An economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions. China's form of government.

A country with rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan)

British colony in China; became a major commercial and industrial center; returned to China in 1997. Considered a S.A.R.

Current supreme leader of North Korea

A Portuguese colony returned to China in 1999. Largest gambling region in world, 7 times bigger then Vegas. Considered an S.A.R.

Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China

Capital of North Korea

Capital of South Korea

China's largest city with population approximately 24 million

In feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor

An area that receives special political rights/freedoms/government. Example: China sets up regions in the communist country that allow capitalism and free enterprise. (Hong Kong, Macau)

A Chinese philosophy in which people live a simple life in harmony with nature. Life is about finding balance.

Religion that emphasizes how to escape suffering by disengaging self from material world, popular in E. Asia.

Government controls all aspects of government and economics. The leader has final say on all government decisions. North Korea's type of government.

Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper and moral behavior, and established a set of principles to follow in daily life and government.

A government that has a King, Queen, or Emperor who serves as the symbolic head of state, but the country is governed and led by a parliament with usually a Prime Minister elected as head of government. Japan's type of government.

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

A work place where laborers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

Capital of Taiwan

World's largest hydropower project and most notorious dam on the Yangtze River in China

Capital of China

A 1900 uprising led by traditionalist Chinese aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.