Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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Temporary unauthorized settlements on government land in Karachi, Pakistan.

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.

An inventory strategy used by companies to meet immediate demand.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

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

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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

A method for mapping which references the relevant complex social geographies.

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.

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

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

The division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.

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