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Asia vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Steppe | one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia |
| Permafrost | a permanently frozen layer at variable depth below the surface in frigid regions of a planet (such as earth) |
| Tundra | a level that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| Taiga | a moist subarctic forest dominated by conifers (such as spruce and fir) that begins where the tundra ends |
| Pesticide | an agent used to destroy pests |
| Peat | a dark brown fibrous material that is formed primarily by the partial decomposition of organic matter and especially plants |
| Methane | a colorless odorless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon CH4 that is a product of biological decomposition of organic matter and of the carbonization of coal, is used as a fuel and as a starting material in chemical synthesis, and is the simplest of the alkanes |
| Greenhouse Gas | any of various gaseous compounds (such as carbon dioxide or methane) that absorb infrared radiation, trap heat in the atmosphere, and contribute to the greenhouse effect |
| Ural Mountains | mountain system in Russia and Kazakhstan extending from the Kara Sea to the steppes north of the Aral Sea |
| Black Sea | sea between Europe and Asia that is connected with the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles and receives the Danube and several other rivers |
| North Atlantic Drift | a strong ocean current driven by thermohaline circulation |
| Siberia | vast region of northern Asia chiefly in Russia extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and from the Arctic Ocean into northern Kazakhstan |
| Caspian Sea | salt lake between Europe (the European parts of Russia and Azerbaijan) and Asia |
| Scorched Earth Policy | a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war |
| Secular | of or relating to the physical world and not the spiritual world |
| Collective Farm | a farm especially in a Communist country formed from many small holdings collected into a single unit for joint operation under governmental supervision |
| Propaganda | ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause |
| Communism | a type of government as well as an economic system a way of creating and sharing wealth. |
| Socialism | a system of society or of group living in which there is no private property |
| Serf | a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner |
| Mongol Empire | empire founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 |
| Silk Roads | served as a route for trading goods such as silk, spices, precious metals, minerals handicrafts, architecture and paintings including theatrics performance, dance and music art. |
| Peter the Great | emperor of Russia |
| Cold War | a condition of rivalry, mistrust, and often open hostility short of violence |
| Russian Revolution | a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917 |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad | a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East |
| Kremlin | the citadel of a Russian city |
| Chernobyl | site in northern Ukraine of a town abandoned after a nuclear accident nearby in 1986 |
| Pipeline | a line of pipe with pumps, valves, and control devices for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided solids |
| Fallout | the often radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere |
| Half-life | the time required for half of something to undergo a process |
| Contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| Loess | an unstratified usually yellowish brown deposit found in North America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind |
| Archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| Typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the East and South China seas |
| DMZ Zone | an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel. |
| Animal-Biome | areas of the planet with a similar climate and landscape, where similar animals and plants live |
| Tibetan Plateau | rising to an altitude of 15,000 feet (4570 meters) in Tibet and extending into surrounding Chinese provinces |
| Ring of Fire | belt of volcanoes and frequent seismic activity nearly encircling the Pacific Ocean |
| Kanto Plain | region of Japan in east central Honshu, Tokyo is situated on it |
| Gobi Desert | meaning “waterless place” stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China |
| The Great Wall of China | reflects collision and exchanges between agricultural civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China. |
| Confucianism | the system of teachings of Confucius and his disciples characterized by central emphasis on the practice and cultivation of the cardinal virtues |
| Cultural Revolution | it is in China, and it was a social and political movement from 1966 to 1976, the aim of reasserting authority and strengthening the revolutionary spirit in the country. |
| Shogun | one of a line of military governors ruling Japan until the revolution of 1867–68 |
| Lost Decade | the decade-long economic crisis in Japan during the 1990s |
| Martial Law | the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power |
| Pagoda | a tower in eastern Asia usually with roofs curving upward at the division of each of several stories and erected as a temple or memorial |
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