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Module 4 Essentials 2018-2019 (Shafer/Sheesley)

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tsunami   a large wave caused by an earthquake  
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one child policy   Chinese rule to control the size of families  
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caste system   a way that India separated its groups of people  
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Repression   the opposition to freedom  
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staple crop   the most important food produced or eaten in a region  
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arable   land that can grow crops  
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propaganda   information given out in order to influence people (often half truths)  
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monsoon   seasonal winds that often times bring extremely heavy rains  
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famine   a huge food shortage often caused by extended droughts  
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Himalayas   the tallest mountains in the world  
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Hinduism   a religion that originated in South Asia  
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corruption   the use of power for personal gain  
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Buddhism   a religion that developed out of the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama  
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caravan   a group of people traveling together  
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outsourcing   sending tasks to be done by workers outside a company  
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secular   not religious  
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landlocked   cut off from direct access to the ocean  
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command economy   an economy in which the central government makes all basic economic decisions  
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market economy   an economy where the producers and consumers make the economic decisions  
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party   a political group  
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liberated   to free or get freedom  
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silk road   trade routes across Asia  
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overgrazing   when animals eat to the point of killing the plants  
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Korean War   war between communists and democracies in Asia during the early 1950s  
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Cultural Revolution   violent attempt to change the way people live in communist China in the 1960s  
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