| A | B |
| warlord | A general who controls an area by force. |
| commune | Land that is worked together by a team of people. |
| incentive | Anything that makes a person work harder or do more. |
| Diet | The legislature of Japan. |
| gross national product | The total value of all the goods and services produced in a year by a nation. |
| finance | The management of money. |
| literacy rate | The percentage of the population able to read and write. |
| civil disobedience | Nonviolent opposition to a government law by refusing ot obey the law. |
| jute | A plant, raised mostly in the Ganges Delta, from which the fiber for burlap and twine is obtained. |
| partition | A division into parts. |
| pagoda | A tower that serves as a religious building. |
| copra | Dried coconut meat. |