South East Asia Vocab Flashcards
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To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canals.
Irrigate.
A society with cities, a central government, social classes, and usually, writing, art, and architecture.
Civilization.
A ruler of widespread land.
Emperor.
A series of rulers from the same family, Chinese history is described by dynasties.
Dynasty.
A movement of people from one country or religion to another.
Migration.
A group of families who claim a common ancestor.
Clan.
A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people.
Cultural Diffusion.
Of a relating to a government that owns a country’s large industries, businesses, and most of land.
Communist.
A fortification wall which, with all it’s extensions, stretched 4,000 miles through china, under construction from about 600 BC to 1600 AD.
Great Wall of china.
A community in which land is held in common and where members live and work together.
Commune.
A version of language found only in certain regions.
Dialect.
A person who has no settled home, they move from place to place in search of water.
Nomad.
Having similar members, in reference to a group.
Homogenous.
Extreme.
Radical.
A computer driven machine that does tasks once done by humans.
Robot.
To economically support, some governments subsidize certain industries.
Subsidize.
A period of time when an economy and business that support it slow down.
Recession.
Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender.
Discrimination.
In business, to extend activities into different areas.
Diversity.
A huge food storage.
Famine.
Peaceful faith taught respect.
Confucius.
In 1853 he went to Japan to try to get them to trade with US the first time.
Commodore Matthew Perry.
The name given to China by its Chinese leaders.
Middle Kingdom.
A economic system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit.
Free Enterprise.
