| A | B |
| Hong Kong | tiny dynamo: British colony until recently |
| Taiwan | the other China , island |
| Mongolia | is located between China and Russia |
| Vietnam | A divided country for 20 years US envolved in war with them |
| Singapore | island, city state, wealthy Aisan country |
| tableland | a level flat plateau |
| arable | suitable for growing crops |
| alpine | mopuntqainous areas of high elevation above the tree line |
| alluvial soil | rock fragments & silt deposited on the land when the river floods during the railny season |
| delta | The land tagt us firned bt mud and sand deposited at the mouth of the river |
| green revolution | the grwoing of more crops on the smae amount of land due to new scientific methods |
| isolationism | a national policy of avoiding international political and economic relations |
| tsunami | a great sea waveproduced by an earthquake or volcanoeruptong under the sea |
| refugee | a person who flees for safety in a time of persecutin, war, or disaster |
| teak | a hard, yellowish-brown wood that is often used for carving and for furniture |
| tripple cropping | the process of harvesting on e cropand then immediately planting anouther type of crop on the same land |