Later History of East Asia

1. An addictive drug.
3. Conquered an empire stretching across Asia and part of Europe.
6. In the 1920s, a civil war broke out in China between Communists and a group called the ___.
8. Koreans invented this alphabet during the 1400s.
9. People who move from place to place.
11. Elegant painting, ornate architecture, and powerful poetry.
12. Based on the worship of spirits and ideas of purity.
13. A payment from conquered peoples or to a more powerful country.
14. A human-built waterway the Sui built.
15. Communist countries have command economies, based on government planning and control.

2. Marks the return to leadership of Japan’s emperor. Japan's new government aimed to modernize Japan and its military and to industry.
3. In China’s capital Bejing.
4. Transformed the world including paper, printing, compasses, gunpowder, porcelain, rudders, and seal compartments for ships.
5. When North Korea attacked South Korea.
7. A system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations.
10. A naval commander.