East and Southeast Asia Vocab Flashcards
Aquaculture
the cultivation of aquatic animals and plants, in natural or controlled marine or freshwater environments; underwater agriculture.
Aborigines
the original, native fauna or flora of a region.
Archipelago
group of islands
Buffer State
a small neutral state between two rival powers
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
any of various gaseous compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine,some cause a breakdown of ozone in the earth’s atmosphere
Clan
a group of people of common descent; family
Command System
a socialist economic system in which production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the government and industry is mostly publicly owned.
Desertification
a process by which fertile land turns into barren land or desert
Dissident
a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.
Dynasty
a line hereditary rulers of a country
Economic Sanctions
any actions taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change
Endemic
restricted to a peculiar to a locality or a region
Fauna
animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
Flora
plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
Free Port
a port open to all traders
Ideogram
a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound
Interdependent
two or more people or things dependent on each other
Lama
a priest or monk in lamaism, a religion in Tibet an Mongolia
Loess
a light-coloured fine-grained accumulation of clay and silt particles that have been deposited by the wind
Paddy
a field where rice is grown
Pagoda
a hindu or buddhist temple or sacred building
Samurai
a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan
Shamanism
the animistic religion of northern asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans
Shogun
a hereditary commander of Japanese army in feudal Japan
Tsunamis
long high sea wave caused by an earthquake/ submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
Typhoon
a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western pacific oceans
