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Unit 9 Vocabulary

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Kunlun Mountains   Mountains located in the West of China that are the source of Chian's great rivers, the Huang He, and the Chang Jiang.  
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Qinling Shandi Mountains   Mountains in the southeastern and east-central China; divide North China from South China  
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Huang He   River in northern China, also called the Yellow River, empties into the Yellow Sea.  
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Chang Jiang   Longest river in Asia, flowing about 3,900 miles.  
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Xi Jiang   also called the west river; the river that flows through southeast China.  
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Typhoon   Tropical storm like a hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific.  
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Taklimakan Desert   Desert located in western China between the Tian Shan and Kunlun mountains.  
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Gobi Desert   Desert located in Northern China and southeast Mongolia, lots of dinosaur fossils.  
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Three Gorges Dam   Dam begun in the late 20th century on the Chang Jiang in China, to help control flooding.  
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PCBs   Industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects and birth defects.  
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Landfill   Method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt in order to fill or recliam low-lying ground.  
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Dynasty   Series of rulers from the same family.  
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Spheres of Influence   Method of dividing foreign control in China.  
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Boxer Rebellion   Uprising in China in 1900, spurred by angry Chinese militiants, or Boxers, over foreign control.  
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Mao Zedong   Leader of the communists in China who defeated the Nationalists in 1949.  
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Confucainism   Movement based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 B.C.  
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Taoism   Philosophy based on the teachings of Lao-Tzu, who lived in China in the sixth century B.C.  
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Buddhism   Religion that originated in India in about 500 B.C. and spread to China.  
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Economic Tiger   Country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports.  
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Pacific Rim   Economic and social region including the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean.  
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Three Kingdoms   Kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea by A.D. 300.  
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Seoul   Largest city in South Korea, more than 10,000,000 people.  
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Pyongyang   Largest city in North Korea, more than 2.5 million people.  
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Samurai   Professional soldier in Japan who served the interests of landowners adn clan chiefs.  
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Shogun   General of the emperor's army with the powers of a military dictator.  
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Ring of Fire   Chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim.  
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Great Kanto Earthquake   Earthquake in Japan in 1923 that killed and estimated 140,000 people adn left Tokyo in ruins.  
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Tsunami   Giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.  
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UNICEF   International watchdog adn relief organization for children.  
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Global Economy   Merging of regional economies in which natoins become dependent upon eachother.  
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Jakota Triangle   Zone of prosperity during the 1980's and early 1990's- Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.  
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Recession   Extended period of decline in general business activity.  
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Sweatshop   Workplace where people work long hours for low pay under poor conditions to enrich manufacturers.  
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