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intensive farming | farming that requires a great deal of labor |
terrace | in farming a flat narrow ledge of land usually constructed in hilly areas to increase the amount of arable land |
bullet train | a high-speed train |
seismograph | an instrument that measures and records movement in the earth's crust |
typhoon | a destructive tropical storm that forms over the pacific ocean |
homogenous | having a similar nature; uniform in structure or quality |
militarism | the glorification of the military and and a readiness for war |
downsize | to fire an employee in order to reduce costs |
tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
quota | a fixed quanity |
demilitarized zone | a strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed |
proliferation | an increase in the number of something |
sphere of influence | an area or country that is politcaly and economically |
abdicate | to surrender ones office |
warlord | a local leader with military following |
light industry | the production of small consumer goods such as clothing and appliances |
martial law | the law administered during a period of strict military control |
double cropping | in farming growing more than one crop a year on the same land |
theocrat | someone who claims to rule by religous beliefs |
autonomous region | a political unit with limited self government |
ideogram | in written language a character or symbol that reprsents an idea or thing |
atheism | the belief that god does not exist |
acupuncture | the acient chineese practice of inserting fine needles |
buffer | a protective zone between two countries |
provisional government | a temperary government pending permenant arrangements |
exodus | a mass migration from a region |
barbarian | a person without manners or civilized customs |
paddy | irrigated or flooded land which rice is grown on |
indigenous | native to or living naturally in anarea or enviroment |
insurgent | a person who rebels against his or her government |
Doi moi | the economic change begun begun by Vietnam in 1989 |
heterogeneity | a lack of similarity |