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Chapter 16

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