East and Southeast Asia Vocabulary

Source of China's two great rivers the Huang He (Yellow) and the Jiang (Yangtze)

• Karakorum Mountains

• Kunlun Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Yellow Mountains

Divides northern and southern China

• Karakorum Mountains

• Kunlun Mountains

• Quiling Shandi Mountains

• Huang He Mountains

Also called Yellow River due to the silt the river carries

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Xi Jiang

• Kunlun

Also called the Yangtze; longest river in all of Asia which carries almost all goods in Chinese waterways

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Xi Jiang

• Kunlun

River that runs through south China and dumps into the South China Sea.

• Hang He

• Chang Jiang

• Xi Jiang

Tropical storm that occurrs in the western Pacific

• mudslide

• tornado

• typhoon

• landfill

Helps control flooding on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze)

• Hoover Dam

• Typhoon

• Three Gorges Dam

• Typhoon Dam

Method of solid waste disposal due to overpopulation and lack of land

• Garbage Dump

• Landfill

• Tsunami

Chinese got mad at outside influence in their country and revolted leading to deaths of Europeans and Chinese Christians

• sphere of influence

• Tiger Revolt

• Tiger Rebellion

• Boxer Rebellion

Leader of the Communists that defeated the Nationalist to set up Communism in China

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai shek

• Yat sen