Chapter 2- Southeast Asia Vocab

Question 0

Irrigate

Answer 0

To supply dry land with water by using ditched or canals

Question 1

Civilization

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Emperor

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A ruler of widespread land

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Dynasty

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

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Migration

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A movement of people from one country or region to another

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Clan

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A group of families who claim a common ancestor

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Cultural Diffusion

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A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people

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Communist

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

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Great Wall Of China

Answer 8

A fortification wall which, with all its extensions, stretches 4000 miles through China, under construction from about 600 BC to 1600 AD

Question 9

Commune

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

Question 10

Dialect

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A version of a language found only in certain regions

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Nomad

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

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Homogeneous

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Having similar member, in reference to a group

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Radical

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Extreme

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Robot

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A computer driven machine that does the tasks once done by humans

Question 15

Subsidize

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To economically support, some governments subsidize certain industries

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Recession

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

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender

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Diversity

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In business, to extend activities into different areas

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Famine

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A huge food shortage

Question 20

Confucius

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Peaceful faith taught respect

Question 21

Commodore Matthew Perry

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

Question 22

Middle Kingdom

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The name given to China by its Chinese leaders

Question 23

Free Enterprise

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An economy’s nix system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start a private business, and make a profit

Question 24

Mao Zedong

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A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law

Question 25

Red Guard

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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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Taiwan

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A large island country off the southwest coast of mainland China, formally Formosa, since 1949, the Nationalist Republic of China

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Seoul

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The Capitol of South Korea

Question 28

Demilitarized Zone

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A 150 mile long strip separating North Korea and South Korea