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DHS East Asia Terms
Chapter 27 Review Terms
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Geography
9th Grade
03/22/2009

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Kunlun Mountains
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Located in the west of China & the source of the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers
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Qinling Shandi Mountains
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Divides the northern part of China from the southern part
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Huang He
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A river that gets its name from the huge amounts of yellow silt it carries.
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Chang Jiang
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The longest river in Asia
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Xi Jiang
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A river that joins with the Pearl River and empties into the South China Sea
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Gobi Desert
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Located in northern China & southeast Mongolia; prime area for finding dinosaur fossils
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Typhoon
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Tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific
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Three Gorges Dam
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Built on the Chang Jiang to help control flooding
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PCBs
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Industrial pollutants that can cause disease and birth defects
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Landfill
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Solid waste is buried between layers of dirt to fill in low-lying land
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Dynasty
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A series of rulers from a single family
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Boxer Rebellion
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The Chinese rebelled against European control
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Mao Zedong
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Former communist leader of China until his death in 1976
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Confucianism
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A belief system that stresses the importance of order, education, and hierarchy
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Taoism
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Belief system that teaches that the individual should ignore the social order & seek harmony with nature
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Economic Tiger
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A nation that has a highly industrialized economy & trades with nations around the world
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Shogun
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General of the emperor's army in Japan
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Samurai
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Served as a bodyguard for the warriors of a clan leader
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Seoul
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Largest city in South Korea
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Pyongyang
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Largest city in North Korea
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