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Stack #2144360
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kunlum Mountains | mountains located in the west of china that are the source of two of the china great rivers |
| Qinling shandi mountains | mountains in the southeastern and the east central china they divide the northern part of china from the southern part |
| Huang He | a river in northern china, also called the yellow river |
| Chang Jiang | the longest river in Asia , flowing about 3,900 miles from xizang |
| Xi Jiang | called the west river, the river that flows eastward through southeast china and joins the pearl river |
| typhoon | a tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western pacific |
| Taklamakan Desert | a desert located in western china between the tian shan anf kunlum moutains |
| Gobi Desert | a desert located northern china and southeast Mongolia, and a prime area for finding dinosaur fossils |
| three gorges dam | a dam begun in the late 20th century on the Chung Jiang in china, to help control flooding |
| pcbs | an industrial compound that accumulates in animale tissue and can cause harmful effects |
| landfill | a method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt in order to fill in or reclaim low lying ground |
| dynasty | a series of rules from the same family |
| spheres of influence | a method of dividing foreign control in china, after the country was forced to sign a series of treaties granting privileges to Europeans |
| boxer rebellion | an uprising in china in 1900 , spurred bu anger Chinese militants, or boxers, over foreign control |
| mao zedong | the leader of the communist in china who defeated nationalist in 1949 |
| taoism | a philosophy based on the book tao te ching and the teachings of lao tzu |
| buddhism | a religion that originated in India about 500bc and spread to china |
| economic triger | a country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor |
| pacific rim | an economic and social religion including the countries surrounding the pacific ocean |
| three kingndoms | the kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea |
| seoul | the largest city in south Korea, with a population of more than ten thousand people |
| pyongyang | the largest city in north Korea, with more than 2.5 million people |
| samurai | a professional soldier in japan who served the interest of landowners and clan cheifs |
| shogun | the general of the emperors army with powers of a military dictator. |
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