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21 Cards in this Set
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what is a monsoon
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what are seasonal winds |
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what is a tyhoon |
what are violent wind mixed with water |
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what is a tsunami |
what is a long high wave caused by a earthquake |
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what is flora |
what is plant life |
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what is fauna |
what is animal life |
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what are archipelago |
what are chained islands |
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wha are cordilleras |
what are parellel moutains ranges and plateus |
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Homogeneous |
Having a whole population belonging to the same ethnic group |
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Aborigines |
Original inhabitants |
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Urbanization |
Moving to the city |
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Primate city |
Urban area that serves a country's major part (Often their capital) |
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Clan |
Family groups |
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Shogun |
Military ruler |
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Samurai |
Perfessional Warriors |
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Dynasty |
Ruling family |
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Ideograms |
Pictures or symbols that stand for ideas |
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Shamanism |
Faith in leaders believed to have powers to heal the sick |
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Lamas |
Buddhist religion leaders |
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Cash crops |
Crops raised to be sold for profit |
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Sickles |
Long sharp arched blade |
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Paddies |
Flooded fields in which rice is grown |
