Unit 3

Question 1

The Himalayas

Answer 1

mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world’s highest mountain

Question 2

Mount Everest

Answer 2

highest mountain

Question 3

Paddy fields

Answer 3

a field where rice is grown

Question 4

Intensive agriculture

Answer 4

a lot of money and labour are used to increase the yield that can be obtained per area of land. The use of large amounts of pesticides for crops, and of medication for animal stocks is common.

Question 5

Double cropping

Answer 5

planting two different crops in the same field during a single year

Question 6

Aquaculture

Answer 6

the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms.

Question 7

Puppet government

Answer 7

kept in power by military force provided by an occupying country.

Question 8

Communes

Answer 8

a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities.

Question 9

Pictograms

Answer 9

a symbol on a white background framed within a red border and represents a distinct hazard

Question 10

Calligraphy

Answer 10

decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.

Question 11

Taoism

Answer 11

a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu

Question 12

Confucianism

Answer 12

a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius.

Question 13

Martial Law

Answer 13

ilitary government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.

Question 14

Tsunamis

Answer 14

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

Question 15

Korea

Answer 15

divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea

Question 16

Japan

Answer 16

a group of many islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia.

Question 17

Flyway

Answer 17

route regularly used by large numbers of migrating birds.

Question 18

Shogun

Answer 18

hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan

Question 19

meiji restoration

Answer 19

ended with the emperor’s death in 1912, the country experienced significant social, political and economic change–including the abolition of the feudal system and the adoption of a cabinet system of government.

Question 20

Annex

Answer 20

to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.

Question 21

Diet

Answer 21

a formal deliberative assembly.

Question 22

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Subsidies

Answer 23

a parliamentary grant to the sovereign for state needs.

Question 24

Work ethic

Answer 24

the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward.

Question 25

Special Economic Zones

Answer 25

is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country

Question 26

Armistice

Answer 26

an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.