Word | Description |
Yurt | a tent of Central Asia's nomads, made of felt covered with leather, traditional form of shelter in Mongolia |
Little League | baseball bacme popular in Japan, Tawain, became popular after World War II, 1974 US banned the foreign Little League b/c of the Tawain's success and came back in 1976 |
Confucianism | a movement based on the teachings of Confucius, he stressed the importance of education in an oredered society in which one respects one's elders and obeys the government |
Communism | a system in which the goverment holds nearly all political power and the means of production |
Pacific Rim | an economic and social region surrounding the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and the west coast of the United States |
Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family, China- Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Qing |
Samurai | a professional soldier in Japan who served interests of landowners and clan chiefs, samurai means one who guards, served as a bodyguard of warriors loyal to the leader of a clan |
Taoism | a philosophy based on the teachings of Lao-Tzu, who lived in China in the 6 c. B.C. and believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual, with nature, and in the universe, with little inteference from the government |