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KMS China
CH 19
18
Geography
8th Grade
03/29/2011

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Three Gorges Dam
Definition
A barrier built on the Chang Jiang River to control floods.
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Gobi Desert
Definition
A high desert in China and Mongolia.
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Chang Jiang
Definition
The longest river in Asia, flowing through eastern China.
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emperor
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A ruler of an empire, which is a group of different territories or cultures led by a single all-powerful authority.
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Great Wall
Definition
A huge and long wall built to keep nomads out of china
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Confucianism
Definition
A belief system based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese scholar.
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scholar-official
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An educated person who worked in China's government.
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communism
Definition
A government and economic system in which the government holds nearly all political power and the means of production in the name of the people.
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Mao Zedong
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Communist leader of China from 1949-1976
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Daoism
Definition
a Chinese belief system based on the idea of natural order in the world
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Dao
Definition
According to the belief system of Daoism, a force that guides the whole universe
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Buddhism
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A religion that is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
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Siddhartha Gautama
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the founder of Buddhism also known as the Buddha, or "enlightened one"
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province
Definition
a governmental division like a state
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National People's Congress (NPC)
Definition
China's national law-making body
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Tiananmen Square
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the location of a huge demonstration for democratic rights that occurred in 1989
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command economy
Definition
an economy in which the government owns all land, factories, and businesses, and decides what will be produced
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free enterprise
Definition
an economy in which business is privately owned
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