S.s. Bowl Chapter 20 Vocabulary Review

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A practice of using concentration to quiet and control one's thoughts

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Meditation

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Buddhism started in India and spread to China through the Silk Roads

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Ethical system stretches the harmony between people and nature

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Daoism

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Buddhism focuses on helping people and their physical and mental suffering by teaching them to give up worldly possessions

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A belief that everything has a soul, including objects in nature

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Animism

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A native religion of Japan that is similar to animism, the follower of this religion worships the spirits of their ancestors

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Shinto

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Belief in more than one God; animism and shinto is __________

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Polytheism

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Belief in one God; christianity and islam is __________

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Monotheism

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A type of strong ceramic pottery

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Porcelain

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Individual character carved on clay or metal blocks were placed in a frame to form a page of text

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Movable type

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Some of China's inventions include

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Porcelain, gunpowder, paper, and compass

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An area that has the ability to develop a market economy with no government control of the business

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Special economic zone

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Large company that is based in one country but established offices, Branch, or plants and several other

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Multinational corporation

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Occurs when economic activities are conducted across National border

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Economic globalization

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Shanghai World Financial Center is the tallest building in China and home to the Shanghai stock exchange one of shanghai's problem is over pollution and pollution

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Style of Animation or cartoon developed in Japan

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Anime

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Japanese comic book

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Manga

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One reason for anime popularity is broad range of subject

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Train that travels at a very high speed and appearance like a bullet

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Bullet train

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Move with Little Resistance from the wind

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Aerodynamic design

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The first bullet train connected Tokyo with Osaka

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_____ operated the fastest train on the world

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China

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Magnetic levitation train

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Maglev

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Train ride on cushion of air over tracks laid with many powerful magnet

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Magnetic levitation

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What is the bullet train advantage

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Less pollution

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Special economic zone

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SEZ

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People who start up new businesses

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Entrepreneurs

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The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given years

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Gross domestic product (GDP)

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China's main industry is

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Mining, Iron and steel manufacturing

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China is most known for its export of...

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Clothing textiles, electronic, and toys

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Law that restricts Urban Chinese families to one child

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One child policy

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Followed

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Comply

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Average number of children born per year

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Fertility rate

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A Dam built to prevent on Chang Jiang River flooding along the river

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Three Gorges Dam

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A deep narrow passage surrounded by Deep cliffs

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Gorge

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Large artificial Lake

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Reservoir

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Debate

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Controversy

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Benefits of the dam

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Prevented flooding and generated lots of energy

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Drawbacks of the dam

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Expensive, many people were displaced and cultural site under water, and harmful to the environment

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Multi-story structure that often used for religious purpose

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Pagoda

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The war between Communists and nationalists were formally ended so there are still tension between Taiwan and China

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A government maintained by military power

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Martial law

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Legal position

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Political status

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Money for investment

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Capital

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A period where the Japan economy slows down because many of its businesses is in huge debt

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Lost decade

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Trade that does not impose tariffs

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Free trade

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Country depends mostly on its own effort and abilities

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Self-reliance

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A long period of extreme dry weather

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Drought

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Extreme food shortage

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Famine

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What is the major industry of South Korea

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Ship building

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What is the main industry in North Korea

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Producing military equipment