Vocabulary Week 12

IsolationTo separate from other of the same kind; whether forced or by choice.

*Category*: Geography

DynastyA succession of rulers from the same line of descent

*Category*: Government

HierarchyPersons or things arranged in ranks or classes

*Category*: Culture

PeasantUsually an uneducated person of low social status.A small farmer or farm laborer*Category*: Culture

NobleSomeone of high birth or rank

*Category*: Culture

Social ClassRefers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures.*Category*: Culture

LoessA fine usually yellowish brown soil found in North America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind.*Category*: Geography

Yellow RiverThe second longest river in China. It is called this because of the sediment that is carried by the river. (AKA the Huang He River)*Category*: Geography

Yangtze RiverIs the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world.

*Category*: Geography

Gobi Desert The largest desert in Asia and the fourth largest in the world, stretches into modern day China and Mongolia.*Category*: Geography

HimalayasA mountain range in southern Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.*Category*: Geography

North China PlainA large plain area that is responsible for a majority of crop production in China.*Category*: Geography