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Voabulary Unit 8

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Himalaya Mountains   A Mountain Range In South Asia That Includes Mount Everest,The World's Tallest Mountain Peakk  
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Subcontinent   A LandMass That Is Like A Continent, Only Smaller, Such AS South Asia, Which Is The Indian Subcontinent.  
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Alluvi Plains   Land That Is Rich Farmland, Composed Of Clay, Silt,Sand,Or Gravel Depositeed By Running Water  
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Archipelago   A Set Of Closely Grouped Islands  
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Atoll   A Ring Like Coral Or Strings Of Small Islands Surrounding A Lagoon  
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Monsoon   A Seasonal Wind, Especially In South Asia  
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Cyclone   A Violent Storm With Fierce Winds And Heavy Rain:The Most Extreme Weather Pattern Of South Asia  
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Hinduism   The Dominant Religion Of India  
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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  
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Storm Surgee   High Water Level Brought By A Cyclone That Swamps Low-Lying Areas  
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Estuaryy   A Broadend Seaward End Of A River, Where The River's Current Meet The Ocean's Tides  
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Mughal Empire   The Muslim Empire Established By The Early 1500s Over Much Of India, Which Brought New Customs That Conflicted Native Hindus  
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Raj   The Period Of The British Rule In India, Which Lasted 200 Years  
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NonViolent Resistance   A Movement That Uses All Means Of Protest Except Violence  
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Land Reform   A Naturally Formed Feature Surface Of The Earth  
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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  
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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  
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Constitutional Monarchy   Gov. In Which The Ruler's Powers Are Limited By A Constitution And The Laws Of A Nation  
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Indus Valley Civilization   Largest Of The World's First Civilazations In What Now Is Pakistan  
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Partition   Division Into 2 Or More Territorial Units Having Seperate Political Status  
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Kashmmir   Region Of Northern India And Pakistan Over Which Several Destructive Wars Have Been Fought  
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Microcredit   Small Loan Available Too Poor Entrepreneurs, To Help Small Businesses Grow  
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Entrepreneur   Person Who Starts And Builds A Business  
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Ramadan   Islamic Practice Of Month-Long Fasting From Sun Up Too Sundown  
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Sherpa   Person Of Tibetaan Ancestry In Nepal  
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Siddhartha Gautama   Founder Of Buddhism And Known As Buddah  
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Mandala   In Tobetan Buddhism, A Geometric Design That Symbolizes The Universe And Aids In Meditation  
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Sinhalese   Indo-Aryan People  
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Tamils   A Dravidian Hindu, Who Arrived In Sri Lanka In The Fourth Century, Settling In The North While The Sinhalese Moved Further South  
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Sultan   Ruler Of A Muslim Country  
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Basic Necessities   Food,Clothing, And Shelter  
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Illieracy   The Ability To Read Or Write  
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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  
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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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