Chapter 28&29 Vocabulary
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| nationalism | Pride in one's nation; the desire of a culture group to rule themselves as a separate nation
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| nonviolent resistance | The policy of opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violent
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| boycott | To refuse to purchase or use a product or service as an expression of disapproval
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| partition | A division into separate parts
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| reincarnation | The belief that the soul of a human being or animal goes through a series of births, deaths, and rebirths
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| caste system | A social hierarchy in which a person possesses a distinct rank in society that is determined by birth
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| charpoy | A wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a matress
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| sari | A brightly colored cloth, worn by many Indian women, that is draped over the body like a long dress
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| purdah | The practice among Hindu and Muslim women of covering the faces with a veil when outside the home
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| joint family system | In India, the custom of housing all members of an extended family together
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| cottage industry | A small-scale manufacturing operation using little technology
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| hydroelectric power | Electricity that that is generated by moving water
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| irrigate | The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers
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| embarkment dam | A wall of soil and rock to hold back water
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| buffer state | A country that separates two hostile countries
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| malnutrition | disease caused by a lack of food or an unbalanced diet
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| deforestation | the process of stripping the land of its trees
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| sultanate | a state ruled by a sultan
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| nonaligned nation | a nation that adopted neutrality durning the Cold War
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| subcontinent | a large landmass forming a distinct part of a continent
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| alluvial plain | a boad expanse of land along riverbanks, consisting of rich, fertile soil left by floods
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| monsoon | a seasonal shift in the prevailing winds that influences large climate regions
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