1. Unit 8 Vocabulary

2. Monsoon Season
A seasonal prevailing wind, lasting several months and bringing heavy rain.

4. Brown clouds
Haze of pollution that will reduce rainfall and temperatures.
Caused from wood, animal dung, or coal as fuel used by rural families.
Caused by massive industrial smoke, cars, and chemicals.

6. Typhoons
Tropical hurricanes

10. subcontinent
Division of a continent
Example: India from Asia

12. Polytheistic religion
Religion that believes in more than one god.

16. Caste system
In India, groups of people whose birth determines their position in society.
People from a higher caste cannot marry or even touch people of lower castes.

19. Storm surges
Huge waves of water that are whipped up by fierce wind.

20. Arable
Land suitable for growing crops

22. tsunamis
Caused by underwater earthquakes, dangerous waves can travel hundreds of miles per hour and be as tall as a 10-story building.

23. Shamans
In Shintoism, priests who communicate with the spirits.

24. Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Buffer zone separating North and South Korea…one of the world’s most heavily guarded borders.

28. archipelagos
Large island groups