People
A group of people that is different from most of the population
Minority
The political and social system in which kings gave land to nobles in exchange for the nobles' promise to serve them
Feudalism
Region of frozen subsoil and few plants
Tundra
When a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas
Urbanization
What was the religion brought to Central Asia after it was conquered by the Arabs in the early A.D. 700s, and also the religion of the Moors who invaded Spain from Northern Africa?
Islam
A military leader who ruled Japan in early times
Shogun
A system of government in which the ruler has complete control
Absolute Monarchy
Weather and erosion caused by moving glaciers
Glaciation
The use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or its laws and an example of someone who did this
Civil Disobedience and Mahatma Gandhi
Last dynasty in China
Qing
A person that someone is descended from
Ancestor
A system of government in which the government controls the way of producing goods
Communism
A group of islands
Archipelago
The effort to use modern techniques and science to increase food production in poorer countries
Green Revolution
What was the greatest prize for many early conquerors of Central Asia?
Control of the Silk Road
Ethnic Group
Name of farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land in czarist Russia
Landform that lies north of Eastern Europe and Western Russia
The Baltic and Barents Sea
A regional variety of a language with unique features, such as vocab, grammar, or pronunciation
Dialect
Which river is the longest in China and the third longest in the world?
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)
A line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time
Dynasty
Organization created by the USSR in 1955
The Warsaw Pact
An area where sand, silt, clay or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
Delta
Underwater structure connects Britain to mainland Europe
Which is India's business center?
Mumbai