Chapter 7 Key Term Quiz

East Asia
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A metropolitan area with more than one major ciy.

The movement of people from their rural homes to urban employment centers and back on a regular basis

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

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

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

Fine-grained windblown sediment.

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.

The ruling system in Korea with one of the longest continuous political systems from 1392 to 1910.

Refers to the US commitment to building up military power in Asia in response to Chinese political and military shows of force.

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.

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

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