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37 Cards in this Set
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Farm products grown for sale or export
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Cash crop
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A fiber used to mak string, rope, and cloth
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Jute
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Increases crop yields in developing countries
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Green revolution
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Plant materials and animal dung
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Biomass
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Businesses that employ workers in their homes
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Cottage industry
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Tourism that encourages responsible interaction with the environment and endangered species
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Ecotourism
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Reliant on one another
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Interdependent
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Using resources at a rate taht does not deplete them for future generations
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Sustainable development
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"Tree hugger"
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Chipko
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Illegal killing of protected animals
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Poaching
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The spreading development of nuclear arms
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Nuclear proliferation
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"Oppressed"
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Dalits
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A group that defines one's occupation and social position
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Jati
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Chain of closely linked metropolitian areas
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Megalopolis
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Moral duty
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Dharma
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Rebirth as another human being until overcoming personal weakness and earthly desires
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Reincarnation
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Actions in accord with one's dharma. Good deeds
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Karma
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An economic system of using colonies for supplying materials and markets to the mother country
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Mercantilism
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Political and economic domination of another country
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Imperalism
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"Empire"
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Raj
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Teacher
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Guru
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Average number of children a woman has in her lifetime
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Total fertility rate
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A religious group that incorporates elements if Hinduism and Islam
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Sikhs
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Buddhist monk
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Lama
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Repitive prayers
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Mantras
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Domed shrines
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Stupas
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Fortified monasteries
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Dzong
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What kind of country is South Asia?
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Developing
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A Bangladesh port. Where they recycle iron and steel. Called a heavy industry.
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Chittagong
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"India's Silicon Valley." Known for high technology and software
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Bengaluru and Hyderbad
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What kind of farming do most people do?
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Subsistent
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Where do people put terraces?
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In the mountains
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Where are rice patties at?
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Bagladesh
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Where are there small farms?
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India
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Where are there plantations?
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Sri Lanka
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What crops are in Sri Lanka?
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Tea, rubber, and coconuts
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What crops are in India?
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Tobacco, Tea, Bananas, and coffee
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