East Asia Review

a group of islands

• Archipelago

• Megalopolis

• Urbanization

• Dynasty

a fine-grained, fertile soil deposited by the wind

• Samurai

• Archipelago

• Loess

• Communism

a military leader who ruled Japan in early times

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Emperor

• Prime Minister

a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time

• Monarchy

• Dynasty

• Federalists

• Royals

a powerful land-owning warrior in Japan

• Samurai

• Emperor

• Shogun

• President

a system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Socialism

• Communism

a huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population

• Megalopolis

• Urbanization

• Capitals

• Suburbs

when a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas

• Suburbanization

• Ruralization

• Urbanization

a situation that occurs when a value of a country's exports is higher than the value of its imports

• Trade Deficit

• Breaking Even

• Gambling

• Trade Surplus

a situation that occurs when the value of a country's imports is higher than the value of its exports

• Trade Deficit

• Breaking even

• Gambling

• Trade Surplus