social studies final

Question 1

paddy

Answer 1

a field were rice is grown

Question 2

Taoism

Answer 2

a philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao

Question 3

Puppet Government

Answer 3

A puppet government is a government with no sovereign authority over its territory, whose actions and policies are controlled by a foreign power

Question 4

Buddhism

Answer 4

Buddhism is a faith that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (“the Buddha”) more than 2,500 years ago in India. With about 470 million followers, scholars consider Buddhism one of the major world religions

Question 5

Calligraphy

Answer 5

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing

Question 6

Communism

Answer 6

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

Question 7

Absolute Location

Answer 7

Absolute location refers to a specific, fixed point on the Earth’s surface as expressed by a scientific coordinate system

Question 8

Relative Location

Answer 8

Relative location refers to the position of a place or entity based on its location with respect to other locations

Question 9

Latitude

Answer 9

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator

Question 10

Earthquakes

Answer 10

a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action.

Question 11

Cartography

Answer 11

the science or practice of drawing maps

Question 12

Csar

Answer 12

Combat search and rescue

Question 13

USSR

Answer 13

The Soviet Union

Question 14

Yurt

Answer 14

round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia

Question 15

Cold War

Answer 15

The Cold War was a period of ideological and geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies

Question 16

Command Economy

Answer 16

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

Question 17

Kimono

Answer 17

a long, loose robe with wide sleeves and tied with a sash, originally worn as a formal garment in Japan and now also used elsewhere as a robe

Question 18

Demilitarized zone

Answer 18

an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel

Question 19

Exile

Answer 19

the state of being barred from one’s native country, typically for political or punitive reasons

Question 20

Terraced field

Answer 20

In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms

Question 21

Anime

Answer 21

a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children.

Question 22

Celadon

Answer 22

Celadon is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware

Question 23

Hangul

Answer 23

alphabetic system used for writing the Korean language

Question 24

Tatami

Answer 24

a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms