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30 Cards in this Set
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Aborigines
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Indegenious people of Austraila
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Archipelago
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group of islands or expanse of water with many islands
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Atoll Islands
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low-lying island landform consisiting of a circle of coral reefs around a lagoon, often associated with the rim of a submerged volcano or mountain
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Buffer Zone
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a group of smaller or less powerful countries situated between larger or more powerful countries that are geopolitical rivals
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Islam
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a religion that is based on submission to God's will according to the Qur'an
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Mulitculturalism
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a process of immigrant incorporation in which each ethnic group has the right to enjoy and protect their officially recongized "native" culture.
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Outback
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dry and thinly populated interior of Australia
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Tamils
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Ethnic people from India
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Sinhalese
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One of the major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka
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Lingua Franca
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the language of trade and trans-ethnic communication
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Partitioning
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dividing up the countries
*Bengal muslims went to Bangladesh * Bengal Hindus went to India |
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Political Enclave
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a politically distinct terrority that is surrounded by different cultural and political groups
**Alaska |
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Core Cities of Central Asia
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Samarguard, Uzbekistan- Khiua, Uzbekistan- Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Tibetan Plateau
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"the rooftop of the world"
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Buddahism
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Spread by Missionaries, monks and merchants- founded in the 6th century
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Devprayag, India
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a pilgrimage center for India's Hindus, located in the foothills of the Himalyas
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Thar Desert
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has brought in alot of invasions of other countries because of their resources, *located in Western and Southeastern India
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Indus River
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goes through Pakistan
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Core Regions in South Asia
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Upper Ganga Plains- highest population density, rich soils
Ayodya, Utter Pradesh- medeval pilgrimage site, birthplace of the Hindu God |
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Wayfaring
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navigational skills- used the stars in the sky for navigation
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Volcanic Islands
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they have a steep central peak, narrow coastal plains, have denser popluations
** Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti |
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Island Biogeography
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Greater isolation leads to less species diversity, larger islands lead to more species diversity
**Austrailia |
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ecological imperialism
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describes the way in which European organisms, including diseases, pests, and domestic animals, were able to take over the ecosystems of other regions of the world
** dingos, rats, camels were brought to Australia and were wild |
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Bangkok
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Located in Thailand, it is crossed by many canals crowded with houseboats, had a big problem with pollution
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Mekong River
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it is Southeast Asia's longest waterway, it goes from the highlands of Tibet to its delta in Vietnam and Cambodia
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Tonle Sap
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a lake loaced in Cambodia, it acts as a safety-valve overflow basin for flooding in the Mekong River
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Maori
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a language related to those of Polynesia, many Maori people now speak English
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Great Artesian Basin
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a large part of the lowlands, it is underlain by the worlds largest groundwater aquifer, it is critical to the human settletments and livestock
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Great Barrier Reef
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it is located in Australia, and is the second most popular for domestic tourists, consists of 3400 individual and fringing coral reefs
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Ganges River
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is India's holiest river,
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