Chapter 30 Vocabulary
Urbanization: the movement of people from rural areas into cities.
Primate City: a city that dominates a countries economy, culture, and government, and which population is concentrated; usually the capital.
Maritime: concerned with travel or shipping by sea.
Sphere of Influence: area of a country in which a foreign power has political or economic control.
Buffer State: neutral territory between rival powers.
Wat: in Southwest Asia, a temple.
Batik: method of dyeing clothes to produce beautiful patterns, developed in Indonesia and Malaysia
Longhouse: in rural areas of Indonesia and Malaysia, a large, elevated building where people from several related families live.