South East Asia Vocab

Question 0

To supply dry land with water by using ditches or canals.

Answer 0

Irrigate.

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Civilization.

Question 2

A ruler of widespread land.

Answer 2

Emperor.

Question 3

A series of rulers from the same family, Chinese history is described by dynasties.

Answer 3

Dynasty.

Question 4

A movement of people from one country or religion to another.

Answer 4

Migration.

Question 5

A group of families who claim a common ancestor.

Answer 5

Clan.

Question 6

A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people.

Answer 6

Cultural Diffusion.

Question 7

Of a relating to a government that owns a country’s large industries, businesses, and most of land.

Answer 7

Communist.

Question 8

A fortification wall which, with all it’s extensions, stretched 4,000 miles through china, under construction from about 600 BC to 1600 AD.

Answer 8

Great Wall of china.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Commune.

Question 10

A version of language found only in certain regions.

Answer 10

Dialect.

Question 11

A person who has no settled home, they move from place to place in search of water.

Answer 11

Nomad.

Question 12

Having similar members, in reference to a group.

Answer 12

Homogenous.

Question 13

Extreme.

Answer 13

Radical.

Question 14

A computer driven machine that does tasks once done by humans.

Answer 14

Robot.

Question 15

To economically support, some governments subsidize certain industries.

Answer 15

Subsidize.

Question 16

A period of time when an economy and business that support it slow down.

Answer 16

Recession.

Question 17

Unfair treatment, often based on race or gender.

Answer 17

Discrimination.

Question 18

In business, to extend activities into different areas.

Answer 18

Diversity.

Question 19

A huge food storage.

Answer 19

Famine.

Question 20

Peaceful faith taught respect.

Answer 20

Confucius.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Commodore Matthew Perry.

Question 22

The name given to China by its Chinese leaders.

Answer 22

Middle Kingdom.

Question 23

A economic system in which people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit.

Answer 23

Free Enterprise.

Question 24

A strong communist leader who enforced the one child law.

Answer 24

Mao Zedong.

Question 25

Groups of youths who were taught to have no connections to the past, they were told not to respect their parents/teachers.

Answer 25

Red Guard.

Question 26

A large island country off the southeast coast of mainland China, formerly Formosa since 1949, the nationalist Republic of China.

Answer 26

Taiwan.

Question 27

The capital of South Korea.

Answer 27

Seoul.

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Demilitarized Zone.