1. SOUTH ASIA – THE LAND / CLIMATE AND VEGETATION / INDIA / PAKISTAN & BANGLADESH / NEPAL, BUTAN, MALDIV ES,& SRI LANKA / THE ECONOMY / PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIORNMENT Pgs. 590 - 640

2. ALLUVIAL PLAIN An area of fertile soil deposited by river floodwaters; for example, India’s Gangetic Plain

3. SUBCONTINENT A large, distinct landmass that is joined to a continent; for example, India

4. MONSOON Seasonal winds that brings heavy rains from moist ocean air

5. CYCLONE Another name for a hurricane except in the Atlantic Ocean

6. JATI A means of indentification among Hindus that defines one’s occupation and social position

7. DHARMA Moral duty that is required of every person in Hindu belief

8. REINCARNATION Hindus believe that after death people undergo this rebirth as another living being until overcoming personal weaknesses and earthly desires

9. KARMA Laws in accord with one’s dharma; these are good deeds that one does in life to move to a higher state of being

10. MERCANTILISM An economic system of using colonies for supplying materials and markets to the colonizing country

11. RAJ The Hindi word for “empire”; the British used this word to refer to their Indian Empire

12. GURU A teacher; from the Sikh religion

13. S IKH A religious group that incorporates elements of Hinduism and Islam; found mainly in northwestern India

14. LAMA A Buddhist monk from the Tibetan region

15. MANTRA Repetitive prayers; found in the Buddhist faith

16. STUPA Buddhist domed shrines found in Nepal and Sri Lanka

17. DZONG Fortified monasteries found in Bhutan

18. JUTE A fiber used to make string, rope, and cloth; a major cash crop in Bangladesh

19. BIOMASS Plant material and animal waste; people will burn this when it is their only energy source

20. INTERDEPENDEN T When two or more things are reliant on one another

21. C HIPKO A movement from India based on respect for trees and nature; translates from Hindi as “tree- hugger”

22. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION The spreading development of nuclear arms; this has been seen between India and Pakistan

23. D ALITS Those in India assigned to the lowest social status; known as “oppressed”, they experience discrimination and violence