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Pacific Rim The region, which has coasts on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean
Han 92% of the people in China
North China Plain is the heart of the People's Repunlic of China
intensive farming a form of subsistence farming in fertile areas the allows many individuals to raise crops on a small plot land.
Qin Ling Mountains which run east to west across the middle of the plain, rising to 13,474
Huang He Main rivers of China, in the north
Chang Main rivers of China, in the south. Third-largest river, the longest river in Asia
dynasty series of rulers who come from the same family
Xi'an on a tributary of the Huang He, was the capital of the Chinese dynasties for more than a 1000 years
Shanghai China's largest city, lies on the Huang P'u River near the mouth of the Chang
Beijing is China's second-largest city and the fourteenth largest in the world
Forbidden City the heart of Beijing, where the Chinese emperors once lived
Tiananamen Square Leaders review parades displaying the country's military might on the 34-acre grounds, the largest square in the world
Tianjin the port for Beijing, lies at the mouth of the Hai River
Manchus the last foreign power to control China
Southern Uplands harbor more ethnic groups and languages than any other region in China
Hainan largest island in China
Xi River is the transportaition hub of the Southern Uplands
Guangzhou the region's largest city
Hong Kong found by the British, which about 90 miles southeast of Guangzhou
Macau the second colony, the oldest European colony in Asia, which the Portuguese founded 1557
Sun Yat-sen 1912, had established a republican form of government
Chiang Kai-shek corruption and strife within the Nationalist (Kuomintang) Parth caused dissension in the courtry
Great Leap Forward 1958, Mao further centralized farming and industrail activity.
Cultural Revolution 1966, sending gangs of young people called the Red Guard throughout China in an antiintellectual, anti-christain rampage.
Deng Xiaoping began to change China's direction
autonomous region offers self-rule to a minority, but these minority groups have very powers
Guangxi is on coast at the Tonkin Gulf and the border with Vietnam
Zhuang China's largest minority, live in Guangxi and number more than 15th million
Tibet also known as Xizang rises west of China's Southern Uplands
Lhasa The capital, lies in one such valley, the Tsangpo Valley
Dalai Lama which is led by a governmental and spiritual ruler
Taklimakan Desert which might be the driest area in Asia
Nei Mongol is the part cintrilled by China, between the Great Wall and the country of Mongolia
Ningxia a small region that lies just inside the Great Wall where the Huang He flows into Inner Mongolia
Taiwan is an island in the South China Sea about 100 miles off the China
Taipei Taiwan
Quemoy which is due west of central Taiwan
Matsu which is northwest of northern Taiwan
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia's main urban center is the capital
Gobi Desert is the world's coldest and most northerly desert
Korea is a peninsula that extends south from northeaster China
Korean Peninsula Two rivers, the Yalu and the Tumen, divide from China and Russia in the north
Mount Paektu Korea's highest mountain
Hamgyong Mountains at the north end
Taebaek Mountains Running down the east central portion of the peninsula
Korea Peninsula Korea has been conquered at various times by China, the Mongols, Japan, and the Manchus
N and S Korea Divided after World War II
Demorcratic People's Republic of Korea The Soviets established a Communist satellite
demilitarized zone (DMZ) a stripe of land in which no troops or weapons are allowed
Kim II Sung N Korea's Communist ruler, "Great Leader", isolated his country from the rest of the world
Juche Worship of the North Korean state as represented by Kim II Sung, also known as Kimilsungism
Kim Jong II succeeded his father and has continue his father's oppressive regime. Refer as "the Dear Leader"
Pyongyang the capital of North Korea
South Korea also known as the Republic of Korea
Seoul country's capital, manufacturing center, 7th largest city and largest on the Peninsula
Nippon source of the sun
prefectures provincial divsions
Shinto is the native religion of japan
kami who are believed to indwell mountains, rivers, tree, and parts of nature
Honshu Japan's largest island, is home to more than 80% of the Japanese. It contain 34% of the 47% prefectures and 8 of the 10 largest cities, including Tokyo
Tokyo eastern capital, is the largest city in Japan and part of the largest megalopolis in the world, with 35 million people
Yokohama Japan's 2nd-largest city (pop. 3.52 million) and main port, is close to Tokyo
Kanto Pain Japan's largest lowland
Fujiyama called Mount Fuji, reaches 12,389 Ft
Kyoto Japan's capital for more than 1000 years in ancient times
samurai protected estate of feudal lord (daimyo)
Yoritomo clan established itself as the country's strongest clan in 1192
shogun great general
Nagoya Japan's 4th-largest city at 2.18 million people and the Chukyo Industrail Region
Hirashima city of 1.14 million people and where the first atomic bomb was dropped
Shikoku the smallest of Japan's main island
Kyushu the southernwest and 2nd-most-pop.
Okinawa Japan's 5th-most pop. island
Iwo Jima is one of three Volcano Isalnd farther south
Hokkaido the 5th largest city
Taoism A religion of China that promotes the belief in two matched forces called yin and yang
Confucianism A chinese philosophy that teaches harmony through proper treatment of others
Lao Zi "Old Master" who taught Taoism
Confucius grew up near the mouth of the Huang He
Ancestor worship The chinese traditionally practiced
Three Gorges Dam generate electricity equivalent to eighteen nuclear power plants
Great Wall It was built primarily during the fourteeth to the seventeeth centuries to protect China from invasions
Potala Palace palave far exeeded the old ruins and rose thirteen stories
theocrat one who rules by religious or divine authority
Xinjiang covers an area the size of Alaska in northwest China, making it by far the largest of China's political divisions

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Created October 28, 2008
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  1. Ningxia → a small region that lies just inside the Great Wall where the Huang He flows into Inner Mongolia - 13 misses
  2. Xi'an → on a tributary of the Huang He, was the capital of the Chinese dynasties for more than a 1000 years - 12 misses
  3. Guangxi → is on coast at the Tonkin Gulf and the border with Vietnam - 11 misses
  4. Tianjin → the port for Beijing, lies at the mouth of the Hai River - 10 misses
  5. Matsu → which is northwest of northern Taiwan - 9 misses
  6. Chiang Kai-shek → corruption and strife within the Nationalist (Kuomintang) Parth caused dissension in the courtry - 9 misses
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