chapter 17 vocab

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Himalayas
worlds tallest mountain range
plateau of tibet
worlds highest plateau located in southwest china
gobi
world's coldest desert, located in Mongolia
North China Plain
Fertile plain in east China
Huang He
the Yellow River, a river in northern China that often floods
Loess
fertile, yellowish soil
Chang Jiang
the Yangzi River, Asia's longest river, flows across central China
Beijing
China's capital
Tibet
Buddhist region in southwest China
command economy
an economy in which government owns all businesses and makes all of the decisions
ShanghaiChina's largest cityHong KongImportant center of trade and tourism in southern ChinaDialecta regional version of a languageDaoismbelief system that stresses living simply and in harmony with natureConfucianismphilosophy based on the ideas and teachings of confuciuspagodasBuddhist temples that have multi-storied towers with an upward curving roof at each floorgerslarge, circular, felt tents that are easy to put up, take down, and moveUlaanbaatarMongolia's capital and only large cityTaipeiTaiwan's capital and main financial centerkao-hsiungTaiwan's main seaport and a center of heavy industry