Vocabulary
Seasonal winds that bring rain in Asia
monsoons
landlocked
China's first communist leader
Mao Zedong
1950
Mt Everest borders
China and Nepal
Indonesia, Philippines, Japan are
archipelago
Border between North and South Korea
DMZ
Sultan
1940s
WWII
Autonomous Buddhist region in China that is still strictly controlled by the Chinese government
Tibet
Hereditary system of rule in China
Dynasty
Type of economic activity in rural Mongolia
nomadic herding
Kim Jong Un
1975
Khmer Rouge take over in Cambodia
Highest mountain/volcano in Japan
Mt Fuji
The Strait of Malacca is an important shipping lane. It is known as a
choke point
Movement of manufacturing jobs to newly industrialized Asian countries caused in part by cost savings due to lower wages and standards that super-cede the cost of transportation
outsourcing
Leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
Pol Pot
1989
Tienanmen Square
Body of water between Vietnam and Philippines
South China Sea
Left over from the Vietnam war, creates hardship for farmers in the area.
land mines
Term that describes the government system in North Korea since 1950
Communist dynastic dictatorship
American commodore who opened up Japan to trade
Matthew Perry
1369-1644
Great Wall of China
Built across the Yangtze
Three Gorges Dam