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East and Southeast Asia
East and Southeast Asia
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Geography
9th Grade
05/06/2010

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Paddy           
Definition
wet land where rice is grown
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Aquaculture
Definition
raising and harvesting fish and marine life in ponds or other bodies of water
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Puppet government
Definition
government controlled by outside forces, such as another country's government
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Calligraphy
Definition
artistic handwriting or lettering
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Tsunami’s
Definition
large sea waves created by undersea tectonic activity like earthquakes
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Diet
Definition
Japan's elected lawmaking body
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Armistice
Definition
truce
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Subsidies
Definition
financial support from the governement
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Trade surplus
Definition
a condition existing when a country exports more than its imports
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Domino theory
Definition
the idea that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow like falling dominoes
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intensive agriculture
Definition
a form of agriculture using great amount of human labor and/or capital to farm small amounts of land
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Taoism
Definition
a religion that teaches there is a natural order to the universe called tao
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communes
Definition
collective farms grouped together to organize farming and plan public services
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SEZ’s
Definition
zones desgned to attract foreign companies and investment to areas of China
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flyway
Definition
migration route for birds
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shogun
Definition
a powerful warlord in earyl Japan
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DMZ
Definition
a buffer zone into which opposing armies may not enter
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work ethic
Definition
the belief that work itself has moral value
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urban agglomeration
Definition
densely populated region surrounding a central city
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ASEAN
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double cropping
Definition
harvesting two crops in the same plot each year
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Confucianism
Definition
a philosophy based on the teachings of confucianism, an ancient chinese philosopher.
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pictograms
Definition
simple pictures used to represent ideas
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martial law
Definition
military rule
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Meiji Restoration
Definition
japanese political revolution that overthrew the shogun and restored the power of the emperor.
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samurai
Definition
professional japanese warrior employed by a shogun for protection
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annex
Definition
to formally join an area to a country
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export economy
Definition
a type of economy in which goods are produced mainly for export rather than for domestic use.
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arboreal
Definition
of or pertaining to trees; treelike.
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wats
Definition
buddhist temples that also serve as monasteries
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