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Unit 9 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Kunlan 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 Chiang Jiang. |
Qinling Shandi Mountains | mountains in southeastern and east-central 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 Kunlan Mountains and Winds east for about 3,000 miles, emptying into the Yellow Sea. |
Chiang Jiang | the longest in Asia, flowing about 3,900 miles from Xizang to the East China Sea. |
Xi Jiang | also called the West River; the river that flows eastward through China. |
Typhoon | a tropical storm, like a hurricane, that forms in the western Pacific. |
Taklimaken Desert | a desert located in western China between the Tian Shan and Kunlan Mountains. |
Gobi Desert | a desert located in Northern China and southeast Mongolia, a prime area to find dinosaur fossils. |
Three Gorges Dam | a dam begun in the late 20th century on the Chiang Jiang in China. |
PCBs | an industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects. |
Landfill | a method of solid wwaste disposil in an area. |
Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same familly. |
Spheres of Influence | a method of dividing foreign control in China. |
Boxer Rebellion | an uprosing in 1900, spurred by angry China militiants. |
Mao Zedong | the leader of the communists in China who defeated the Nationalists in 1949; he died in 1976. |
Confucianism | a movement in China based on teachings of Confucis. |
Taoism | a philosophy based on the book Tao Te Ching. |
Buddhism | a religion that originated in India in 500 B.C and spread to China. |
Economic Tiger | a country with large amounts of economic growth. |
Pacific Run | an economic and social region with countries around the Pacific countries. |
Three Kingdoms | the kingdoms formed in 200 A.D on the Korean peninsula. |
Seoul | the capital and largest city in south Korea. |
Pyonmgyang | the capital and largest city in North Korea. |
Samurai | a profesional soilder in the Japenese who served for landowners and chiefs. |
Shogun | the general of the Emperor's army. |
Ring of Fire | the chain of volcanoes that lines the pacific ocean. |
Great Kanto Earthquake | an earthequake in 1923 in Japan that killed an estimated 140,000 people. |
Tsunami | a giant ocean wave, caused by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. |
UNICEF | an international watchdog and relief orginization for children. |
Global Economy | the merging of regional economies which nations become dependent on each other. |
Jakota Triangle | a zone of prosperity in the 1980s - Japan, Souuth Korea, and Taiwan. |
Recession | an extended period of time of decline of general business activity. |
Sweatshop | a workplace where people work for low pay and poor working conditions. |