East Asia

Which river is the longest in China and the third longest in the world?

• Chang Jiang

  Yangtze River

• Han River

• Huang He

  Yellow River

• Shinano River

belief system founded by the great thinker Laozi

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Islam

The country of Taiwan is not legally recognized as a separate country.

• true

• flase

huge ocean wave triggered by an earthquake

• monsoon

• tsunami

• hurricane

• tidal wave

Air pollution in Japan has produced acid rain and other problems.

• true

• false

The Chinese built the Great Wall of China to prevent lowland flooding.

• true

• false

world's tallest mountain range

• Rocky Mountains

• Swiss Alps

• Himalaya

• Andes

program to rid China of anticommunism among intellecturals

• Cultural Revolution

• Daoism

• socialism

• anarchism

what occurs when a country exports more than it imports

• trade deficit

• trade surplus

How did the Huang He (Yellow River) get its name?

• The river is heavily polluted with industrial chemicals

• The river originates far to the west in a mountain range rich in copper

• large amounts of silt give the river a yellow-brown hue

• the river flows through a region called the Yellow Plain