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North China Plain

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physical region where most of China's population is located

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Northwest area

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cool and dry

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Southeast area

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warm and wet

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1911

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last Chinese dynasty ended

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Nationalists

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Lost the Chinese Civil War, in favor of a democracy

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Communists

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Won the Chinese civil war, in favor of communism,

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Mao Zedong

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led the communist side of the civil war

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Daoism

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belief that there are spirits in nature

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Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism

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Chinese values and beliefs that are blended together

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lots of pollution, deforestation, loss of farmland

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the effect on China's environment as a result of their booming economy

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traditional way of life in Mongolia where people constantly move and live in tents called gers

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gers

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tents that were easy to put up and take down and travel with

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Taiwan and China's relationship today

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china- claims that Taiwan is a part of China

Taiwan- claims that Taiwan

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volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons

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natural disasters that occur near japan, and the koreas

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fishery

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very important industry in Japan

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Buddhism, emperors

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examples of ways that China affected the culture of Japan and the Koreas

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Started the pacific war

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japan; bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Ended the pacific war

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US; Dropped 2 atomic bombs on two Japan cities: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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South Korea and North Korea's relationship

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SK; market economy NK; command economy

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Japan's official leader

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an emperor

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Diet

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elected legislature in Japan, ruled by a prime minister

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shogun

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jap military leader

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samurai

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highly trained jap warrior

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Bushido

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"Way of the Warrior" ; honor code that samurais followed

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seppeku

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Japanese ritual of suicide performed by a samurai

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shintoism

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native jap. religion; believe that native spirits , called kami live in the worl

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kimchi

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pickled cabbage

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manufacturing

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basis of Japanese economy

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japan imports lots of __ and ___.

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food and raw materials

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osaka

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2nd largest city in japan

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life in tokyo

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noisy,busy,crowded,tall buildings,expensive real estate,underground shopping/restaraunts

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rural life in tokyo

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most people out of cities work in small farms

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himalayas

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run along SW border of China

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Mt, Everest

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worlds tallest mountain

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Plateau of Tibet

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north of Himalayas, worlds highest plateau, known as the roof of the world

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Taklimaklan Desert

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located in NW china, known for horrible sandstorms, and the name "Enter and you will not come out"

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Gobi Desert

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worlds coldest desert, in Mongolia

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Yellow River

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carries loess, "China's Sorrow"

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loess

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fertile yellow soil

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Yangzi River

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china's longest river, key transportation route

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china resources

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minerals, forest, farrmland

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Taiwan resources

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farmland, sugarcane, tea, bananas

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Mongolia resources

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coal, iron, tin, livestock

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chinas old port cities

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hong kong and macao

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tianamen square

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where thousands of people gathered in china because they wanted democracy

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beijing

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capital of China