geo unit 9
Terms
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- archipelago
- a group or chain of islands
- tsunami
- Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake
- loess
- fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind
- typhoon
- a hurricane, or violent tropical storm, that forms in the Pacific Ocean, usually in late summer
- homogeneous
- describing a group of people or things that are very like one another
- megalopolis
- a "super-city" that is made up of several large cities and the smaller cities are near them
- culture hearth
- a center where cultures developed and frmo which ideas and traditions spread outward
- dynasty
- a ruling house or continuing family of rulers, especially in China
- clan
- tribal community or large group of people related to one another
- shogun
- in medieval Japan, a military ruler of the country
- samuri
- in medieval Japan, a class of professional soldiers who lived by a strict code of personal honor and loyalty to a noble
- ideogram
- a pictorial character or symbol that has a specific meaning or stands for a syllable
- shamanism
- belief in a leader who can communicate with spirits
- calligraphy
- the art of beautiful and decorative handwriting
- haiku
- form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables, often about nature
- commune
- in China, a collective farming community whose members were supposed to share work and products
- cooperative
- a voluntary organization whose members work together and share the expenses and profits from their enterprise; also called "co-op"
- trading partner
- a country that buys from or sells to another country
- merchant marine
- a country's fleet of ships that engage in commerce or trade
- acid rain
- precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids
- cholorofluorocarbon
- chemical substance, found mainly in liquid coolants, that damages the earth's protective ozone layer