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25771 south Asia
unit 8 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Himilaya Mountains | A mountain range in South Asia that includes Mount Everest, the world's largest mountain peak |
| subcontinenet | A landmass that is like a continent, only smaller, such as South Asia, which is called the Indian subcontinent. |
| alluvial plain | land that is rich farmland, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water |
| archipelago | a set of closely grouped islands |
| atoll | a ringlike coral iswland or string 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 | a dominant religion of India |
| Ganges River | river in South Asia; an importance water resource flowing more than 1,500 miles from its source in a Himalayan glacier to the Bay of Bengal |
| storm surge | high water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas |
| estuary | a broadened seaward end of a river, where the river's currents meets the oceans tides |
| Mughal Empire | the Muslim empire established by the early 1500's over much of India which bought it new customs that sometimes conflicted with those of native Hindus |
| raj | a kind of popular Agerian music developed in the 1920's by poor urban children that is fast paced with danceable rhythms; was sometimes used as a form of rebellion to expose political unhappiness |
| nonviolent resistance | a movement that uses all forms of protest except violence |
| land reform | the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain more balanced land distribution among farmers |
| Green revolution | an agricultural program launched by scientist in the 1960s to develop higher yielding grain varieties and improve food production by incorperating new farming techniques |
| caste system | the Aran system of social classesin India and one of the cornerstones of Hinduism in which each person is born into a caste and can only move into different caste through reincarnation |
| Indus Valley Civilization | the largest of the world's first civilizations in what is now Pakistan ; this was a highly developed urban civilization, lasting from 2500 B.C. to about 1500 B.C. |
| partition | separation; division into 2 or more territorial units having separate political status |
| Kashmir | a region of North India and Pakistan over which several destructive wars have been fought |
| microcredit | a small loan available to poor entrepreneurs, to help small businesses grow and raise living standards |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts and builds a business |
| Ramadan | an Islamic practice of month-long fasting from sunup to sundown |
| constitutional monarchy | a government in which the ruler's powers is limited by a constitution and the laws of the nation |
| Sherpa | a person of Tibetan ancestry in Nepal, who serves as the traditional mountain guide of the Mount Everst region |
| Siddhartha Guatama | the founder of Buddhism and known as the Buddha born in Southern Nepal in the 6th century B.C. |
| mandala | in Tibetan Buddhism, a geometric design that symbolizes the universe and aids in meditation |
| Sinhalese | an Indo-Aryan people who crossed the strait separating India and Sri Lanka in the sixth century B.C. |
| Tamils | A Dravidian Hindu, who arrived in Sri Lanka in the fourth century settling in the north while the Sinhalese moved further south |
| sultan | a ruler of a Muslim country |
| basic necessities | food, clothing, and shelter |
| illiteracy | the inability to read or write |
| summer monsoon | the season when winds blow from the southwest across the Indian Ocean toward South Asia, from June to September with winds stirring up powerful storms and causing severe flooding |
| winter monsoon | the season when dry winds blow from the northeast across the Himalaya mountains toward the sea from October to February, sometimes causing drought |
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