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16 Cards in this Set
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Subcontinent
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like a continenet, only smaller
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alluvial plain
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rich farland w/ elements deposited by running water
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Archipelago
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a set of closely grouped islands
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Atoll
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ring like coral island or small islands surrounding a lagoon
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Monsoon
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A seasonal wind
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Cyclone
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Violent storm w/ fearce winds and heavy rain
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Storm surge
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high water level brought by cyclones that occurs in low lying areas
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Estuary
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Where rivers/currents meet the ocean's tides
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Mughal Empire
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Muslum empire in India that brought w/ it new customs
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Raj.
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British rule in India that lasted for bout 200 years
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Green Revolution
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agricultrual program by scientists to produce more grain varieties and improve food production/farming techniques
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Caste system
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Aryan system of social classes in INdia where ppl born into a cast and can only move to a different one through reincarnation
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Sinhalese
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Indo-Aryan ppl who created an advanced civilazation adopting budhism
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Tamils
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A Dravidian Hindo who setled in the northffffff
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Sultan
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A ruler of a muslum country
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Partition
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seperation, division innnnto 2 or more territorial units having seperate political status
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