Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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An area created by sediments carried by a river.

A member of the lowest caste in the traditional Indian caste system.

Involves utilizing fields and gardens over a wide area through rotation in time, as opposed to the fixed cultivation that is necessarily dominant in the densely populated South Asian region, for example.

A form of Buddhism based on the oldest known records of Buddha's teaching. Dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

Currency from another country.

Refers to the movement from a more centralized form of economy to a freer, market-based economy.

Temporary unauthorized settlements on government land in Karachi, Pakistan.

The highly disputed, militarized region that separates Southeast Pakistan and Northern India.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

The conflict between the British and Russian Empires in the nineteenth century for dominance in Afghanistan and South Central Asia.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

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