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60 Cards in this Set
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China
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third largest nation in the world
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Huang He
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Yellow River, where Chinese civilization began
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China's Sorrow
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Huang He River, because of the flooding and damage that it would cause
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China's First Dynasty
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developed a system of writing that involved more than 3000 characters
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Chou Dynasty
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longest ruling dynasty
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Shih Huang Ti
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first emperor of China
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Ch'in Dynasty
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where China got its name, shortest dynasty
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Great Wall of China
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longest structure ever built by man
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Han Dynasty
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when China grew to its greatest size
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Great Silk Road
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famous land route between the Roman Empire and China
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Silk
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the Chinese were the first people to discover and use this
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Confucius
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famous Chinese teacher and philosophy
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paper
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first real kind made by Chinese from the bark of the mulberry tree
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printing
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Chinese made block prints and paper money
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Hudson Taylor
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the "Father of Faith Missions"
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Chinese inventions
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compass, gunpowder, compass
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porcelain
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delicate, white pottery made by the Chinese
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Marco Polo
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Italian trader who traveled to China and back
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Cathay
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what Marco Polo called China
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John and Betty Stam
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killed for sharing Christ in China
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Sun Yat-sen
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leader of the Republic of China
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Mao Tse-tung
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leader of the Chinese Communist
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Chiang Kai-shek
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leader of the Nationalists of the Republic of China
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Taiwan
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where Chiang Kai-shek and his supporters fled
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People's Republic of China
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Mainland China, controlled by Mao Tse-tung and the Communists
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Rice
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main crop of China, usually eaten with every meal
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Beijing
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China's capital
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Hong Kong
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prosperous colony returned to China in 1997
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pagoda
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building or tower with many stories
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giant panda
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one of the rarest animals, found in China, love bamboo
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Grand Canal
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longest man-made waterway in the world
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junks and sampans
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small Chinese boats used to carry goods to the market
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Tiananmen Square
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place in Beijing where one million Chinese gathered to protest Communism
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Taipei
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capital of Taiwan
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Genghis Khan
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leader of Mongolian empire
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Mongol Empire
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largest empire in history
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Gobi Desert
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one of the coldest deserts in the world and the northernmost desert
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North Korea
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controlled by Communists, tried to attack South Korea
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P'yongyang
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capital of North Korea
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South Korea
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free republic, US helped to keep it free
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Seoul
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capital of South Korea
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Japan
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Land of the Rising Sun
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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helped open Japan for trade
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Hirohito
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emperor of Japan during WWII
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Tojo
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powerful Japanese general
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Pearl Harbor
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US military base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese on Dec. 7th 1941
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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where US dropped first atomic bomb to end WWII.
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Mt. Fuji
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Japan's most famous landmark
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Tokyo
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capital of Japan
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kimonos
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long robes that Japanese women wear
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Adoniram Judson
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Father of American Missions
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Thailand
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Land of the Free
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Indonesia
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Spice Islands or East Indies
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Vietnam War
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North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam and US was unable to help South stay free
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Bangkok
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capital of Thailand
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Borneo
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3rd largest island in the world
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Singapore
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capital of Singapore
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Manila
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capital of the Philippines
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bullet train
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high speed train found in Japan
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bamboo
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99% of a panda's diet
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