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| yurt | A large circular structure made of animal skins used as a home in Mongolia |
| haiku | Japanese poetry know for being short & following a specific structure |
| pagoda | a tower with many stories built a temple or memorial |
| megalopolis | a huge urban area made up of several large cities |
| free port | a place where goods can be unloaded, stored, and shipped again without payment of taxes |
| samurai | A powerful land-owning warrior in Japan |
| novel | A long fictional story |
| shogun | a military leader who ruled Japan in early times |
| census | The count of the number of people living in an area |
| porcelain | high quality pottery than can be very thin & covered with a shiny coating |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time |
| landslide | when soil is washed down steep hillsides due to an earthquake or heavy rain |
| gorge | a steep-sided valley formed when a river cuts through land that is being lifted upward |
| teak | high quality wood used to make buildings and ships |
| loess | fine-grained fertile soil deposited by wind |
| cordillera | a region of parallel mountain chains |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| tungsten | metal combined with iron to make steel, filaments in electric light bulbs & parts of rockets that must resist high amounts of heat |
