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chapter 27-29

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kunlum mountains   mountains located in the west of china that are the sorce of two of chinas great rivers.  
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qinling shadi mountains   divide the northern part of china from the south.  
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huang he   of northern china starts in the kunlun mountainss in the west.  
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chang jiang   the longest river in all of asia.  
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xi jiang   west river runs its course in the south of china.  
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typhoon   a tropical storm that occures in the western pasific.  
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taklimakan desert   located in wesern china between the tian in the northern china and southeast mongolia.  
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gobi desert   located in northern china and south mongolia.  
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three gorges dam   was built on the chang jiang in chna.  
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pcbs   industrial pollutants that build up in tissue and can cause disease and birth defects.  
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landfill   ia a method of solid waste disposal in which refuse to buried between layers of dirt to fill in low lying ground.  
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dynasty   a series of rulers from the same family.  
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spheres of influence   a method of dividing foregin control in china.  
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boxer rebellon   an uprising in china in 1900 spurred by anger chinese militants or boxers.  
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mao zeong   the leader n the comunist in china who defeated the nationalist.  
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confucianism   a movment based on the tactics based on the teachings of confucius.  
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taoism   a philosophy based on a book tao te ching and th etechings of lao-tuz.  
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buddhism   a religion that origanated in india about 500 b.c and spread to china.  
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economic tiger   a country with rapid economic groth due to cheep labor.  
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pacific rim   an economic and social region including the countries surrounding the pacific ocean.  
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three kingdoms   the kingdoms form in the pinensula of korea by a.d.  
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seoul   the largest city in south korea,with a population more than 10 million people.  
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pyongyang   the largest city in north korea with more than 2.5 million people.  
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samurail   a professional soldier in japan who served the intrests of landowners and clan cheifs.  
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shogun   the general of the emporers army with the powers of a military dictator.  
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ring of fire   the chain of volcanoes that lines the pacific rim.  
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great kanto earthquake   an earthquake in 1923 in japan that killed an estimated 140000 people and left the city of tokyo in ruins.  
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tsunami   a giant ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or valcanic eruption.  
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unicef   an international watchdog and relief organization for children.  
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global economy   the merging of regional economies in which nationas become dependent on each other for goods and servicess.  
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jakota triangle   a zone of prosperity during the 1980 and early 1990 japan,south koea,and taiwan.  
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recession   an extended period of decline in general buiness activity.  
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sweatshop   a workplace were people work long hours for low pay under poor conditions to enrich manufactures.  
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