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Chapter 23
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| de facto | actually;in reality |
| dominate | to control totally |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| tsunami | giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor |
| loess | a fine-grained,fertile soil deposited by the wind |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time |
| interwine | to become closely connected or involved |
| shogun | a military leader who ruled Japan in early time |
| samurai | a powerful,land-owning warrior in Japan |
| sphere of influence | an area of a country where a single foreign power has been granted exclusive trading rights |
| communism | a system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods |
| urbanization | when a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas |
| megalopolis | a huge city or cluster of cities with an extreme large population |
| structure | an arrangement of parts |
| trade deflict | a situation that occurs when the value of a country's imports is higher than the the value of its imports |
| trade surplus | a situation that occurs when the value of the country's exports is higher than the value of its import |
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