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E/SE Asia 27-28
Term | Definition |
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Kunlun Mountains | located in west China, source of China's great rivers Huang He (yellow river), Chiang Jiang (Yangtze river) |
Qinling Shandi Mountains | divides China into north and south |
Huang He river (yellow) | also called "China's sorrow" because it causes terrible floods, empties into the yellow sea, has yellow silt |
Chiang Jiang (Yangtze) | longest river in all of Asia, major trade route |
Xi Jiang (West) | joins with three other rivers to form an estuary |
typhoon | tropical storm that occurs in the western pacific |
Taklimakan desert | located in western China |
Gobi desert | northern China, find a lot of dinosaur fossils |
3 Gorges Dam | built on the Chiang Jiang river to control the flooding, 3rd longest dam in the world |
PCB's | industrial pollutants that build up in a persons tissue that cause disease and birth defects |
landfills | a method of solid waste disposal, trash is buried between layers of dirt |
dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
spheres of influence | a method of dividing foreign control |
Boxer Rebellion | an uprising in china in 1900 by angry Chinese militants against the foreign control |
Confucianism | the philosophy of Confucius |
Taoism | the teaching of Lao Tzu |
Buddhism | focuses on rebirth and the end of the rebirth cycle |
economic tiger | a nation that has rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports |
pacific rim | the countries surrounding the pacific ocean |
3 kingdoms | Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla. They form the Korean peninsula |
Seoul | the largest city in South Korea |
Pyongyang | the largest city in North Korea |
samurai | professional soldiers |
shogun | general of the emperor's army, like a military dictator (Japan) |