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East Asia
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2010

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Term
Major rivers
Definition
River Yangtze and River Huang
Term
Dominant ethnic group and language of China
Definition
Mandarin-lang
Han-ethnic
Term
Major religions / philosophies of East Asia
Definition
--Confucianism: Not a religion but a social philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius
--Japan – Shinto
Term
Population density differences in China
Definition
Outer-low density
Inner- High
Term
Imperialism in China
Definition
Qin Dynasty built it

Built strong centralized state
Term
The Silk Route
Definition
Overland system of trade routes that connected China with Med Europe
Term
The Nationalist Party of China and its leaders
Definition
Created nationalist party

Lost international status

Capital Taipei
Term
The Communist Revolution in China and its leaders
Definition
Mao Zedong
Term
China’s one child policy
Definition
1 child urban

2 child rural

female feticides
Term
Xinjiang and Tibet – conflicts with China
Definition
Tibet invaded china, control of Buddhism

Xinjiang- uighur peoples, muslim
Term
Counter urbanization
Definition
Movement from urban to rural areas
Term
SEZ
Definition
Special economic zones- attracts foreign capital, technology, management practices, maintains political control
Term
Forbidden City
Definition
Beijing

Capital of china

Tiananmen square

“palace muslim”

residence of two dynasties of emperors – strictly off limits
Term
Japanese Megalopolis
Definition
Tokyo – center

Along pacific coast

Skilled labor

Shinkansan railway – bullet train = INFRASTRUCTURE
Term
Hong Kong
Definition
World city

Manufacturing center
Term
South Korean business houses
Definition
Asian Tiger
Term
Keiretsu
Definition
Business networks facilitated after WW2 to promote national recovery (Toyota)
Term
Chaebol
Definition
powerful business conglomerates (Samsung)
Term
Traditional Japanese imperial hierarchical groups
Definition
Emperor (a mere Figure Head)
Shoguns (The real military and political leaders)
Daimyos (powerful lords who controlled provinces)
Samurai (the warriors who served the Shoguns and Daimyos)
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