Unit 8 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Himalayan Mountains | this mountain range separates China from India, the highest mountain range in the world |
| subcontinent | a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
| alluvial plains | lands that are rich farmlands |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| atoll | ring-shaped island formed by coral building up along the rim of an underwater volcano |
| monsoon | seasonal winds |
| cyclone | a violent rotating windstorm |
| Hinduism | the predominant religion of India |
| Ganges River | sacred river to the Hindus |
| storm surge | the rise in sea level that accompanies a tropical storm or hurricane |
| estuary | n. the part of a river that meets a sea |
| raj | british rule in india |
| nonviolent resistance | a movement that uses all means of protest except violence |
| land reform | the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distribution among farmers |
| Green Revolution | The development of higher-yield and fast-growing crops through increased technology, pesticides, and fertilizers transferred from the developed to developing world to alleviate the problem of food supply in those regions of the globe. |
| caste system | A social class that a person belongs to by birth in India |
| Indus Valley civilization | the largest of the world's first civilizations in what is now Pakistan |
| partition | divide into parts |
| Kashmir | A land where Pakistan and India fight for control |
| microcredit | giving small loans to people who cannot get money the normal ways |
| entrepreneurs | people who start and build a business |
| Ramadan | month in which muslims fast |
| constitutional monarchy | form of government in which the monarch's powers are limited by a constitution |
| sherpas | the traditional mountain guides of the Everest region |
| Siddhartha Gautama | the founder of buddhism, the buddha |
| mandala | geometric designs |
| Sinhalese | People from the Northern Plains of India that settled in southern Sri Lanka. |
| Tamils | Dravidian Hindus who settled in Sri Lanka |
| Sultans | Muslim rulers |
| basic necessities | Food, clothing, and shelter |
| illiteracy | inability to read or write |
| summer monsoon | wind system that blows from southwest across Indian Ocean from June to September and causes heavy rainfall and flooding |
| winter monsoon | a wind system that blows across the Himalayas toward the sea from October through February |
| mongol empire | the empire that controlled all of the land from Europe to much of India |
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