South East Asia Flashcards

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Irrigate

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To supply dry Lang with water by using trenches or canals

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Civilization

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

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Emperor

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A ruler of widespread lands

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Dynasty

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A series of rulers from the same family

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Migration

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A movement of people from one place to another

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Clan

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A group of families that share a common ansestor

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Cultural diffusion

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A spreading of culture through people

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Communist

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A government that owns its country’s large industries, business and most of the land

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Great Wall of china

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A wall that spreads 4,000 miles through china. Made from 6,000 BC to 1,600 AD

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Commune

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

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Incentive

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A benifit often used by large companies to attract workers and keep them happy

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Plateau

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A raised area of level land

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Dialect

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A version of language found only in certain religions

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Nomad

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A person without a home who moves from place to place

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Homogeneous

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Having similar members in a reference group

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Radical

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Extreme

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Robot

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A computer driven machine that does tasks once done by humans

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Subsidize

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To economically support

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Recession

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A period when an economy and a business that support it slow down

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment based on race or ethnic group

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Diversity

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In business, to extent activities into different areas

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Famine

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A huge food shortage

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Confucius

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Peaceful faith taught respect

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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In 1853 he went to Japan to try and get them to trade with the US for the first time

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Middle Kingdom

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The name given to china by its Chinese leaders

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Free enterprise

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An economic system in which people Are allowed to choose their own jobs, start businesses, and make a profit

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Mao Zedong

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A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law

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Red guard

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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 and teachers

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Taiwan

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A large island country off the southeast coast of mainland China

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Seoul

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The capital of South Korea

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Demilitarized zone

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A 150 mile-long strip separating North Korea and South Korea