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36 Cards in this Set
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huge wave created by underwater earthquakes.
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tsunamis
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island chain
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archipelago
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fine yellow-brown topsoil
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loess
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prevailing winds
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monsoon
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tropical violent storms
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typhoons
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warm-water current that flows north
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japan current
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taiwan's original inhabitants
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aborigine
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a center of culture where it originated, then spread
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culture hearth
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ruling family
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dynasty
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pictures that stand for ideas
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ideograms
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non-religious
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atheist
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ethnic group that covers entire population
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homogeneous
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family groups
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clans
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military ruler
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shogun
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professional warriors hired by shogun as his assistants
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samurai
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mixing of many cultures
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cultural convergence
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form of poetry with 3 lines and 17 syllables
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haiku
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absorption of popular culture
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acculturation
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growing apart of cultures
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cultural divergence
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The mid latitude climates of Eastern Asia are...
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Humid continental, Humid subtropical, and Desert.
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The low latitude climates of Eastern Asia are...
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Tropical wet and Tropical dry.
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Humid Continental's climate is...
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in the extreme north of east Asia.
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Humid Subtropics's climate is...
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south of east Asia.
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Desert climate is...
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in the middle of east Asia.
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Tropical wet is...
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below the Tropic of Cancer.
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Tropical dry is...
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above the Tropic of Cancer.
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Tibet is a _______ kingdom that is controlled by China, in the _________ area of the country.
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Buddhist, western
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________ is located in eastern China, and it is one of it's major cities.
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Shanghai
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________ is the capital city of China.
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Beijing
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92% of people once belonged to the ____ family.
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Han
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There are a total of __ ethnic groups in China.
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55
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Most people live in the _____________.
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fertile valley
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Chinese people are people who belong to ________________.
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the middle kingdom
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___________ was the person who exploited the people to use communism.
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Mao Zedong
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With communism, came great and high quality __________ for all of the population.
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education
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Since china is a developing country, its _____________ is still not fully organized.
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health care
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