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Chapter 23
East Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| De Facto | Actually; in reality |
| Archipelago | a group of islands |
| Tsunami | a giant ocean waves caused by volcanic eruptions or movements of the water under the ocean floor |
| Loess | a fine-grained, fertile soil deposited by the wind |
| Dominate | to control totally |
| Dynasty | a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time |
| Shogun | a military leader who ruled Japan in early times |
| Samurai | a powerful land-owning warrior in Japan |
| Sphere of Influence | an area in 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 |
| Intertwine | to become closely connected or involved |
| Urbanization | when a city grows larger and spreads into nearby area |
| Megalopolis | a huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population |
| Trade Deficit | a situation that occurs when the value of a country’s imports is higher than the value of its exports |
| Trade Surplus | a situation that occurs when the value of a country’s exports is higher than the value of its imports |
| Structure | an arrangement of parts |
| How is Taiwan related to China | |
| What is the climate in in East Asia | |
| Why was the Great Wall of China Built For? | It was built for protection |
| Confucius | |
| Pollution in Japan | |
| *Climate in Japan | |
| *Woodblock | |
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