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Unit9Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kunlun Mountains | mountains located west of China , sources of two major rivers , Huang He and Chang Jiang |
| Qinling Shandi Mountains | mountains in southeastern and east central China, divide northern part from southern |
| Huang He | a river in northen China called the yellow , starts in the Kunlun mts. and winds east for about 3,000 miles |
| Chang Jiang | longest river in Asia flowing about 3,000 miles Xizang to east Chia Sea |
| Xi Jiang | river that flows eastward throughtout southwest Asia and joins the Peral River to flow out into the sea |
| Typhoon | a tropical storm ,like a hurricane but in western Pacific |
| Taklimakan Desert | desert located in western China between Tian Shan and Kunlun mts. |
| Gobi Desert | desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia , prime area for findinf fossils |
| Three Gorges Dam | a dam begun in the late 20th century on the Chang Jiang in China, help control flooding ,generate power, allow ships to sail father into China |
| PCB's | an industrial compound that accumaltes in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects and birth defects, banned in US in 1977 |
| 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 rulers from the same family |
| Spheres of Influence | a method of dividing foregin control in China |
| Boxer Rebellion | an uprising in China in the 1900, spurred by angery Chinese miliants, or boxers, over foregin control, a lot of people died |
| Mao Zedong | the leader of the Communists in China who defeated the Nationalists in 1949; he died in 1976 |
| Confucianism | a movement based on the teachings of Confucius Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 B.C., it stressed the importance of edcuation in an order socity in which one respects ones elders |
| Taoism | a philosphy based on Tao Ta Ching and teachings of Lao-Tzu |
| Buddhism | a religion that originated in India about 500B.C. and spread to China , where it grew into a major religion |
| Three Kingdoms | the kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea by A.D. 300-Koguryo in the northern Paekche in the southwest and Silla in the southeast |
| Seoul | the largest city in South Korea with population more3 than 10 million |
| Pyongyang | the largest city in North Korea with more than 2.5 million people |
| Economic Tiger | a country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggresive exporters |
| Pacific Rim | an economic and social region including the countries surrounding the Pacifice Ocean extendign clockwise from New Zealand to Chile and to the US |
| Samurai | a profissional solider in Japan who served the interests of landowners and clan chiefs |
| Shogun | the general of the emperors army with the powers of a military director |
| Ring of Fire | a chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific rim |
| Great Kanto Earthquake | an earthquake in the 1923 in Japan that killed an estimated 140,000 people in left the city Tokyo in ruins |
| Tsunami | a giant ocean wave, casued by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption with great power |
| UNICEF | an international watchdog and relief organization for children |
| Global Economy | the merging of regional economies in which nations become dependent on each other for goods and services |
| Jakota Triangle | a zone of prosperity during the 1980s and early 1990s- Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan |
| Recession | an extended period of decline in general business activity |
| Sweatshop | a work place where people work long hours for low pay under poor conditions to enrich manfuctures |
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