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India
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India Vocab | India Definitions |
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nationalism | pride in one's nation |
nonviolent resistance | the policy of opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence |
boycott | to refuse to purchase, sell, or use a product or service |
partition | a nation divided into parts |
reincarnation | the belief that the souls of humans and animals go through a series of birth, deaths, and rebirths |
caste system | a social hiearchy in which people are born into a particualr group that has been given a distinct rank in society |
charpoy | a wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress |
sari | brightly colored cloth that is draped over the body like a long dress |
purdah | began among Muslims but is followed by Hindus as well |
joint family system | in india, the custom of housing huall members of an extended family together |
cottage industry | a small-scale manufactoring operation in which people produse goods in their own homes using their own tools |
hydroelectric power | electricity produced by water |
irrigate | supply land with water |
embankment dam | wall of soil and rock built to hold back water |
buffer state | a country that seperates two political enemies |
malnutrition | a lack of food or an unbalanced diet |
deforestation | stripping the land of its trees |