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subcontinent |
a large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it |
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alluvial plain |
a floodplain on which flooding rivers have deposited silt |
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monsoon |
In Asia from the oceans in summer and reverses direction in the winter bringing cold dry air from Asia interior |
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cyclone |
a storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low astmopheric pressure |
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tsunami |
orginally a japanese term is a huge sea wave caused by an underseas earthquake |
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jati |
in Indfia a group that defines ones occupatoin and social position' |
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mercantilism |
the theory or practice of merchant or trading pursuits |
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imperialism |
the actions by which one country is ableto extendpower to control another country
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reincarnation |
rebirth in new bundles or forrm of life |
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Karma |
in hindu belief the sum of good and bad actions in ones presentand past lives |
