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100
A tropical storm, like a hurricane that occurs in the western pacific.
What is a typhoon?
100
A philosophy based on the book Tao Te Ching and the teachings of Lao-Tzu.
What is Taoism?
100
A method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground.
What is a Landfill?
100
The longest river in China.
What is the Chang Jiang?
100
The Capitol of North Korea.
What is Pyongyang?
200
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
200
A religion that originated in India about 500 B.C. and spread to China.
What is Buddhism?
200
Industrial pollutants that build up in animal tissue.
What is PCBs?
200
Mountains located in the west of China that are the source of two of Chinas great rivers.
What is the Kunlun Mountains?
200
A desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
300
An uprising in China in 1900 spurred by angry Chinese militants over foreign control.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
a movement based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 B.C.
What is Confucianism?
300
built on the Chang Jiang in China, to help control flooding, generate power, and allow ships to sail farther into China?
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
300
A river in northern China, also called the yellow river, winds east for about 3,000 miles, emptying into the Yellow Sea.
What is the Huang He River?
300
The capitol of South Korea.
What is Seoul?
400
A method of dividing foreign control in China.
What is Spheres of Influence?
400
How many major religions does China have?
What is 3?
400
A nation that has rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports?
What is an Economic Tiger?
400
Also called the West River; the river that flows eastward through southeast China and joins the Pearl River to flow into the South China Sea.
What is the Xi Jiang River?
400
Because of Western influence _________ has become a very popular sport in Taiwan and other parts of Asia, particularly Japan
What is Baseball?
500
The professional solider in Japan who served the interests of landowners and clan chiefs.
What is a Samurai?
500
What are some of the basic beliefs of Confucianism?
What is the importance of education, respecting your elders, and obeying the government?
500
The countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Pacific Rim?
500
Around 500 miles long, forms the border between North Korea and China.
What is the Yalu Jiang?
500
Thousands of life-sized terra cotta soldiers have been unearthed by archaeologists here.
What is China?