| A | B |
|---|
| arable land | land that can be farmed |
| Taiwan | where Chinese nationalists lfed to |
| Pearl Harbor | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| Japan | ruled Korea until defeat in 1945 |
| defector | someone who leaves their home country |
| Kim Jong Il | current leader of North Korea |
| Mao Zedong | leader of Chinese communists |
| Chiang Kai-shek | leader of Chinese nationalists |
| Commodore Matthew Perry | opened up Japan |
| rate of natural increase | how fast the population is growing |
| Spheres of Influence | division of China by European powers |
| Boxer Rebellion | attempted to remove Western influence from China |
