Unit 3

Question 1

Mountain range in South Asia separating the Indian subcont. from the Tibetan Plateau

Answer 1

Himalayas

Question 2

Tallest mountain in the Himalays

Answer 2

Mount Everest

Question 3

Field in which rice is grown

Answer 3

Paddy Fields

Question 4

System of cultivation using large amounts of labour and capital relative to land area

Answer 4

Intensive Agriculture

Question 5

Planting two different crops in the same field in the same year

Answer 5

Double Cropping

Question 6

The rearing of aquatic animals or the clutivation of aquatic plants or food

Answer 6

Aquaculture

Question 7

a government which is endowed with the outward symbols of authority but in which direction and control are exercised by another power.

Answer 7

Puppet Government

Question 8

A group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities

Answer 8

Communes

Question 9

A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.

Answer 9

Pictograms

Question 10

Decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering

Answer 10

Calligraphy

Question 11

A Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu ( fl. 6th century BC), advocating humility and religious piety.

Answer 11

Taoism

Question 12

A system of philosophical and ehtical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius

Answer 12

Confucianism

Question 13

Military government involving the suspension of ordinary law

Answer 13

Martial Law

Question 14

Large sea waves caused by tectonic activity

Answer 14

Tsunamis

Question 15

Asian country no larger than the state of Utah, divided by North and South, at the 38th paralell

Answer 15

Korea

Question 16

Asian country off the coast of Korea, located on the pacific ring of fire

Answer 16

Japan

Question 17

A migration route for birds

Answer 17

Flyway

Question 18

A powerful war lord

Answer 18

Shogun

Question 19

The political revolution that over threw the last shogun in 1868

Answer 19

Meiji Restoration

Question 20

To formally join an area with another country

Answer 20

Annex

Question 21

A law-making body

Answer 21

Diet

Question 22

The line between the North and South Korea that separates the two countries.

Answer 22

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Question 23

A sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive.

Answer 23

Subsidies

Question 24

The principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward

Answer 24

Work Ethic

Question 25

An area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country.

Answer 25

Special Economic Zones

Question 26

An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce

Answer 26

Armistice

Question 27

wetlands where rice is grown

Answer 27

Paddy

Question 28

system of cultivation using large amounts of labour

Answer 28

Intensive Agriculture

Question 29

two crops are harvested from each year from the same plot of land

Answer 29

Double Cropping

Question 30

The raising of marine life for harvesting

Answer 30

Aquaculture