Old World History and Geography QUIZ 11 (pp.79-90)

Beijing

Capital of China

Tokyo

Capital of Japan

Mao Tse-tung

Communist leader of China; gained power through the Chinese civil war

Yangtze River

Longest major river in China

Thailand

Southeast Asia

Ch'in Dynasty

The dynasty that gives China its name. Most remarkable achievement was the construction of the Great Wall.

Marco Polo

Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.

Huang He River

Yellow River

Huang He

Yellow River, where the ancient Chinese civilization again.

Taiwan

an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

Pacific Ocean

largest and deepest ocean

rice

main food crop of China

China

a country in Asia