South East Asia Terms

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mountain range in south asia that includes mount everest, the worlds tallest mountain peak, Source of rivers for east and south asia

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himalayas

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river in northern china starts in kunlun mountains and winds east for about 3,000 miles emptying into the yellow sea. Kicks up yellow when flows

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Huang He River ( Yellow River)

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longest river in asia, flowing about 3,900 miles from tibet to trhe east china sea

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Chiang Jiang River (Yangtze River)

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flows eastward through southeast china and joins the pearl river to flow into the south china sea, forming an estuary between Hong Kong and Macao

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Xi Jiang river

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Dam begun in late 20th century to help control flooding, generate power, and allow ships to sail further into china

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Three gorges dam

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China's people migrated to taiwan before japan seized taiwan in 1895. China defeated japan in WWII and regained control of Taiwan after the war. THe nationalists moved the governement and china became the republic of china

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Taiwan and China's relationship before and after WWII

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boundary line for North and South Korea

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38th parallel

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every family in china is allowed to have one child to control the overpopulation

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one child policy

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students attend school 6 days a week. Literacy rate of 99% take a test in 9th grade which sets them on a college track or a work track. has the hishest hiteracy rate in the world

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Education system in japan

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interantional watchdog and relief organization for child. stepped in when china was using children for cheap labor

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UNICEF child labor issue

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merging of economies in which natoins become dependent on each other for goods and services. Japan has one of the most powerful economies and china is the number one trading partner for most nations and when their cost of living goes up so does everyone elses

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Global economy and Japan and China's impact

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french colony compromised of Cambodia, laos, and vietnam, won independence from france in 1949

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indochina

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as a result of the communist spread after the vietnam war communism spread to cambodia and laos

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cambodia and laos relationship with vietnam

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wall fromthe yellow sea in the east to the gobi desert in the west. Protects china from invades from the north

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Great wall of China

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tropical strom like a hurricane that occurs in the western pacific

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typhoon

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a seasonal wind, especially in south asia mainly effects india

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monsoon

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a giant ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanis eruption with great destructive power

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Tsunami

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Located in northern china and southeast mongolia, prime area for finding fossils

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Gobi desert

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industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects and birth defects, banned in the us

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pcb's

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method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is burried between layers of dirt in order to fill in or reclaim low- lying ground

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Landfills

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series of rulers from the same family

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dynasty

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method of dividing foreign control in china after the country was forced to sign a series of treaties granting special privileges to the Euro's. China was partitioned for control by britain, france, Germany, and russia among others

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Sphere of influence

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a country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor high technology and aggressive exports southeast asia makes money from shipping products

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economic tiger

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economic and social region including the countries surrounding the pacific ocean extending clockwise from new zealand and the western pacific to chile in the eastern pacific and including the west coast of the US

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Pacific Rim

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chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim

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Rinf of Fire

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set of closely grouped islands indonesia, malasia, japan, phillipeans

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Archipelago

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leader of the communists in china who defeated the nationalists in 1949 died in 1976

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mao Zedong

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movement based on the teachings of confucius a chinese philospher who lived about 500 bc confucius stressed the importance of education in an ordered society in which one respects ones elders and obeys the government

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confucianism

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philosphy based on the book tao te ching and teachings of lao Tzu believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual with nature and the universe with little interference from the government

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Taoism (Daoism)

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number one industry on the world

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Japans Fishing industry

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no immigration, have population issue cost of living rises family sizes are smaller many cant retire because there is no one who can take their place and they cant afford it. growth rate declining and negative immigration

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Japans nationalism and immigration polocies

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China india United States Indonesia Brazil Pakistan

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Top 5 countries based on population

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producing enough crops to feed themselves

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self sufficient agriculture

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student protest to end communist rule in china

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Tiananmen Square

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most noteworthy of mongolians

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Genghis Khan

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unified china, killed most of their enemies, standarized their language and currency, and built the great wall

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Qin Dynasty (Chin)

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used deplomacy wanted peace signed many treaties and caused their enemies to fight each other, and his greatest general was is wife. verry rare for women to be a leader

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Chou Dynasty

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Occupation
North: Soviet
South: US/ UN
The US withdrew troops from south, north invaded to spread communism, US forced Soviet back into North and Further up, china built army, US withdrew troops and the north and south re-established. North communism south democratic

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Korean War

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North: Communism
South: Democratic
The US became involved but the civil rights movement was going on and due to lack of support withdrew their troops. The north invaded the south and spread communism into the south and further down as well.

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Vietnam War

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Yi Songgye became ruler of Korea in 1392 but japan conquered his dynasty in 1910. Japan lost their control after WWII in 1945. After the war the peninsula divided into north and south Korea.

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Japan and Korea's relationship before and after WWII