Chapter 7 Key Term Quiz

East Asia
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The spiritual and political leader of Tibet, who left the region in 1950 after the country was annexed by China.

Refers to the movement from a more centralized form of economy to a freer, market-based economy.

A philosophy that stresses loyalty to family, upholding of social relations and commitment to just social activity.

Name given to China's claimed territory in the South China Sea due its presentation on Chinese maps with nine dashes.

One of China's most dominant dynasties. China became China, as we know it today, under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) when the approximate boundaries of contemporary China were created.

A toxic chemical often created as a byproduct of zinc production.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

A metropolitan area with more than one major ciy.

A dynamic economic model which classifies countries as either core, periphery, or semi-periphery by the economic interactions between them.

A system of large family-controlled firms that dominates the South Korean economy.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

The household registration system in China that has been used to regulate and control rural citizens' movements.

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