Chapter 7 Key Term Quiz

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

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

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

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

War between China and the UK in 1839-42 over the opening of China's eastern ports to European traders and especially the import of opium into China by the British.

Fine-grained windblown sediment.

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.

Currency from another country.

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

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

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

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