Asia Vocabulary

The process of people moving to city's & city's expanding into once rural areas

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​Urbanization

Multiple Choice

What is urbanization

• People and things leaving a city

• People and things moving to a city causing the city to expand

• A department store

• Taylor Swift's new album

A large landmass separated from the continent by a physical feature like mountains

​Subcontinent

Multiple Choice

What is a subcontinent?

• A large mass of land separated from the continent by a physical feature.

• Ms. Fred

• Jolly Roger

• The rainy season due to seasonal winds

Wind that blows from the same direction for several months but changes directions at other times causing a rainy season and dry season

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​Monsoon

Multiple Choice

What is a Monsoon

• India

• Seasonal rain caused by wind blowing in the same direction for several months

Storm with high winds and heavy rain

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Cyclone

Multiple Choice

What is a cyclone?

• The name of Donald Trump's yacht.

• A storm with heavy rain

• Yo' Mamma

• A monsoon

System which divides people into different social ranks with no possibility to change ranks; the higher the rank the more money, better lifestyle

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Caste System

Multiple Choice

Caste System

• System that divides people into social ranks. There is no possibility to change ranks;

  Higher ranks = more money & better lifestyle

• System that divides people into commercial ranks; the higher the rank the more money you make

• System for figuring out which duck is Daffy and which duck is Donald

• Micky Mouse.

  Yeah. Ms. Fred's going to Disney!!!

Belief in more than 1 God
(many gods)

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​Polytheism

Multiple Choice

What is polytheism

• Monotheism

• Cinnamon Bun

• Belief in more than 1 god

• Belief in ONLY 1 God

Multiple Choice

Polytheism and Monotheism are:

• Synonyms

  (the same)

• antonyms

  (opposite)

Belief that after a person dies, his or her soul is reborn into another body

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Reincarnation

Multiple Choice

What is reincarnation?

• Dying and going to heaven

• Your soul goes to another body after you die

• Dying and reaching Nirvanah

• Cheesecake

Extending a country's power & influence--politically and militarily

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Imperialism

Multiple Choice

What is imperialism

• When a country doesn't pay attention to anything outside it's borders

• polytheism

• Chinese Buffet

• policy of extending a country's power & influence both politically and militarily

Refusing to follow certain laws as a form of nonviolent peaceful protest

Civil Disobediance

Multiple Choice

Civil disobedience is....

• peaceful protest

• violent protest

• apathy

• indifference