What is the base for the popular Japanese liquor Sake?

Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, after a long relationship with the mainland United States. American missionaries, businesspeople, and sugar cane planters first took an interest in the islands in the early 1800s, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898. Historians say that the path to statehood was slow because of discrimination against the Hawaiian islands’ large Polynesian, Chinese, and Japanese populations.

Hawaii is home to the country’s highest percentage of Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and multiracial Americans compared to any other state. In what year did Hawaii become a U.S. state?

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman to do what?

The first known banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties, starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit, as merchants and wholesalers desired to avoid the heavy bulk of copper coinage in large commercial transactions.

Which country invented paper money?

Most historians believe that Filipinos were the first Asians to live in America! In the 1760s, some Filipino sailors settled in Louisiana, building a small fishing village along with other people of color.

Chinese immigrants who arrived during the Gold Rush in the 1850s

The Manilamen, Filipino immigrants, who settled in Louisiana in 1763

Manjiro, a Japanese immigrant, arrives on boat in 1843

Early 1900s, when Indian immigrants came to settle along the West coast

In the 18th century, which Asian group was the first known to settle in the US, and where did they settle?

Māori are the Indigenous people of which region?

Vice President Kamala Harris was born in California to a Tamil Indian biologist mother and a Jamaican professor father.

Kamala Harris has been lauded as the first woman, first Black American, and first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States. What is her actual ethnic identity?

Angkor Wat is renowned for its grand scale, intricate bas-relief carvings, and its architectural and artistic significance.

Which famous temple complex located in Asia is one of the largest religious monuments in the world?

Which country's flag is this?

Anna May Wong’s image is featured on quarters produced by the U.S. Mint starting in 2022 as part of the American Women Quarters Program. Wong, who lived from 1905 until 1961, was the first Asian American film star in Hollywood. The year before her death, Wong became the first Asian actress to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Who was the first Asian American in history to appear on U.S. currency?

Where does bubble tea originate from

How much does Asia contribute to the world population?

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