Voabulary Unit 8
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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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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