Unit 3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
powerful warlord
shogun
an elected law-making body
diet
to formally join an area to a country
annex
a migration route for birds
flyway
strip of land between North and South Korea. Goes east to west on the 38th parallel
DMZ (demilitarized zone)
a truce to end fighting
armistice
political revolution when a group of samurai demanding reforms overthrew the last shogun
meiji restoration
tectonic activity creating large sea waves
tsunami
a mountain range of south-central Asia
the Himalayas
tallest mountain in the world. Is in the Himalayan mountain range
Mount Everest
a field where rice is grown
paddy fields
agriculture where lots of money and labor is used
intensive agriculture
planting two different crops in the same field during a single year
double cropping
the cultivation of aquatic animals or plants for food
aquaculture
government in which direction and control are exercised by another power
puppet government
a group of people living together and sharing
communes
a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase
pictogram
decorative handwriting
calligraphy
a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu
Taoism
a system of teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius
confucianism
military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law
martial law
North(Pyongyang) and south(Seoul)
Korea
made up of 4 major islands. Is in Asia. Capitol is Tokyo
Japan
