East Asia and the Pacific World Flashcards
(33 cards)
Abdicate
Give up the throne
Spheres of influence
Countries have political and economical control, but don’t directly govern
Warlords
Regional leaders with their own armies
Light industry
Production of small consumer goods
Martial law
Law that is administered during periods of strict military control
Double cropping
Growing more than one crop a year on the same land
Theocrat
Is someone who claims to rule by religious or divine authority
Autonomous religion
Political unit with limited self government
Ideograms
Pictures or characters representing a thing or an idea
Atheism
Denies the existence of God
Acupuncture
Is the practice of inserting very thin needles at specific points on the body to cure disease or ease pain
Buffer
Protective zone
Provisional government
A temporary government pending permanent arrangement
Exodus
Mass departure
Seismograph
Machines that register movements in the earths crust
Typhoons
Tropical hurricane that forms over Pacific ocean, often causing floods and land slides
Homogeneous
Uniform
Militarism
The glorification of the military and a readiness for war
Downsized
Fired
Tariffs
Taxes on imports that make foreign goods more costly than their domestic equivalent
Quotas
Fixed total quantities
Demilitarized zone
A strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed
Proliferation
An increase in number or something
Barbarians
People without manners or civilized customs