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25354 unit 8
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Himalaya Mountains | a mountain range in South Asia that includes mt. Everest |
| subcontinent | a landmass that is like a continent, only smaller |
| alluvial plain | land that has rich farmlend, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water. |
| archipelago | a set of closely grouped islands. |
| atoll | a ring-like coral island or string of small islands. |
| monsoon | a seasonal wind, especialy in South Asia. |
| cyclone | a violent storm with fierce winds and violent rain; the most extreme weather pattern of South Asia. |
| Hinduism | the dominant religeon of India |
| Ganges River | river in South Asia; an important water resource flowing more than 1,500 miles from its source in a Himilayan glacier to the Bay of Bengal. |
| storm surge | high water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas. |
| estuary | a broadend seaward end of a river, where the rivers current meet the oceans tides. |
| Mughal Empire | a state founded in the fifteenth century by a man named Mutoa and that extended throughout all present day Zimbabwe except the eastern part |
| raj | the period of british rule in india, which lasted for neerly 200 years from 1857-1947 |
| nonviolent resistance | a movement that uses all means of protest except violence. |
| land reform | the process of breaking up large land holdings to attain more balanced land distribution amongst farmers. |
| Green Revolution | an agriculteral program launched by scientists in the 1960's to develope higher yeilding 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 cornerstones of hinduism in which each person is born into a caste and can only move into a diferent caste through reincarnation. |
| Indus Valley civilization | the largest of the worlds 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 two or more territorial units having separate political status. |
| Kashmir | a region of northern india and pakistan over wich several destructive wars have been fought. |
| microcredit | a small loan available to poor entrepeneurs, to help small businesses grow and raise living standards. |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts and builds a business |
| Ramadan | an islamic practice of mouth-long fasting from sun up to sun down. |
| constitutional monarchy | a government in which the rulers powers are limited by the constitution and the laws of the nations. |
| Sherpa | a person of ibetral ancestry in nepal, who serves as the traditional mountain guide of the mount everest region. |
| Sidhartha Guatama | story behind Buddhas life. |
| mandala | representation of the cosmos |
| Sinhalese | the language of sri lanka |
| Tamils | the Dravidian language of the Tamils |
| sultan | the sovereign of an Islamic country. |
| basic necessities | default needs |
| illiteracy | a lack of ability to read and write. |
| summer monsoon | long period of rain in the summer |
| winter monsoon | long period of rain in the winter |
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