Ch2 pp. 68-77 Flashcards
Pacific Rim
The countries bordering the Pacific Ocean with Australia, parts of Oceania, and North and South America’s west coast
Chinese Sphere
Includes China, Mongolia, and Taiwan
Gobi Desert
The coldest desert in the world
Plateau of Tibet
The highest plateau in the world
Taklamakan
The worlds most barren wastelands
Huang He and Yangtze
China’s two most important rivers
Taiwan- Formosan
An island of the southeast coast of China
Mongols
A group of nomadic tribes who for centuries wandered northeastern Asia on horseback in search of pasture for their livestock
Genghis Khan
United the Mongol tribes in the early 1200’s
Mongol Empire
Largest continental empire in history
Marco Polo
Journeyed to China and revived European interest in the East
Ulaanbaatar
The capital of Mongolia
Chung-Kuo
What the ancient Chinese called their land
Pinyin System
A system of spelling and pronunciation for in China
Ch’in
One of China’s greatest dynasties, built the Great Wall of China
Great Wall
The worlds largest fortification
terra cotton army
A army built to guard Ch’in in the afterlife
Han
One of China’s greatest dynasties, constructed the Great Silk Road
Great Silk Road
Linked China with the Roman Empire during thew Han period
Mao Tse-tung
Established a Communist dictatorship in China
Great Leap Forward
Campaign which forced the peasants to live on government owned “communes”
Beijing
The capital of China
Taipei
The capital of Taiwan
Chang Kai-shek
Came to Taiwan after China was taken over, and set up a democracy there
Nationalists
Brought their government to Taiwan
