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Unit 8 World Geo.
Voabulary Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Himalaya Mountains | A Mountain Range In South Asia That Includes Mount Everest,The World's Tallest Mountain Peakk |
| Subcontinent | A LandMass That Is Like A Continent, Only Smaller, Such AS South Asia, Which Is The Indian Subcontinent. |
| Alluvi Plains | Land That Is Rich Farmland, Composed Of Clay, Silt,Sand,Or Gravel Depositeed By Running Water |
| Archipelago | A Set Of Closely Grouped Islands |
| Atoll | A Ring Like Coral Or Strings Of Small Islands Surrounding A Lagoon |
| Monsoon | A Seasonal Wind, Especially In South Asia |
| Cyclone | A Violent Storm With Fierce Winds And Heavy Rain:The Most Extreme Weather Pattern Of South Asia |
| Hinduism | The Dominant Religion Of India |
| Ganges Riverr | River In South Asia;AN Important Water Resource Flowing More Than 1,500 Miles From Its Source In A Himalayan Glacier To The Bay Of Bengal |
| Storm Surgee | High Water Level Brought By A Cyclone That Swamps Low-Lying Areas |
| Estuaryy | A Broadend Seaward End Of A River, Where The River's Current Meet The Ocean's Tides |
| Mughal Empire | The Muslim Empire Established By The Early 1500s Over Much Of India, Which Brought New Customs That Conflicted Native Hindus |
| Raj | The Period Of The British Rule In India, Which Lasted 200 Years |
| NonViolent Resistance | A Movement That Uses All Means Of Protest Except Violence |
| Land Reform | A Naturally Formed Feature Surface Of The Earth |
| Greeen Revolution | An Agricultural Proram Launched By Scientists In The 1960s To Develop Higher-Yielding Grain Varieties And Improve Food Production By Incorporating New Farming Techniques |
| Caste System | The Aryan System Of Social Classes In India And One Of The Cornerstone Of Hinduism In Which Each Person Is Born Into A Caste And Can Only Move Into Different Caste Through Recarination |
| Constitutional Monarchy | Gov. In Which The Ruler's Powers Are Limited By A Constitution And The Laws Of A Nation |
| Indus Valley Civilization | Largest Of The World's First Civilazations In What Now Is Pakistan |
| Partition | Division Into 2 Or More Territorial Units Having Seperate Political Status |
| Kashmmir | Region Of Northern India And Pakistan Over Which Several Destructive Wars Have Been Fought |
| Microcredit | Small Loan Available Too Poor Entrepreneurs, To Help Small Businesses Grow |
| Entrepreneur | Person Who Starts And Builds A Business |
| Ramadan | Islamic Practice Of Month-Long Fasting From Sun Up Too Sundown |
| Sherpa | Person Of Tibetaan Ancestry In Nepal |
| Siddhartha Gautama | Founder Of Buddhism And Known As Buddah |
| Mandala | In Tobetan Buddhism, A Geometric Design That Symbolizes The Universe And Aids In Meditation |
| Sinhalese | Indo-Aryan People |
| Tamils | A Dravidian Hindu, Who Arrived In Sri Lanka In The Fourth Century, Settling In The North While The Sinhalese Moved Further South |
| Sultan | Ruler Of A Muslim Country |
| Basic Necessities | Food,Clothing, And Shelter |
| Illieracy | The Ability To Read Or Write |
| Summer Monsoon | Seasons When Winds Blow From Thw Southwest Across The Indian Ocean Toward South Asia, From June Through September , With Winds Stirring Up Powerful Storms And Causing Severe Flooding |
| Winter Monsoon | Seasons When Dry Winds Blow From The Northeast Across The Himalyas Towards The Sea From October Through February, Sometimes Causing Droughts |
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