World Cultures and Geography Unit 8 Chapter 23: East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands: Land and History
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World Cultures and Geography- McDougal LIttel
Unit 8
Chapter 23
Section 1: Physical Geography
Section 2: Ancient China
Section 3: Ancient Japan
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 Mount Everest |  the highest mountain peak in the world, located in the Himalayas on the border of China and Nepal |
| Great Barrier Reef |  world's largest coral reef system, located off Australia's northeastern coast |
| Mount Fuji |  the tallest mountain and an active volcano in Japan |
| Ring of Fire | an area of volcanic activity along the borders of the Pacific Ocean |
| Outback | the vast,flat plain that extends across most of central Australia |
| typhoon | a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean |
| Taoism | a Chinese philosophy founded in the 200s B.C. by Lao Tzu |
| bureaucracy | the administration of a government through departments called bureaus |
| Confucius | a man named Kongfuzi (called Confucius by Europeans), who at the end of the Zhou dynasty, developed a new philosophy and taught the importance of moral character and of individuals taking responsibility for the state of their society. |
| Kublai Khan | grandson of Genghis Khan; in 1279, led the Mongols and conquered China's Song Dynasty and established the Yuan Dynasty |
| Genghis Khan | grandfather of Kublai Khan; Mongol leader who in 1211, invaded China but failed to conquer it. |
| Lao Tzu | developed Taoism in 500 B.C. during the Zhou Dynasty and wrote the main Taoist book- the Taote Ching. |
| dynasty | a family of rulers |
| clan | a group of families who trace their descent to a common ancestor |
| Shinto | a Japanese religion that developed around 300 B.C. |
| Heian Age | the golden age of Japanese culture, from 794 to 1185. |
| The Tale of Genji | The world's first novel, written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu of Japan in the 11th century |
| Zen | a branch of Buddhism practiced in Japan, which emphasizes that people can achieve enlightenment suddenly |
| samurai | a Japanese warrior who pledged to serve a particular lord and protect his estate |
| shogun | in feudal Japan, the emperor's chief general, who held most of the country's power. |
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