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CULTURE 2
VOCABULARY
100
The longest river in East Asia
What is the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)?
100
These mountains are the source of China's two major rivers
What is the Kunlun Mountains?
100
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
100
The first Communist leader of China
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
Largest city in North Korea
What is Pyongyang?
200
River that is known for its yellow silt
What is the Huang He (Yellow River)?
200
A prime area for finding dinosaur fossils dating back millions of years
What is the Gobi Desert?
200
China was carved up and controlled by the British, French, Germans, Japanese, and Russians
What is the spheres of influence?
200
Belief system based on the teachings of Confucius?
What is Confucianism?
200
Chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim
What is the Ring of Fire?
300
This structure is being built on the Chiang Jiang River
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
300
Mountains that divide the northern part of China from the south
What is the Qinling Shandi Mountains?
300
Fighting in which Chinese militants attacked Europeans and Chinese Christians in China
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
Belief in harmony with the universe and the individual
Taoism
300
A huge wave caused underwater earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
What is a tsunami?
400
This river was used by the Chinese troops that entered Korea during the Korean War
What is the Yalu Jiang River?
400
Method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt to fill in reclaim low-lying ground
What is a landfill?
400
Professional soldiers that served the landowners and clan chiefs
What is a samurai?
400
Place where people work long hours for low pay and very poor conditions
What is a sweatshop?
400
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwain form a zone of prosperity
What is the Jakota Triangle?
500
The following ocean borders the east coast of Japan
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
Desert located between the Tian Shan and Kunlun mountains
What is the Taklimakan Desert?
500
A general of the emperor's army with the powers of a military dictator.
What is a shogun?
500
Largest city in South Korea
What is Seoul?
500
Disaster that killed over 140,000 people in Tokyo in 1923
What is the Great Kanto earthquake?
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