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Ch. 8 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transition zone | An area of spatial change where the peripheries of two adjacent realms or regions join |
| Monsoon | Refers to the seasonal reversal of wind and moisture flows in certain parts of the subtropics and lower-middle latitudes |
| Caste System | The strict social stratification and residential segregation of people |
| Indo-European languages | The major world language family that dominate the European geographic realm |
| Dravidian languages | The language family, indigenous to the South Asian realm |
| Partition | The subdivision of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan at the end of the colonial rule |
| Forward capital | Capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory |
| Neoliberalism | A national or regional development strategy based on the privatization of state-run companies |
| Mega city | Informal term referring to the world’s most heavily populated cities |
| Extreme weather events | Unprecedented, record breaking departures from the longer-term weather patterns of a certain area |
| Population geography | The field of geography that focuses on the spatial aspects of demography |
| Population density | The number of people per unit area |
| Physiographic density | The number of people per area of arable land |
| Demographic transition | Multi-stage model, based on western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization |
| Fertility rates | More precisely Total Rate, it is the average number of children born to women of childbearing age in a given population |
| Demographic burden | The proportion of a national population that is either too old or too young to be productive and that must be cared for by the productive population |
| Population pyramid | Graphic representation or profile of a national population according to age and gender |
| Sex ratio | A demographic indicator showing the ratio of males to females in a given population |
| Buffer state | A country or set of contrives separating ideological or political adversities |
| Urban primacy | Refers to a country’s largest city |
| Taliban | The term means “students.” Refers to the Islamist militia group that emerged from madrassas in Pakistan and ruled neighboring Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 |
| Al-Queda | The terrorist organization that evoked into an expanding global network under the mid-1990s |
| China-Pakistan Economic Corridor | The 2000-kilometer northeast-southwest development axis starching between the westernmost chilies city of Kashgar |
| Drone warfare | The use of remote-controlled unmanned vehicles as delivery systems to conduct military attacks |
| Communal tension | Persistent stress among a country’s sociocultural groups that can often erupt into communal violence |
| Hindutva | “Hindu ness” as expressed through Hindu nationalism, Hindu heritage, and/or Hindu patriotism |
| Informal sector | Dominated by unlicensed sellers of homemade goods and services |
| Double delta | South Asia’s combined delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers |
| Non-governmental organization | A legitimate organization that operates independently from any form of government and does not function as a for-profit business |
| Micro-credit | Small loans extended to poverty-stricken borrowers who would not otherwise qualify for them |
| Rising sea level | One expected impacts of global climate change on the world ocean resulting from the large-scale melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice |
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