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chapter 24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| himalaya mountains | sprawling east to west from Afghanistan through Pakistan to India into Nepal |
| subcontinent | a large landmass that is smaller than a contenint |
| alluvail plain | lands that are rich |
| archipelago | islands or groups of islands |
| atoll | shallow lagoons |
| monsoon | seasonal winds |
| cyclone | a volient storm with fierce winds. |
| hinduism | the religion of most indians |
| ganges river | not only an important water way,also scared river. |
| storm surge | the sawmps low lying areas |
| estuary | damn in south asia |
| mughal empire | the muslum empire established by the early 1500 over musch of india. |
| raj | a kind of popular algerian music developed in the 1920s by poor urban children. |
| nonviolent resistant | a movment that uses all means of protext execpt violence. |
| land reforms | a naturally formed feature on the surface of the earth. |
| green revolution | an agriculture program launched by sciencetist in the 1960. |
| caste system | the aryn system of social classes in india and one of the conerstones of hinduism. |
| sikhism | a monothesis relegion founded by guru nanak in the punjab. |
| indus valley civilization | the largest of the worlds first civilization in what is now pakistan. |
| partition | separation,division into two or more territorial units having separate political status. |
| kashmir | a region of northern india and pakistan over which several destructive wars have been fought. |
| microcredit | small loan avalible to poor enterpreneus. |
| entrepreur | a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses |
| ramadan | is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar |
| constitutional monarchy | is a form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State |
| sherpa | a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet |
| siddhartha gautama | was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer ascetics |
| mandala | a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. |
| sinhalese | a member of a people originally from northern India |
| tamils | a member of a people inhabiting parts of southern India |
| sultan | a Muslim sovereign. |
| basic necessities | something necessary or indispensable |
| illiteracy | the inability to read or write. |
| summer monsoon | the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter |
| winter monsoon | the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter |
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