a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC
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Chang Jiang
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Longest river in Asia
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grand canal
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A canal linking northern and southern China
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Three Gorges Dam
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A barrier built on the Chang Jiang to control floods.
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islam
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A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.
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Huang he
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Yellow River
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Shi Huangdi
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first emperor (Qin Dynasty) to take control of seperate kingdoms and unify much of China
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Emperor
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the ruler of an empire
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three gorges dam
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A barrier built on the Chang Jiang to control floods.
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Himalayas
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The world's highest mountain range, forming the northern border of the Indian subcontinent.
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Command Economy
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An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.
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puma
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(n) a cougar or a large American feline resembling a lion.
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Hydroelectric power
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Electricity generated by flowing water
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malala
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Who is fighting for he education of women?
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shanghai
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largest city in China
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taliban
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A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996
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osama bin laden
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(1957-) Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.
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Beijing
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Capital of China
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Communism
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A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state.
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Tiananmen Square
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A huge public space in Beijing, China; in 1989, the site of a student uprising in support of democratic reforms.
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Dynasty
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A series of rulers from the same family
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landlock
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completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
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Eurasia
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a term used to refer to a single contionent
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xi Jiang
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a river that runs through southern China and joins up with the Pearl River; it flows into the South China Sea
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Demonstration
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a show or display
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Seismic
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RELATING TO EARTHQUAKES; EARTHSHAKING
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al qaida
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The attacks of September 11th were traced to what which is an ultra conservative Sunni Islamist terrorist organization and its leader Osama bin Laden?
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Mao Zedong
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Chinese communist leader
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great wall of china
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world's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China, started by the Qin Dynasty, expanded by the Han Dynasty,
