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WorldGeographyy012
Chapter 30, 32, 31, 33 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |