Chapter 20 SQ and Chapter Review Flashcards
intensive farming
Growing a large amount of food in a small area
Confucianism
This philosophy became the single greatest influence on Chinese society
ancestor worship
Worshipping ancestors
Taoism
Presents the world as a competition between two equally matched forces called yin and yang
dynasty
The son of the ruler will be the next ruler
Special Economic Zones
Zones that trade is freely aloud
autonomous regions
Self governing regions
Theocrat
One who rules by religious authority
ger
A collapsible tent
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
The military can’t be there
Juche
Worship of the state representative
Nippon
Means source of the sun
prefecture
Provincial divisions
Shinto
Worship of many gods
samurai
Warriors
Confucius
A Chinese philosopher
Tiananmen Square
The largest square in the world
Great Wall
One of the architectural wonders of the world
Sun Yat-sen
Established a republican government in china
Chiang Kai-shek
He was a ruler of china
Mao Zedong
Started the red guard
Cultural Revolution
Launched by Mao Zedong
Red Guard
Gangs of young people
Dalai Lama
A government and spiritual leader
Two main rivers of China
The huang he and the Chang
What is China’s largest autonomous region?
Xinjiang
What desert dominates Mongolia?
The Gobi
What is the largest city of the Korean peninsula?
Seoul
What are the two largest cities in Japan?
Tokyo and Yokohama
Which former British colony did China regain in 1997?
Hong Kong
Which geographic region of china has more ethnic groups and languages than any other?
The southern uplands
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Which geographic region is considered the heart of the real china?
Idk
What region is call the roof of the world?
Tibet
Who leads the Tibetan buddhists?
The Dalai Lama
To what does the term Mongolia refer?
The ancestral home of a mama doc people
Which island does China claim as it’s own but exercise little practical control over?
Taiwan
Which mountain range forms the backbone of the east central portion of the Korean Peninsula?
The Teabaek mountains
What are the names of the two communists who have ruled North Korea?
Kim Il sung and Kim Jong Il
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What is the religion that influences all Japanese people?
Shinto
What factors enabled Japan to recover so quickly from World War II to become the economic giant it is today?
There mindset