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Geography
Term | Definition |
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Monsoon | Refers to the seasonal reversal of wind and moisture flows in certain parts of the subtropics and lower-middle latitudes. |
Indo-European languages | The major world language family that dominates the European geographic realm |
Dravidian languages | The language family, indigenous to the South Asian realm, that dominates southern India today |
Partition | The subdivision of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan at the end of colonial rule on August 15, 1947. |
Forward Capital | Capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory, usually near an international border |
Population density | The number of people per unit area. |
Physiological density | The number of people per unit area of arable land. |
Fertility rate | More precisely the Total Fertility Rate, it is the average number of children born to women of childbearing age in a given population. |
Demographic transition | Multi-stage model, based on western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. High birth rates and death rates are followed by plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain |
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. |
Communal tension | Persistent stress among a country’s sociocultural groups that can often erupt into communal violence |
Hindutva | Hinduness” as expressed through Hindu nationalism, Hindu heritage, and/or Hindu patriotism. |
Caste system | The strict social stratification and residential segregation of people |
Taliban | The term means “students” or “seekers of religion.” |
al-Queda | The terrorist organization that evolved into an expanding global network under the directorship of Usama bin Laden between the mid-1990s and his elimination by the U.S. in 2011. |
Rising sea Level | One of the expected major impacts of global climate change on the world ocean resulting from the large-scale melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice. |
Drone warefare | The use of remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as delivery systems to conduct military attacks |