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Geography Vocab
8.3-8.5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meditate | think deeply and focus ones mind |
| Enlightment | the acts or means of enlightening |
| Ascetic | a person who practices great self-denial |
| Nirvana | the extinction of desire |
| Monastery | a building occupied by a community of monks |
| Missionary | a person sent on a religious mission |
| Bodhisattva | one who seeks awakening |
| Consequence | a result of an action |
| Illusion | something that's likely to be wrongly interpreted |
| Punjab | state in northwest India |
| Nonviolent Resistance | civil resistance |
| Discrimination | the unjust treatment toward someone different |
| Partition | dividing |
| Nonalignment | forum of 120 countries |
| Flourish | grow in a healthy way |
| Concentrated | focused |
| Topography | artificial physical features of an area |
| Monsoon | season of heavy rain |
| Sparse | scattered elements |
| Overwhelmingly | great majority |