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Afro-Asian Studies

Vocabulary

Terms

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Hwang Ho
refers to the Yellow River which is sometime's called China's Sorrow because of disastrous floods.
monsoon
seasonal winds
Middle Kingdom
refers to China because the people believed that their land stood between heaven and earth.
terracing
cutting into hillsides to provide a series of steps of level land for farming. eg. The Red Basin near Chingtu
House of Snow
refers to the Himalaya Mountains
Peking
Northern Capital is often called the Paris of the east because of its natural beauty and fine architecture
delta
a piece of land formed by the deposit of silt at the mouth or end of a river. eg. The Hsi, or West River, empties into the South China Sea, and the great port city of Canton is located at its mouth
Khan
title of a ruler. eg. Ghengis Khan, the Mongol ruler
plateau
high, flat land. eg. The Roof of the World refers to the Tibetan plateau.
floating farms
rafts covered with soil near river edges
Cathay
referred to the northern area of China Proper and was so named by Marco Polo.
cells
communist groups
archipelago
a grouping of islands. eg. Japan
communism
an economic system whereby the means of production and distribution are owned and managed by the government, and the goods produced are shared by all the citizens
Manchu
referred to the invaders from Manchuria (today in northeastern China)
ideograph
a Chinese written character which sometimes looks like a picture representing an idea
commune
a grouping of collective farms
Mandarin
the Chinese language of the educated.

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