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Chapter 2- Southeast Asia Vocab Flashcards

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Irrigate

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To supply dry land with water by using ditched or canals

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Civilization

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

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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

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

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Commune

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

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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

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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

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Confucius

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Peaceful faith taught respect

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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

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Middle Kingdom

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The name given to China by its Chinese leaders

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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

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Mao Zedong
A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law
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Red Guard
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
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
The Capitol of South Korea
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Demilitarized Zone
A 150 mile long strip separating North Korea and South Korea