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WorldGeographyy012
Chapter 30, 32, 31, 33 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Intensive Farming | Farming that requires a great deal of labor |
Terrace | Farming a flat narrow ledge of land usually constructed in hilly areas to increas the amount of arable land |
Bullet Train | A high speed train |
Seismograph | An instrument that measures and records movements in the earths crust |
Typhoon | A destructive tropical storm that forms over the pacific ocean |
Homogeneous | Having A Similar nature, uniform in structure or quality |
Militarism | The glorification of the military and a readiness for war |
Downsize | To fire an employes in order to reduce costs |
Tarriff | A tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
Quota | A fixed quantity |
Demilitarized zone | A strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed |
Proliferation | An increase in the number of something |
Sphere of infuence | An area or country that is polliticaly and economically dominated by education housing health care and nutrition |
Adbicate | To surrender ones office, throne, or authority |
Warlord | A local leader with military following |
Light industry | The productuon of small consumer goods such as clothing and appliances |
Martial law | The law administered during a period of strict military control |
Double cropping | In farming, growing more than one crop a year on the same land |
Theocrat | Someone who claims to rule by religious or divine authority |
Autonomous region | A political unit with limited self-government |
Ideogram | In written language, a character or symbol that represents an idea or thing |
Atheism | The belief that god doesnt exist |
Acupuncture | The anctient chinese practice of inserting fine needles at specific body points to cure disease or ease pain |
Buffer | A protective zone between two countries |
Provisional government | A temporary government pending permenant arrangements |
Exodus | A mass migration from a religion |
Barbarian | A person without manners or civilized customs |
Paddy | Irrigated or flooded land on which rice is grown |
Indigenous | Native to or living naturally in an area or environment |
Insurgent | A person whe rebels against his or her labor |
Doi moi | The economic change begun by Vietnam in 1986 |
Heterogenity | lack of similarity |