions of Asia's future clash with the Western, Eurocentric vision of the world?