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Chapter 2-East Asia Flashcards

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A ruler of widespread lands and groups of people.

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Emperor

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A society with cities, a central government workers who do specialized jobs, and social classes.

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Civilization

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A series of rulers from the same family

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Dynasty

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The movement of people from one country or region to another

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Migration

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A group of families who claim a common ancestor

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Clan

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A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people.

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Cultural diffusion

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A type of government that owns industries businesses and most of the country’s land

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Communist

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A person who has no settled home

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Nomad

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Of the same kind, type, or character

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Homogeneous

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A form of language that is different from other forms of language

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Dialect

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A raised area of mostly level land

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Plateau

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An economic system in which People are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit

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Free enterprise

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To economically support something

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Subsidize

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A benefit often used by large companies to attract workers and keep them happy

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Incentive

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Unfair treatment

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Discrimination

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In business to extend activities into different areas

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Diversify

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A severe food shortage

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Famine

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To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canals

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Irrigate

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Great Wall of China

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

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Commune

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

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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 tasks one done by humans

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Recession

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A period of time when an economy and business that support it slow down.

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Confucius

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Peaceful faith taught respect

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Matthew Perry

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Went to Japan in 1853 to try to get them to trade with the USA for the first time.

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The name given to china by its Chinese leaders

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Middle Kingdom

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Mao Zedong

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A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law

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Red guard

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Groups of youth who were taught to have no connections to the past they were td not to respect their parents and teachers

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Taiwan

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A large island country off the coast of mainland china

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Seoul

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The Capitol of South Korea

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Demilitarized Zone

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A 150 mile long strip separating North and South Korea

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