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East Asia Vocabulay
Unit 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kunlun Mountains | Mountains located in the west of China that are the source of the two of China's great rivers, as the Huang He (yellow) and the Chang Jiang (yangtze) |
| Qinling Shandi Mountains | Mountains in southeastern and eastern central China; they divide northern part of China from the southern part. |
| Huang He | A river in northern China, also called Yellow River, that starts in the Kunlun Mountains and winds east for about 3,000 mile, emptying into the Yellow Sea. |
| Chang Jiang | The longest river in Asia, flowing about 3,900 miles from Xizang to the East China Sea |
| Xi Jang | Also called the West River; the river that flows eastward through southeast China and joins the Pearl River to flow into the South China Sea, forming an estuary between Hong Kong and Macao. |
| Typoon | A tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the Western Pacific. |
| Taklimakan Desert | A desert located in western China between the Tian Shan and Kunlun mountains. |
| Gobi Desert | A desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia, and a prime area for finding dinosaur fossils. |
| Three Gorges Dam | A dam begun in the 20th century on the Chang Jaing in China, and allows ships to sail farther into China. |
| PCBs | An industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects, and birth defects: PCBs wew banned in the Untied States in 1977. |
| Landfill | A method of soild 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 foreign control in China, after the country was forced to sign a series of treaties granting special privilages to the Europeans. China was partioned for control by Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, among others. |
| Boxer Rebellion | An uprising in China in 1900, spurred by angry Chinese miliants, or Boxers, over foreign control; several hundred Eurpoeans, Christians, and Chinese 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, a Chinese philospher who lived about 500 B.C.; Confucious stressed the importance of education in an ordered society in which one respects one's elders and obeys the government. |
| Taoism | A philosophy based on the book Tao Teo Ching and the teaching of Lao-Tzu, who lived in China in the sixth century B.C. snd believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual, with nature, and in the universe. |
| Buddhism | A religion that originated in India about 500 B.C. and spread to China, where it grew into a major religion by A.D. 400. |
| Economic Tiger | A country with rapid ecomonic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports. |
| Pacific Rim | AN economic and social region including the countries surrounding thw Pacific Ocean, extending clock-wise from New Zealand in the western Pacific to Chile in the eastern Pacific and including the west coast of the United States. |
| Three Kingdoms | The kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea by A.D. 300- Koguryo in the northeast, Paekche in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast. |
| Seoul | The largest city in South Korea, with a population of more then ten million people. |
| Pyongyang | The largest city North Korea, with more then 2.5 million people. |
| Samurai | A proffessional soldier in Japan who served the interests of landowners and clan chiefs. |
| Shogun | The general of the emperor's army with the powers of a military dictator, a postition created by Japanese emperor in 1192 after a struggle between two powerful clans. |
| Ring Of Fire | The chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim. |
| Great Kanto Earthquake | An earthquake in 1923 in Japan that killed sn estimated 140,000 people and left the city of Tokoyo in ruins. |
| Tsunami | A gaint ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, with great destructive power. |
| UNICEF | An international watchdog and relief organization for children. |
| Global Economy | The merging of regional economies in which nations became dependent on each other for goods and services. |
| Jakota Triangle | A zone of prosperity during the late 1980s and early 1990s- Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
| Recession | An extended period of decline in general business activity. |
| Sweatshop | a workplace where people work long hours for low pay under poor conditions to enrich manufactors. |
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