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1
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Pacific Rim

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The countries bordering the Pacific Ocean with Australia, parts of Oceania, and North and South America’s west coast

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Chinese Sphere

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Includes China, Mongolia, and Taiwan

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Gobi Desert

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The coldest desert in the world

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Plateau of Tibet

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The highest plateau in the world

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Taklamakan

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The worlds most barren wastelands

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Huang He and Yangtze

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China’s two most important rivers

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Taiwan- Formosan

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An island of the southeast coast of China

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Mongols

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A group of nomadic tribes who for centuries wandered northeastern Asia on horseback in search of pasture for their livestock

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Genghis Khan

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United the Mongol tribes in the early 1200’s

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Mongol Empire

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Largest continental empire in history

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Marco Polo

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Journeyed to China and revived European interest in the East

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Ulaanbaatar

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The capital of Mongolia

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Chung-Kuo

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What the ancient Chinese called their land

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Pinyin System

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A system of spelling and pronunciation for in China

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Ch’in

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One of China’s greatest dynasties, built the Great Wall of China

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Great Wall

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The worlds largest fortification

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terra cotton army

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A army built to guard Ch’in in the afterlife

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Han

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One of China’s greatest dynasties, constructed the Great Silk Road

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Great Silk Road

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Linked China with the Roman Empire during thew Han period

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Mao Tse-tung

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Established a Communist dictatorship in China

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Great Leap Forward

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Campaign which forced the peasants to live on government owned “communes”

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Beijing

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The capital of China

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Taipei

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The capital of Taiwan

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Chang Kai-shek

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Came to Taiwan after China was taken over, and set up a democracy there

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Nationalists

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Brought their government to Taiwan