| A | B |
|---|
| archipelago | chain of islands |
| loess | fertile soil deposited by wind and water |
| terrace farming | level strip of land is cut out of a hillside |
| rice | China's major crop |
| Beijing | China's capital/major industrial city |
| Confucius | thinker who shaped Chinese culture |
| population of China | largest in the world |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese communist leader |
| Mongolia | landlocked |
| land area | China is 3rd largest in world |
| Taiwan | Nationalist government here |
| Macao and Hong Kong | returned to China |
| dynasty | ruling family |
| Chinese want foreign investments | in Chinese businesses |
| Ring of Fire causes | volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis |
| Japan exports | manufactured good |
| Japanese farm land | is limited |
| haiku | type of Japanese poetry |
| coastal plains | Japan's cities, farms, and industries are here |
| December 7, 1941 | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor |
| Honshu | Japan's largest and most populated island |
| China is in | Asia |
| Tokyo | Japan's capital |
| Tokugawa shoguns | isolated Japan for 250 years |
| Commodore Matthew Perry | opened Japan's ports by force |
| Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Okinawa | major battles of World War II |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | atomic bombs dropped here |
| calligraphy | writing with a brush and ink |
| Silk Road | trade route between Europe and China |
| Manchus | last dynasty of China |
