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- 2. rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that women would have in their lifetimes
- 3. the line of latitude 38 degrees North (38° N), in East Asia, which roughly marks the border between North Korea and South Korea
- 5. a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children.
- 6. a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
- 10. connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity. Animism belief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests.
- 12. zone an area, agreed upon between the parties to an armed conflict, which cannot be occupied or used for military purposes by any party to the conflict.
- 15. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
- 16. a large Japanese business conglomerate.
- 17. a method of printing text that involves arranging separate characters or letters on metal pieces.
- 19. a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
- 20. Wall of China Its purpose was to protect China from outside aggression, but also to preserve its culture from the customs of foreign barbarians.
- 21. Plateau a huge flat area of land surrounded by very tall mountains.
- 24. a company that does business in a select few countries around the world and operates facilities such as warehouses or distribution centres in at least one foreign country.
- 25. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law. capital the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.
- 26. population planning initiative in China implemented between 1979 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a single child.
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- 1. of Fire a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
- 4. a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children.
- 5. the belief in a single all-powerful god
- 7. trade international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions.
- 8. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- 9. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
- 11. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.
- 13. Economic globalization refers to the increasing interdependence of world economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities and services, flow of international capital and wide and rapid spread of technologies.
- 14. a group of islands.
- 18. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
- 22. Desert “waterless place” stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China. Confucianism a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius.
- 23. the belief in or worship of more than one god.