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World Geography 1106 Flashcards

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RELIGIONS

Old Testament, Jewish people, Law of Moses

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Judaism

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RELIGIONS

Siddhartha Gautama, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana

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Buddhism

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RELIGIONS

Muhammad, Allah, Koran, five pillars, Mecca

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Islam

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RELIGIONS

Japan, shrines, many gods

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Shinto

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RELIGIONS

political theory, theory of human nature, sages

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Conficianism

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RELIGIONS

New testament, Jesus Christ, Messiah

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Christianity

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____ Asia includes Mongolia and western and northern China

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Central

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The region between Mediterranean Sea and Afghanistan is ____ Asia

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Islamic

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Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and most of China are in ____ Asia

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Sinic

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_____ Asia includes peninsulas and islands between India and China

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Southeast

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The region between southern Russia and the Arctic Ocean is _____ Asia

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North

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India and the surrounding nations are in ____ Asia

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Indic

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an area where two or more strong cultures share domination

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shatter zone

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Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Dead Sea

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saline

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Lake Baikal

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fresh water

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highest point on Earth

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Mount Everest

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second-highest point on earth

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K2

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lowest point on Earth’s land

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Dead Sea Shore

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facts about Asia

____ continent

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largest

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facts about Asia

longest ___

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coastline

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facts about Asia

includes ___ nations and parts of ___ others

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49; 3

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facts about Asia

more than half the world’s ____

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population

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facts about Asia

the 67 ____ on Earth

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highest point

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facts about Asia

includes about 1/3 of Earth’s ___ area

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land

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a communist nation between 1924 and 1990

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Mongolia

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still has a communist government

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China, North Korea

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low population density

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Mongolia

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third-largest nation on earth

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China

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landlocked

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Mongolia

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independent nation with a noncommunist government

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Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan

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Formosa

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Taiwan

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Chung Hua

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China

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first industrialized ASIAN nation

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China

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Tibet, Sinkiang, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia

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Chinaq

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located on a peninsula between Yellow Sea and Sea Of Japan

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North Korea, South Korea

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British Crown Colony until 1997

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Hong Kong

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terrain primarily mountainous

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Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

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second nation to establish a communist government

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Mongolia

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Gobi desert

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China, Mongolia

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“land of the rising sun”

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Japan

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largest national population

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China

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four main islands and thousands of smaller ones, including Volcano, Ryukyu, Marcus, and Bonin Islands

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Japan

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Asia’s Great Divide separates rivers flowing to the ____ Ocean from those flowing to the ____ Ocean

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Arctic; Pacific

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The longest man-made structure on earth is the ____ of China

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Greatest Wall

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The longest river in Asia is the ____, or Chuang Jiang, in China

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Yangtze

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___ is a system for spelling Chinese names and places in Roman Letters

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Pinyin

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The nation of ____ was founded when Nationalist Chinese fled the communist takeover of mainland China

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Taiwan

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____ is located on the Kowloon Peninsula and 230 islands

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Hong Kong

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In many Asian nations, ___ of hillsides, ____, and chemical ____ are necessary for efficient agricultural production

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terracing; irrigation; fertilizers

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____ Korea is more industrialized and more densely populated than ____ Korea

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South; North

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The warm ____ and the cold ____ affect the climate of Japan

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Kuro Shio; Okhotsk

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CAPITALS

Mongolia

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Ulan Bator

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CAPITALS

China

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Beijing

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CAPITALS

Taiwan

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Taipei

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CAPITALS

North Korea

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Pyongyang

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CAPITALS

South Korea

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Seoul

57
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CAPITALS

Japan

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Tokyo

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