Physical Geography
The longest river in Asia
What is the Chang Jiang River?
Areas carved up by European powers.
What are Spheres of Influence?
An economy where nations are dependent on each other for goods.
What is a Global Economy?
Kingdoms formed on the Korean Peninsula by 300 A.D.
What are the Three Kingdoms?
A dam built to control flooding on the Chang Jiang River.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
A chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim
What is the Ring of fire?
First leader of Communist China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
Workplaces where people work long hours for little money.
What is a sweatshop?
Professional soldiers of Japan
What are Samurai?
A huge wave of destructive power.
What is a Tsunami?
A Chinese river known for its yellow silt.
What is the Huang He River?
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a Dynasty?
A nation that has rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports.
What is an Economic Tiger?
The largest city of South Korea.
What is Seoul?
A tropical storm that occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.
A region in Northern China/Southeast Mongolia prime for finding dinosaur fossils
What is the Gobi Desert?
A Chinese religion based on the teachings of Lao Tzu.
What is Taoism?
An extended decline in general business activity.
What is a Recession?
The largest city of North Korea.
What is Pyongyang?
This river is also known as the "West River".
What is the Xi Jiang River?
A desert located between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains.
What is the Taklimakan Desert?
What is Confucianism?
A religion that originated in India and spread to China where it became a major religion.
What is Buddhism?
The general of the emperor's army.
What is a Shogun?
A period where Chinese militants fought against Europeans and Chinese Christians.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?