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Geography of China
Chinese History
Chinese Culture
Taiwan and Mongolia
"This and That"
100
mountain range found in the southwestern part of China
What are the Himalayas?
100
a series of rulers from the same family line
What is a dynasty?
100
approximate population of China
What is about 1.5 billion people?
100
the capital of Taiwan
What is Taipei?
100
type of economy in which the government sets the goals, quotas and prices for what is produced
What is a command economy?
200
the world's largest plateau - called the Roof of the World
What is the Plateau of Tibet?
200
this was built to keep invaders from Mongolia out of China - it didn't work
What is the Great Wall of China?
200
this philosophy stresses harmony with nature and a simple lifestyle
What is Taoism?
200
the capital of Mongolia
What is Ulaanbaatar?
200
type of economy in which the consumers greatly influence what is produced and how much it will cost
What is free-market economy?
300
type of tropical storm that affects the eastern coast of China
What is a typhoon?
300
China's last dynasty
What was the Qing (Ching) dynasty?
300
three of the four largest cities in China
What are Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao?
300
large, circular felt tents used by Mongolian nomads
What are gers?
300
major port city in China that was once controlled by the British
What is Hong Kong?
400
the longest river in China and a major transportation route
What is the Yangzi (Chang Jiang) River?
400
China's civil war fought after WWII was fought between these two groups
Who were the Communists and the Nationalists?
400
two popular sports in China today
What are martial arts and table tennis?
400
type of government found today in Taiwan
What is a democracy?
400
the movement of people into cities
What is urbanization?
500
nicknames given to China's Huang He River
What are the Yellow River and "China's Sorrow"?
500
leader of the Chinese communists during China's civil war
Who was Mao Zedong?
500
four major contributions or achievements of the ancient Chinese
What are moveable type and printing, paper, magnetic compass, mechanical clock, gunpowder/fireworks, silk, the seismograph and the umbrella?
500
main reason why there is much tension between the Peoples' Republic of China and Taiwan
What is both believe they are the true China?
500
two main sources of pollution in China
What are cars and factories?