Chapter 7 Key Term Quiz

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

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

Fine-grained windblown sediment.

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.

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

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

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

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

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