31-33 vocab Crossword

several European powers had carved China into
After a series of revolts in 1911, the Nation- alists seized power, forcing the emperor to
regional leaders with their own armies, seized power in their own areas.
Under Deng’s leadership, China focused on the development of
The country’s leaders imposed
In some areas, farmers practice
is some- one who claims to rule by religious
is a political unit with limited self-government.
Written Chinese involves the use of
denies the existence of God.
is the practice of in- serting very thin needles at specific points on the body to cure diseases or to ease pain.
protective zone, between China and Russia.
Although repres- sive, Chiang’s government allowed free enter- prise to flourish.
mass departure
machines that register move- ments in the earth’s crust
is a tropical hurricane that forms over the Pacific Ocean,
Shared ancestry makes Japan’s population
or the glorification of the military and a readiness for war.
or fired, as their companies trim workers to save costs.
or fixed total quantities,
are taxes on imports that make foreign goods more costly than their domestic equivalents.
a strip of land on which troops or weapons are not allowed.
increase in number, of atomic weapons around the world.
people without manners or civilized customs.
the wet land on which rice is grown, spanned the deltas of the Irrawaddy,
or native, South- east Asians.
people who rebel against their government, has greatly slowed Myanmar’s economic growth.
or lack of similarity,
the name given to the economic reform