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S/E/SE Asia Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Dissident | a citizen who speaks out against government policies |
Dynasty | a ruling house or continuing family of rulers |
Endemic Species | an animal or plant native to a certain area |
Free Port | port city where goods can be unloaded, stored, and reshipped without the payment of import duties |
Green Revolution | program, begun in the 1960s, to produce higher-yielding, more productive strains of wheat, rice, and other food crops |
Insular | island |
Buffer State | neutral territory between rival powers |
Alluvial Plain | floodplain on which flooding rivers have deposited rich soil |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | an organization formed in 1967 to promote regional development and trade in Southeast Asia |
Reincarnation | being reborn repeatedly in different forms, until one has overcome earthly desires |
Karma | the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives |
Dharma | a person's moral duty, based on class distinctions , which guides his or her life |
Jati | a social group that defines a family's occupation and social standing |
Shogun | military ruler in medieval Japan |
Sphere of Influence | area of a country in which a foregin power has political or economic control |
Sub-Continent | large land mass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it |
World Trade Organitation (WTO) | an international body that oversees trade agreements and settles trade disputes among countries |
Shifting Cultivation | clearing forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them |
Maritime | concerned with travel or shipping by sea |
Monsoon | seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold, dry air from inland in winter |
Nuclear Proliferation | the spreading development of nuclear arms |
Paddy | flooded field in which rice is grown |
Raj | Hindu word for empire |
Samurai | a class of professional soldiers who lived by a strict code of personal honor and loyalty to a noble |
Interdependent | relying on one another for goods, services, and ideas |
Loess | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind |
Calligraphy | the art of beautiful handwriting |
Chlorofluorocarbons | chemical substance, found mainly in liquid coolants, that damages the earth's protective ozone layer |
Cottage Industry | a buisness that employs workers in their homes |
Desertification | process in which arable land is turned into desert |