Rivers
Where is the Huang He located?
Northern China
What is an economic and social region made up of the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Rim
Huge wave formed by underwater earthquake
tsunami
Which leader of the Communists in China led from 1949 until his death in 1976?
Mao Zedong
Why are PCBs harmful?
They can cause disease and birth defects
Southernmost river in China
Xi Chiang
What might have happened if the Qingling Shandi Mountains did not exist
The cultures of North and South Korea would be the same
System in which countries become dependent on each other for goods and services
global economy
What served as a bodyguard for the warriors of a clan leader?
Samurai
What is the landfill in Japan used for?
To make more land suitable for living
Which river carries most of the goods shipped on China's waterways
Chang Jiang
What might have happened if the Three Gorges Dam was not built
Predator populations would have increased (like leopards)
reported that children in east asia were working in factories and begging in the streets.
UNICEF
What are the teachings of Taoism?
Importance of preserving and restoring harmony in the individual and the universe
Economic powerhouses of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Jakota Triangle
Where does the Huang He river begin?
Kunlun Mountains
What do you find in the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts
Nomads, sparse vegetation, dinosaur fossils
causes continental crust to crumble, thereby building mountains and volcanoes
subduction
What is Confucianism
Belief system based on teachings of Confucius. Importance of respect for ancestors, government, emperor, and importance of education
loaned money to East Asian countries that promised to reform social policies
world bank
Huang He's importance to China
Transportation, irrigation, and hydroelectric power
Seoul. Pyongyang.
left Tokyo in ruins in 1923
Great Kanto Earthquake
What formed the nation of Korea beginning in the late 300s and lasting into the 600s?
Three Kingdoms
What was the uprising in response to the spheres of influence in China called?
Boxer Rebellion