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02/25/2013

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What are the bodies of water that border the continent of Asia?
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Artic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea
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In what direction does the Artic Ocean border Asia?
Definition
north
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In what direction does the Indian Ocean border Asia?
Definition
South
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In what direction does the Pacific Ocean border Asia?
Definition
East
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In what direction does the Mediterranean Sea border Asia?
Definition
West
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What are the 3 largest countries in the world?
Definition
Russia, Canada, and China (in that order)
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What are the 3 most populated countries in the world?
Definition
China, India, and US
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What is the highest mountain in the world?
Definition
Mount Everest
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What mountain range is Mount Everest in?
Definition
the Himalyan Mountain Range
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Where is Mount Everest?
Definition
on the border between Nepal and Tibet
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What are the 3 longest rivers in the world?
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Nile, Amazon, and Yangtze (in that order)
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How many countries border China?
Definition
14
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What is southwest China called?
Definition
Tibet
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What is the capital of China?
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Beijing
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What is the 10th most populous city in the world?
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Shaghai
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What are the 2 nicknames of the Huang He River?
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Yellow River and China's Sorrow
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Why is the nickname Yellow River given to the Huang He River?
Definition
yearly flooding produces soil that is yellow
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Why is the nickname China's Sorrow given to the Huang He River?
Definition
yearly floods destron property and life
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The majority of Chinese people live where?
Definition
in rural areas
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What is the major crop of Southern China?
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rice
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What is the major crop in Northern China?
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wheat
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What is the number one occupation in China?
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Farming
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What are the main teachings of Confucius?
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Obey family, Honor elders, Kind treatment of others, practiced by chinese for more that 2000 years
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Are the teachings of Confucius based on Chrisianity?
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no
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What were the early rulers in China called?
Definition
emperors
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What type of rule did the chinese have in the early 1900s?
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dynasty
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Describe the Great Wall of China.
Definition
-Northern China
-Built to keep out invaders
-15 feet wide
-4000 miles long
-25 feet high
-road on top
-stretches from Yellow Sea to Gobi Desert
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What are three of the first inventions from China?
Definition
paper, silk, and gunpowder
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Describe Foot binding.
Definition
-Upper class females
-bound feet tightly
-broken arch
-curled all toes but big one under
-crippled
-sign of wealth and prestige
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Who was the first European to carry detailed reports of China back to Europe?
Definition
Marco Polo
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What was the first country to setablish a trading post in China?
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Portugal
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What are the two main goods Europe wanted from China?
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tea and silk
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What led to the Opium War?
Definition
the English began to smuggle Opium into China
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When did Great Britain gain control of Hong Kong?
Definition
during the Opium War
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What did the Boxers do during the Boxer Rebellion?
Definition
drive out foreigners and kill foreighn missionaries
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Who was the first communist leader in China?
Definition
Mao Zedong
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What was Mao Zedong's army called?
Definition
the Red Army
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90% of communist died during what march?
Definition
the Long March
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Japan attacked what country which forced an end to the Civil War?
Definition
China
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When the communist defeated the Nationalist, the defeated went where?
Definition
Taiwan
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What is China's offical name?
Definition
People's Republic of China
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What is the Cultural Revolution?
Definition
Red Guard's made up of disconnected high school and college students that tried to wipe out all old customs, lots of murders (not peaceful)
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What president helped establish a better relationship between US and China?
Definition
Nixon
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What happened during the Tianmmen Square Massacre in Beiging?
Definition
armed soldiers gunned down unarmed protesters
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What does the Truman Doctrine state?
Definition
US would give aide to any country threatened by communism
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Korea was divided into North Korea and South Korea on what parallel?
Definition
38
Term
US under what flag aided South Korea?
Definition
UN
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North Korea was aided by what two countries?
Definition
Russia and China
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Between North and South Korea, how big is the buffer zone?
Definition
2 1/2 miles wide
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