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unit 8 geography
Question1 | Answer1 | question2 | answer2 | question3 | answer3 | qestion4 | answer4 |
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alluvial plain | an area of fertile soil deposited by river flood waters | lama | buddhist monk.consolidated his power over religious & politicalrealms | substainable development | using resources at a rate that does not deplete them for future generations | nuclear proliferation | the spreading development of nuclear alarms |
monsoon | seasonal winds | reincarnation | rebirth as another living being | chipko | tree hugger | dalits | the opressed , signed to the lowest class |
cyclone | same as hurricanes,high winds heavy rains | karma | good deeds,actions in accord with one's dharma | proaching | the illegal killing of protected animals | ||
tsunami | huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes | mercantilism | the using of colonies for giving materials & markets to the clonnizing country | stupa | domed shrines | ||
dharma | moral duty | guru | tacher named Nanak ,teaches that there is 1 god and good deeds and meeditation releases reincarnation | dzong | the fortifiedmonasteries | ||
subcontinent | a large distinct landmass that is joined to a continent | sikh | religious group that incorperates elements of hinduism and islam,conquered parts of north pakistan & india | cashcrop | farm products grown for sale or export | ||
jati | a group that defines one's occupation and social positions | imperialism | political or economic domination | jute | major cash crop of bangledash,a fiber used to make string rope and cloth | ||
megalopolis | a chain of closely linked metropolitian areas | raj | hindu word forempire | green revolution | a program in the 1960's made to increase crop yielding in developing countries | ||
total fertility rate | the average # of children a woman has in her life | mantra | repetitive prayers | biomass | plant materials & animal dung | ||
cottage industry | business that emplay workers in there homes | ecotourism | encourages responsible interaction with environment & endangered species | interdependent | a reliant on one another |