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Unit 9
East Asia Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kunlun Mountains | mountains located in the west of China that are the source of two of China's great rivers, the Huang He (yellow) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) |
| Qinling Shandi Mountains | mountains in southeastern and eastcentral China; they divide the northern part of China from the southern part. |
| Huang He | a river in northern China, also called the yellow river, that starts in the Kunlun Mountains and winds east for about 3,000 miles, emptying into the Yellow sea. |
| Chang Jiang | the longest river in Asia, flowing for about 3900 miles from Xizang (Tibet)to the East China sea. |
| Xi Jiang | also called the West river , the river the flows eastward through southeast China and joins the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) to flow into the South ChinaSea formingand estuary between Hong Kong and Macao. |
| typhoon | 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 locate in 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 Chang Jiang in China, to help control flooding, generate power and allow ships to to sail further into China |
| PCBs | an industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects and birthe deffects; PCBs were banned in the United States in 1977 |
| landfill | a method of waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt in order to fill or reclaim low-lying ground |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family. |
| spheres of influence | a method of dividing forein control in China, after the ciuntry was forced to sign a seriest of treaties granting special privileges to the Europeans. China was partitioned for control by Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, among others |
| Boxer Rebellion | an uprising in China in the 1900s, spurred by angry chinease militants, or boxers, over foreign control; several hundred Europeans, Christians, and Chinese died |
| Mao Zedong | The leader on the communist in China who defeated the nationalists in 1949; he died in 1976 |
| Confucianism | a movement based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 bc: Confucius stressed the importance of education in an ordered society un which on respects one's elders and obeys the government. |
| Taoism | a philosophy based on the book Tao Te Ching and the teachings of Lao-Tzu, who lived in China in the sixth century bc and believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual, with nature, and the universe, with little interference from the gover |
| Buddhism | a religion that originated in India about 500bc and spread to china, where in grew into a major religion by ad 400 |
| economic tiger | a country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and agressive exports. |
| pacific rim | an economic and social region including the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean, extending clockwise from New Zealand in the western Pacific to Chile in the eastern Pacific and including the west coast of the United states, |
| Three kingdoms | kingdoms formed in the peninsula in korea by A.D. 300 |
| seoul | largest city in south korea, with a population with more than 10 million people |
| pyongyang | largest city in north korea, with a population of more than 2.5 million people |
| samurai | professional soldier in japan who served the interest of land owners and clan chiefs |
| shogun | general of the emperor's army with the powers of a dictator. |
| Ring of fire | chain of volcanos the line the Pacific Rim |
| great kanto earthquake | earthquake in 1923 in japan that killed an estimated 140,000 people and left tokyo in ruins |
| tsunami | great ocean wave, caused by an under water earthquake or volcanic eruption |
| UNICEF | an international watchdog and relief organization for children |
| global economy | merging of regional economies in which nation become dependent on each other for goods and services |
| jakotav triangle | zone of posperity in the 1980's and early 1900's. |
| recession | extended period of decline in general business activity |
| sweatshop | workplace where people work long hours for low under poor conditions to enrich manufacturers. |
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