Chapter 7 Key Term Quiz

East Asia
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Another name for China's Huang He River due to the damage caused by its constant flooding.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

A system of government that is ruled by the leaders of a religion, or based on the beliefs of a single religion.

A polycentric city of 11 compact cities, including Hong Kong, Macau, Huizhou and Guangzhou, that is projected to soon increase its population to 65 million and is one of China's industrial growth regions.

The dominant ethnicity in China, comprising more than 91 percent of China's total population.

An empire that developed from the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople that lasted from 285 until 1483.

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

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

Any form of economic policy that seeks to support local companies at the expense of foreign corporations, usually through quotas, tariffs, or some combination thereof.

The empire founded by Genghis Khan that extended in the 13th and 14th century across Asia into Europe.

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

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