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159 Cards in this Set
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Mumbai
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India’s largest state
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"home islands"
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4 largest islands WHERE????
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klongs
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a canal
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Trade surplus
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A condition existing when a country exports more than it imports
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Wallace’s Line
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a dividing line in indonesia
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Mahatma Gandhi
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A lawyer that led India to independence
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the goddess Ganges
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A major river in India
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Confucianism
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A philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius, an ancient Chinese philosopher
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Shoguns
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A powerful warlord in early Japan
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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a ring of volcanoes around the edges of the pacific
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Isthmus of Kra
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A straight of land connecting the Malay peninsula to SE Asia
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export economy
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A type of economy in which goods are produced mainly for export rather than for domestic use
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subcontinent
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A very large land mass that is smaller than a continent
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Monsoon
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A wind system in which winds reverse direction and cause seasons of wet and dry weather
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pantheon
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All the gods of a religion
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Green Revolution
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an effort to increase food production
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Abel Tasman
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an explorer , First explorer in Nz
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ASEAN
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an organization founded to promote economic development as well as political cooperation among its members
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Aborigines
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Australia’s first peoples
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Strait of Malacca
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body of water located between the island of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia
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Cook Strait
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body of water separating the islands of North Island and South Island in New Zealand
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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boundary around the Pacific Ocean has lots of seismic activity
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wats
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Buddhist temple
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Canberra
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capital of Australia
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Dhaka
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Capital of Bangladesh
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Thimpu
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capital of Bhutan
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Male
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Capital of Maldives
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Katmandu
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capital of Nepal
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Wellington
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capital of New Zealand
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Islambad
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Capital of Pakistan
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Colombo
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Capital of Sri Lanka
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Bass Strait
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channel of water
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Oyashio Current
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Cold ocean current that cools northern Japan in the summer
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Communes
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Collective farms grouped together to organize farming and plan public services
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Lahars
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Dangerous volcanic mudflows
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Urban agglomeration (megalapolis)
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Densely populated region surrounding a central city
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deforestation
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destruction or loss of forests
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partition
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division of place, 1974 partition in India
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Outback
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Dry interior of Australia
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Asian (Little) Tigers
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Economical powerhouses: big tiger- Japan; little tigers- ; little tigers- China Taiwan Singapore and S. Korea; Asian tigers- Philippines Thailand Indonesia and Malaysia
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Subsidy
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Financial support from the government
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“Five Principles”
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five guidelines used in Indonesian schools
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Annexation
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Formally joining an area to a country
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puppet government
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Government controlled by outside forces, such as another country’s government
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Mount Kosciusko
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Highest point in Australia
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New Delhi
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India’s Capital
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caste system
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India’s four level social class system
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Ainu
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Japan’s early inhabitants
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Meiji Restoration
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Japanese political revolution that overthrew the shogun and restored the power of the emperor
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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Japanese port and target of United States atomic bombs in 1945
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Archipelago
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Large group of islands
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economy of scale
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Large production of goods that reduces the production cost of each item
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Tsunami
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Large sea waves created by undersea tectonic activity like earthquakes
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Tonle Sap
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largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia
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marsupials
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Mammals that have pouches to carry their young
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Flyway
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Migration route for birds
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Southern Alps
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mountain range in South Island, New Zealand
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Isthmus
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narrow piece of land connects Malay peninsula in mainland SE Asia
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exotic species
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New types of plants and animals that people introduce to an area
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Auckland
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New Zealand’s largest city and main seaport
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Homogenous
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Of the same kind, such as a population made up mostly of the same ethnic group
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Hinduism
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One of the two major religions in India
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Malay Peninsula
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peninsula that juts out of Southeast Asia
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Red Guards
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People mobilized by Mao Zedong
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Tagalog/Pilipino
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people of Indonesia
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jute
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Plant fiber used to make products like burlap and rope
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Endemic species
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Plants and animals native to a certain place
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kharma
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positive or negative forces caused by one’s actions( Hindus, Buddhists, Jains)
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Brahmins
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priests and intellectuals; highest in caste; only ones who can read and write
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Jainism
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Religion with origins in India that emphasizes a strict moral code based on preserving life
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Reincarnation in Hindu
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repeated rebirth of one’s soul in different forms
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Khmer Rouge
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rule of Cambodia
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Low islands
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Small and flat and are from coral
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TVE’s
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Television’s Trust for the Environment
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Sanskrit
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The ancient language of India
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Maori
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the first people of New Zealand
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Siddhartha Gautama
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The guy who invented Buddhism
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domino theory
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The idea that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow like falling dominoes
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dharma in Hindu
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the importance of doing one’s duty according to one’s station in life
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Hindi
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The major language of India
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“ Land Down Under”
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the name for Australia, because it is under the equator
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Maori Wars
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The war between the British and Maori
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Kampong
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Traditional villages usually built on stilts in parts of Southeast Asia
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arboreal
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Tree dwelling
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Mount Fuji
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Volcano in japan
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artesian wells
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Wells in which water flows naturally to the surface
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monsoons
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wind system that causes wet and dry seasons
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Great Barrier Reef
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world’s largest coral reef; located off the northeastern coast of Australia
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intensive agriculture
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A form of agriculture using a great amount of human labor and/or capital to farm small amounts of land
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Tienanmen Square
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A marketplace in china
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“China’s Rice Bowl”
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A place in China with fertile soils
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atoll
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A ring
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matrilineal
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A social system characterized by tracing kinship only through the mother
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ITCZ
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An area where northeast and southeast trade winds meet near the equator, creating humid, often rainy conditions
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James Cook
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an explorer, Claimed NZ for England
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Three Gorges Dam
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Dam being made in the Chang river
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Mariana Trench
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Deepest known place on earth’s surface
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Gobi Desert
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desert that makes up part of the Mongolian plateau in East Asia
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copra
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Dried coconut meat
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Double cropping
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Harvesting two crops in the same plot each year
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Opium War
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Important war in history
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sepoys
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Indian troops under the command of British officers
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High islands
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Islands that tend to be mountainous and rocky they may have volcanoes
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the communists
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Sun Yat Sen
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Led Chinese rebels
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dynasty
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Line of hereditary rulers
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martial law–
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Military rule
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Genghis Khan–
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Mongol leader
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“China’s Sorrow”
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Nickname for the Chang river
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Kashmir
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One of the states in India
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Tamils
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One of the two ethnic groups that is 25% of the population
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Sinhalese
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One of the two main ethnic groups
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heterogenous
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opposite to homogenous. A community made up of different cultures and types of people, animals, plants, etc.
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Urdu
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Pakistan’s official language that is read right to left
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Samurai
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Professional Japanese warrior employed by a shogun for protection
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aquaculture
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Raising and harvesting fish and marine life in ponds or other bodies of water
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Sikhism
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religion of India; combines Muslim belief in one God and Hindu beliefs of reincarnation and Kharma
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pidgen languages
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Simplified languages used to help people with different languages communicate
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cottage industries
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Small-scale industries based in the homes
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protectorate
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something that gives up certain decision-making powers in exchange for protection by a stronger country
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Son of Sun Yat Sen, became ruler
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Dalai Lama
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Spiritual leader of most Tibetans
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storm surge
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strong winds that cause water to pile up, creating a high tide
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Mt Everest
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The biggest mountain in the world. (In the Himalayas.)
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East Pakistan
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The former name of Bangladesh
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Ceylon
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The nickname the British gave Sri Lanka when they became there colony
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Palk Strait
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The straight that separates Singapore and India
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Matthew Perry
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U.S military leader. Ok - BUT WHAT DID HE DO? WHY IS HE IMPORTANT???
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Paddy
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Wet land where rice is grown
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Himalayas
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World’s highest mountains; located in Asia
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loess
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Yellowish soil
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EEZ
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Zone extending 200 nautical miles (370 km) from a country’s shore that includes resources controlled by that country
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SEZ’s
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Zones designed to attract foreign companies and investment to areas of China
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Great Leap Forward–
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.A program made to speed up industrialization.
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Cultural Revolution
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A period where Mao's followers ried to rid China of people they considered his enemies.
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Angkor Wat (SE Asia )
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A large wat in Bankok where Buddhist worship their gods.
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armistice (Japan, SK, NK)
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A truce
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Buddhism (SE Asia )
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A really popular wat (Buddhist temple) that is in Bangkok.
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buffer state (China, Taiwan, Japan)
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A truce
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Cultural Revolution (China, Taiwan, Japan)
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A really popular religion that is polythiestic.
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DMZ (Japan, SK, NK)
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A country that is between 2 larger and more powerful country's
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exotic species
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Animals that are no native to a country
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Formosa
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Taiwans old name.
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French Indonesia (SE Asia )
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A large group of island in the Indian Ocean and the Java sea
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Indus River
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A large river in Pakistan that leads out to the Arabian Sea
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Islam
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A major religion that is polytheistic
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Keiretsu (Japan, SK, NK)
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A Japanese term describing a loose group of companies organized around a single bank for their mutual benefit.
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Kuroshio Current (Japan, SK, NK)
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is a strong western boundary current in the western north Pacific Ocean.
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landlocked (Indian Perimeter)
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A country that is surrounded by land
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Maldives
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A small group of islands in the indian ocean; below India
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Mekong River (SE Asia )
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The longest river in Southeast Asia. (in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and it leads out to the South China Sea.
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Micronesia
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one of three groups of islands.
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Mt Cook
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A big mountain in New Zealand.
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Oceanic Islands
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Australia and New Zealand
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Pacific Ocean
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The larest ocean in the world east of Asia/
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Polynesia
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One of the three islands east of Asia.
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Red Guards (China, Taiwan, Japan)
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A group of middle school students in Beijing named themselves "Chairman Mao's Red Guards." They fought in the revolution.
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slash and burn agriculture (SE ASIA)
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When you plant and grow many crops.
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Tasman Sea
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A large sea between Australia and New Zealand
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