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Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The three sub regions of the Pacific Islands are.............. | Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia |
| China's major mountains are... | Himalayas |
| The highest peak in China and the world is | Mt. Everest |
| 1/4 of China's land is covered by the Plateau of | Tibet |
| China's three major rivers are | Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang |
| What is China's major desert that means "waterless place" | Gobi |
| How many main islands does Japan have | 4 |
| What is Japan's capital | Tokyo |
| What is Japan's highest peak | Mt. Fuji |
| What is the Ring of Fire | an area of volcanic activity in the Pacific Ocean |
| How many earthquakes does Japan have per year | 1500 |
| Which country has two major rivers, the Yalu and Tumen and is very mountinous | North Korea |
| what are the mountains in Australia | Great Dividing Range |
| What is the outback | a large stretch of plains in Australia |
| Where is the Great Barrier Reef | Australia |
| The Pacific Islands are made up of how many islands | 20,000 |
| what are continental islands | made from Earth's crust |
| what are low oceanic islands | formed from coral reef |
| what are high oceanic islands | formed by volcanoes |
| Who were the first Chinese to form a permanent civilization | Shang |
| what is a dynasty | families of rulers |
| which dynasty did the Mongols end | Song Dynasty |
| who was the leader of the Mongols | Genghis Khan |
| who was the grandson of Genghis Khan | Kublai Khan |
| The mongols were the founder of which dynasty | Yuan |
| where did the Mongols establish China's capital | Ta-Tu |
| who changed the capital to Beijing | Yongle |
| Who had the Forbidden City built for himself | Yongle |
| what is the philosophy that taught the importance of moral character and taking responsibility for their society | Confucianism |
| who was the founder of Confucianism | Kongfuzi |
| What is the philosophy that believed in a force called Tao that guides the universe but it cannot be seen or named | Taoism |
| Which philosophy explained how to escape suffering | Buddhism |
| What was the name of the trade route for silk? | the Silk Road |
| The Silk Road is how long | 4000 |
| China use a clay called Kaolin to make what | Porcelain |
| the Chinese writing uses how many characters | 50,000 |
| What is the name of the canal that connects Beijing and Hangzhou | Grand Canal |
| Which Japanese religion says that beings called kami live in all objects and nature | Shinto |
| What is a group of families who have common descendants | clan |
| which country did Japan get the ideas of bronze tools, Buddhism, and rice growing from | Koreas |
| which country did Japan get their writing system, calendar, and government from | China |
| who was the ruler during Japan's Golden Age | Kammu |
| what was another name for Japan's Golden Age | Heian Age |
| which Japanese wrote the world's first novel | Lady Murasaki Shikibu |
| What are Samurai | warriors that protect lords in Japan |
| what is a Shogun | an emperor's chief general in Japan |
| which Shogun changed Japan's capital to Edo | Tokugawa |
| in 1614 how many Japanese were Catholic | 300,000 |
| who ordered all Christians to leave Japan and threatened to kill any Japanese who returned | Tokugawa |
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