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21 Cards in this Set
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Himalayas |
The worlds tallest mountain range |
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Plateau of Tibet |
Blythe worlds highest plateau, located in southwest china |
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Gobi |
Located on Mongolia, the worlds coldest desert |
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North China plain |
Fertile plain in east China |
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Huang he |
The yellow river , a river in northern China that often floods |
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Loess |
Fertile, yellowish soil |
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Chang Jiang |
The Yangzi river, Asia's longest river, flows across central China |
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Dynasty |
A series of rulers from the same family line |
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Dialect |
A regional version of a languge |
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Daoism |
Belief system that stresses living simply and in harmony with nature |
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Confucianism |
A philosophy based on the ideas and teachings of Confucius |
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Pagodas |
Buddhist temples that have multi storied towers with an upward curving roof at each floor |
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Command economy |
An economic system in which the government owns all buisnesses and makes all decisions |
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Beijing |
China's capital |
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Tibet |
The Buddhist region in southwest China |
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Shanghai |
China's largest city |
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Hong kong |
Important center of trade and tourism in southern china |
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Gers |
Large, circular. Felt tents that are easy to put up, take down, and move |
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Ulaanbaatar |
Mongolia's capital and only large city |
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Taipei |
Taiwan's capital and main financial center |
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Kao-hsiung |
Taiwan's main seaport and a center of heavy industry |
