Social Studies Vocab Final

Question 1

a rice field

Answer 1

Paddy

Question 2

a philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chang-tzu

Answer 2

Taoism

Question 3

a system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples

Answer 3

Confucianism

Question 4

no sovereign authority over its territory, whose actions and policies are controlled by a foreign power

Answer 4

Puppet Government

Question 5

a religion, originated in India by Buddha

Answer 5

Buddhism

Question 6

a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, especially Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value

Answer 6

Calligraphy

Question 7

a theory or system developed by Karl Marx of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state

Answer 7

Communism

Question 8

a specific fixed point on earth, usually expressed by a scientific coordinate system

Answer 8

Absolute Location

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Relative Location

Question 10

the angular distance north or south from the equator

Answer 10

Latitude

Question 11

a series of vibrations induced in the earth’s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.

Answer 11

Earthquakes

Question 12

production of maps

Answer 12

Cartography

Question 13

an emperor of Russia

Answer 13

Csar

Question 14

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Answer 14

USSR

Question 15

a tent like dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia

Answer 15

Yurt

Question 16

a period of ideological and geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

Answer 16

Cold War

Question 17

a socialist economic system in which production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the government and industry is mostly publicly owned

Answer 17

Command Economy

Question 18

a loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash, characteristic of Japanese costume

Answer 18

Kimono

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Demilitarized zone

Question 20

expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree

Answer 20

Exile

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Terraced field

Question 22

a genre of film and television animation created in or influenced by the traditional style of Japanese

Answer 22

Anime

Question 23

any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze

Answer 23

Celadon

Question 24

the Korean alphabetic writing system, introduced in the 15th century, containing 14 consonants and 11 vowels

Answer 24

Hangul

Question 25

(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about 3 feet by 6 feet (91 centimeters by 183 centimeters), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior

Answer 25

Tatami