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world george
ch.30,32,31,33
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| intensive farming | farming that requires a great deal of labor |
| terrace | in farming a flat narrow ledge of land usually constructed in hilly areas to increase the amount of arable land |
| bullet train | a high-speed train |
| seismograph | an instrument that measures and records movement in the earth's crust |
| typhoon | a destructive tropical storm that forms over the pacific ocean |
| homogenous | having a similar nature; uniform in structure or quality |
| militarism | the glorification of the military and and a readiness for war |
| downsize | to fire an employee in order to reduce costs |
| tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
| quota | a fixed quanity |
| demilitarized zone | a strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed |
| proliferation | an increase in the number of something |
| sphere of influence | an area or country that is politcaly and economically |
| abdicate | to surrender ones office |
| warlord | a local leader with military following |
| light industry | the production 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 religous beliefs |
| autonomous region | a political unit with limited self government |
| ideogram | in written language a character or symbol that reprsents an idea or thing |
| atheism | the belief that god does not exist |
| acupuncture | the acient chineese practice of inserting fine needles |
| buffer | a protective zone between two countries |
| provisional government | a temperary government pending permenant arrangements |
| exodus | a mass migration from a region |
| barbarian | a person without manners or civilized customs |
| paddy | irrigated or flooded land which rice is grown on |
| indigenous | native to or living naturally in anarea or enviroment |
| insurgent | a person who rebels against his or her government |
| Doi moi | the economic change begun begun by Vietnam in 1989 |
| heterogeneity | a lack of similarity |
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