9.7 Chapter Key Terms

Ainu

alluvium

Asia–Pacific region

chaebol

Confucianism

Cultural Revolution

export-led growth

floating population

food security

food self-sufficiency

Great Leap Forward

growth poles

hukou system

inversion

just-in-time system

kaizen system

loess

qanats

regional self-sufficiency

regional specialization

responsibility system

special economic zones (SEZs)

state-aided market economy

tsunami

typhoon

wet rice cultivation

yurts (or gers)