| A | B |
|---|
| Shogun | Japanese military General: actually ruled Japan from 1600 - 1850 |
| Singapore | modern - technological nation in SE Asia - located along a trade route - strategic chokepoint |
| skilled workers | people who are smart - can run machines/computers |
| socioeconomic status | social class based on how much $$$ (money) you make |
| spice trade | pepper, oregano, paprika, salt .. Asia & India had them .. Europeans wanted them .. 1400s .. Through ? 1800s |
| subsistence farming | grow just enough (barely enough) to get by |
| tea ceremony | an elaborate system of doing this item - demonstrates taking time to admire the beauty of simple things |
| technology | computers, machines |
| terrace farming | cutting steps into the side of a mountain in order to farm |
| Tokugawa shogunate | 1600-1850: Japanese feudalism - Japan isolates itself from the world |
| totalitarian | dictatorship |
| trade deficit | it occurs when you import more than you export |
| trade surplus | when you export more than you import .. Result: the country makes $$$ (money) |
| traditional society | doing things they way they always have been done .. Very little change ? usually male dominant (patriarchal) and extended families (large families) |
| tropical | hot & humid |
| tsunami | tidal wave |
| typhoon | a hurricane in the Pacific |
| underdeveloped | poor nations |
| Viet Cong | communists in Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh |
| work ethic | people who long hours out of duty |
| World War II | occurs 1939 - 45 in Europe ? 1941 - 45 in Asia / the Pacific |
| zaibatsu | Japanese corporation - run by a family |
