Chapter 2 South East Asia Vocab

Question 0

To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canals

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Irrigate

Question 1

A society with cities, a central government, social classes, and usually, writing, art, and architecture.

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Civilization

Question 2

A ruler of widespread lands

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Emperor

Question 3

A series of rulers from the same family, Chinese history is described by these

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Dynasty

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A movement of people from one country or region to another

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Migration

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A group of families who claim a common ancestor

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Clan

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A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people

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Cultural Diffusion

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Of a relating to a government that owns a country’s large industries, businesses, and most of the land

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Communist

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A fortification wall which, with all its extensions, stretched 4,000 miles through China, under construction from about 600 BC to 1600 AD

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Great Wall Of China

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A community in which land is held in common and where members live and work together

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Commune

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A version of a language found only in certain regions

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Dialect

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A person who has no settled home, nomads move from from place to place in search of water and grazing land for their animals

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Nomad

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Having similar members, in reference to a group

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Homogeneous

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Extreme

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Radical

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A computer driven machine that does tasks one done by humans

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Robot

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To economically support, some governments do this to certain industries

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Subsidize

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A period of time when an economy and business that support it slow down

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Recession

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Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender

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Discrimination

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In business, to extend activities into different areas

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Diversify

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A huge food shortage

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Famine

Question 20

Peaceful faith taught respect

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Confucius

Question 21

In 1853 he went to Japan to try to get them to trade with the US the first time

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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The name given to China by its Chinese leaders

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Middle Kingdom

Question 23

An economic system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit

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Free Enterprise

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A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law

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Mao Zedong

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Groups of youths who were taught to have no connections to the past, they were told not to respect their parents/teachers

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Red Guard

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A large island country off the southeast coast of mainland China

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Taiwan

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The capital of South Korea

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Seoul

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A 150 mile long strip separating North Korea and South Korea

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Demilitarized Zone

Question 29

A raised area of mostly level land

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Plateau

Question 30

A benefit often used by large companies to attract workers and keep them happy

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Incentive