Social studies Flashcards
A society with cities, a central government, social classes, and usually writing, art, and architecture.
Civilization
To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canals
Irrigate
A ruler of widespread lands
Emperor
A series of rulers from the same family, Chinese history is destined by dynasties.
Dynasty
A movement of people from one country or region to another
Migration.
A group of families who claim a common ancestor.
Clan
A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people
Cultural diffusion
Of a relating to a government that owns a country’s large industries, businesses and most of the land
Communist
A fortification wall which, with all it’s extensions, stretched 4000 miles through china. Under construction from about 600 BC to 1600 AD
Great Wall of china
A community in which land is held in common and where members live and work together
Commune
A version of a language found only in certain regions
Dialect
A person who has not settled home, nomads move from place to place in search of water and grazing land for their animals
Nomad
Having similar members, in reference to a group
Homogenous
Extreme
Radical
A computer driven machine that does tasks once done by humans
Robot
To economically support, some government subsidize certain industries
Subsidize
A period of time when an economy and a business that support it slow down
Recession
Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender
Discrimination
In business, to extend activities into different areas
Diversity
A huge food shortage
Famine
Peaceful faith taught respect
Confucius
In 1853 he went to Japan to try to get them to trade with the US for the first time
Commodore Matthew perry
The name given to China by its Chinese leaders
Middle Kingdom
A economic system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit
Free enterprise
A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law
Mao Zedong
Groups of youths who were taught to have no connections to the past, they were told not to respect their parents/ teachers
Red guard
A large island country off the southeast coast of mainland china, formerly Formosa since 1949
Taiwan
The capital of South Korea
Seoul
A 150 mile long strip spreading North Korea and South Korea
Demilitarized zone
A benefit often used by large companies to attract workers and keep them happy
Incentive
A raises area of mostly level land
Plateau
