Unit 5 World Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Chang Jiang | the longest river of Asia |
| Xi Jiang | also called the West River; the river that flows eastward through southeast China and joins the Pearl river (Zhu Jiang) to flow into South China Sea, forming an estuary between Hong kong and Macao |
| Kunlun Mountains | mountains located in the West of China that are the source of two of China's great rivers;the Huang He (Yellow) and the Chang |
| Quiling Shandi Mountains | mountains located in southeastern and east central china. |
| Huang He | a major river of Asia in northern China |
| Taklimakan Desert | desert located in western China between the Tian Shan & Kunlun Mountains |
| Typhoon | a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans |
| Gobi Desert | located in north central China. 2nd largest desert in the world. extreme temperature. very dry and infertile. sand is called loess. |
| Three Gorges Dam | A dam being built over the Yangtze river, 607' high by 1.4 miles wide, which will be completed in 2009. It will be the world's biggest dam. |
| Landfill | a low area that has been filled in |
| PCB's | synthetic chemicals containing chlorine that are used in the manufacture of plastics and other industrial products, become stored in the tissue of animals, and also persist in the environment |
| Dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family |
| Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. |
| Taoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events |
| Sphere of Influence | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential |
| Buddhism | a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha |
| Confucianism | the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese communist leader (1893-1976) |
| Pacific Rim | an economic and social region including the country's surrounding the pacific ocean |
| Economic tiger | a country with rapid econmic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggresive exports |
| Three Kingdoms | the kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea by 300 A.D. Koguryo in the northeast, PaeKche in the southwest, and Silla in the Southeast |
| Pyongyang | capital of North Korea and an industrial center |
| Seoul | the capital and largest city of South Korea |
| Samurai | feudal Japanese military aristocracy |
| Shogun | a hereditary military dictator of Japan |
| Great Kanto Earthquake | an earthquake in 1923 in japan that killed an estimated 140,000 people and left the city of tokyo in ruins |
| Tsunami | a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake) |
| UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
| Ring of Fire | a major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean |
| Global Economy | economic activity that crosses national borders |
| Sweatshop | factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions |
| Jakota Triangle | The easternmost region of the East Asian realm, consisting of Japan, (South) Korea, and Taiwan |
| Recession | the state of the economy declines |
| Forbidden City | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China |
| Mount Fuji | an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan |
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