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India
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| India Vocab | India Definitions |
|---|---|
| nationalism | pride in one's nation |
| nonviolent resistance | the policy of opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence |
| boycott | to refuse to purchase, sell, or use a product or service |
| partition | a nation divided into parts |
| reincarnation | the belief that the souls of humans and animals go through a series of birth, deaths, and rebirths |
| caste system | a social hiearchy in which people are born into a particualr group that has been given a distinct rank in society |
| charpoy | a wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress |
| sari | brightly colored cloth that is draped over the body like a long dress |
| purdah | began among Muslims but is followed by Hindus as well |
| joint family system | in india, the custom of housing huall members of an extended family together |
| cottage industry | a small-scale manufactoring operation in which people produse goods in their own homes using their own tools |
| hydroelectric power | electricity produced by water |
| irrigate | supply land with water |
| embankment dam | wall of soil and rock built to hold back water |
| buffer state | a country that seperates two political enemies |
| malnutrition | a lack of food or an unbalanced diet |
| deforestation | stripping the land of its trees |