Chapter 2 south east asia Flashcards

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A society with cities, a central government, social classes, and usually, writing, art, and architecture.

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Civilization

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2
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To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canal.

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Irrigate

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3
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A ruler of widespread lands.

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Emperor

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4
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A series of rulers from the same family, Chinese history is described by dynasties.

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Dynasty

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5
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A movement of people from one country or region to another.

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Migration

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6
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A group of families who claim a common ancestor.

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Clan

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7
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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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8
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Of a relating to a government that owns a country’s large industries, business, and most of the land.

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Communist

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9
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A fortification wall which, with all its extensions, stretched 4,000 miles through china, under construction from about 600 BCC to 1600 AD.

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Great Wall of china

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10
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A community in which land is held in common and where members live and work together.

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Commune

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11
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A version of a language found only in certain regions.

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Dialect

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12
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A person who has no settled home, nomads move from place to place in search of water and grazing land for their animals.

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Nomad

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13
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Having similar members, in reference to a group.

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Homogeneous

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14
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Extreme

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Radical

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15
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A computer driven machine that does tasks once done by humans.

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Robot

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16
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To economically support, some government subsidize certain industries.

A

Subsidize

17
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A period of time when an economy and business that support it slow down.

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Recession

18
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Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender.

A

Discrimination

19
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In business, to extend activities into different areas.

A

Diversify

20
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A huge food shortage.

A

Famine

21
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Peaceful faith taught respect.

A

Confucius

22
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In 1853 he went to Japan to try to get them to trade with the US the first time.

A

Commodore Matthew perry

23
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The name given to china by its Chinese leaders.

A

Middle Kingdom

24
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A economic system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private business, and make a profit.

A

Free enterprise

25
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A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law.

A

Mao Zedong

26
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Groups of youths who were taught to have no connections to the past, they were told not to respect their parents/teachers.

A

Red guard

27
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A large island country off the southeast coast of mainland china.

A

Taiwan

28
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The capital of South Korea.

A

Seoul