Unit 9 Vocab
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| Subcontinent | A large landmass that is part of a continent
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| Alluvial plain | an area built up by rich fertile soil left by river floods
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| Delta | an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
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| Atoll | circular-shaped island made of coral
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| Monsoon | seasonal wind that blows steadily from the same direction for several months at a time but changes directions at other times
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| Cyclone | a storm with high winds and heavy rains
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| Annual | yearly or each year
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| Varna | Aryan social class
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| Reincarnation | the belief in Hinduism that after a person dies, his or her soul is reborn into another body
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| Raj | the period of time in which Great Britain controlled India as a part of the British Empire
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| Boycott | to refuse to buy items from a particular country or company
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| Policy | plan or course of action
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| Civil disobedience | the use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or its laws
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| Nuclear proliferation | the spread of control of nuclear power, particularly the knowledge of how to construct nuclear weapons
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| Establish | to start
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| Sitar | a long-necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside the neck that provides Indian music with a distinctive sound
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| Green revolution | the effort to use modern techniques and science to increase food production in poorer countries
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| Cottage industry | a home- or village-based industry in which people make simple goods using their own equipment
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| Outsourcing | hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs
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| Dalit | group outside India's social system; also called the "untouchables"
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