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| China's rivers and their effects... |
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| China's River's have flooded the area near them, so much that The Yellow River is also called "China's Sorrow" |
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| What are China's natural resources? |
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| Coal and Iron are major resources! |
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| Great Wall Of China-what was it? and when was it made? It's Fate? |
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| The Great Wall Of China was built by the chinese as a defense mechanism from mongolian attacks. |
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| Silk Road- what was it? why is it important to China's history? |
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| The Silk Road was the world's first Trade Superhighway; The road made china's economy boom, but it was very dangerous to travel because of bandits waiting to rob the travelers for their expensive goods such as their silk and their fine jewels. |
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| Symbolism of...Red? Black? Yellow? |
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Red: Prosperity, Good Luck, and Fire
Black: Water
Yellow: Supreme Power |
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| Who created Kung Fu and what is it? |
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| Kung Fu meant learned skill or Great Achievement. The Buddhist Monks created it as an external sign of purity. |
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| Yin/Yang...what is it? What does it represent? |
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Yin: Cool, Negative, Winter
Yang: Warm, Positive, Summer
Together they create a perfect balance. |
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| Religions in China...what do each believe? |
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Daioism- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
Confucius-the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. |
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| What are some major chinese inventions, and why are they important? |
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| Paper, Printing Press, Fireworks, and Gunpowder, all of these are significant because we still use them to this day, and with these inventions, more inventions were able to happen. |
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| What is china's current form of government? |
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| Communist, but China does have a Free Market Economy. |
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| What is Japan's curent form of government? |
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| Democracy in the form of a Constitutional Monarchy |
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| Japan's natural disaster and ring of fire... |
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| Eaarthquakes are frequently caused by the ring of fire, a highly volatile ring of volcanoes and plate tectonics |
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| Japan and plate tectonics... |
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| On a ring of them that cause earthquakes |
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| What is Intensive Cultivation? Why do people do it? |
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Definition
| When farmers must grow their cops on any land they can find, even if it is very very hilly and unflat! |
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| What are the major japanese industries? |
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Definition
| Japan is a leader in consumer goods as well as car manufacturing. |
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| Shinto...what do they believe? |
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Definition
| Shinto is a religious respect for nature |
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| What Japanese entertainment is found in the U.S.? |
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| anime art/ anime cartoons |
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| Why did Korea Split into two countries? |
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Definition
| During WWII the soviets took control of the northern part of Korea, and converted it into a communist state. South Korea did not convert and then north korea tried to take over south korea,that's when the us got involved |
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| What were general MacArthur's involvements in the Korean war and what were Truman's? |
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| MacArthur was leading the US troops that were aiding South Korea, when he came up woth the idea that they needed to take over china, well, Harry S Truman (the president of the us) did not think that was best and replaced General MacArthur. |
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| North Korea's Government... |
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| South Korea's Government... |
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| semi-presidential republic |
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