World Geography Review South Asia

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archipelago

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a set of closely grouped islands.

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illiteracy

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the inability to read or write.

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sherpas

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a person of Tibetan ancestry in Nepal, who serves as the traditional mountain guide of the Mount Everest region.

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Hinduism

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the dominant religion of India.

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Cyclones

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a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain; the most extreme weather pattern of South Asia.

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Summer Monsoon

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the season when winds blow from the southwest across the Indian Ocean toward South Asia, from June through September, with winds stirring up powerful storms and causing severe flooding.

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Caste System

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the Aryan system of social classes in India and one of the cornerstones of Hinduism in which each person is born into a caste and can only move into a different caste through reincarnation.

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Ganges

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river in South Asia; an important water resource flowing more than 1,500 miles from its source in a Himalayan glacier to the Bay of Bengal.

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Kashmir

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a region of northern India and Pakistan over which several destructive wars have been fought.

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Sultan

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a ruler of a Muslim country.

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Mughal Empire

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the Muslim empire established by the early 1500s over much of India, which brought with it new customs that sometimes conflicted with those of native Hindus.

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Raj

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the period of British rule in India, which lasted for nearly 200 years, from 1857 to 1947.

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Himalaya Mountains

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a mountain range in South Asia that includes Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain peak.

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Brahmaputra

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a river in South Asia, flowing from S Tibet through NE India and joining the Ganges River in Bangladesh

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Nonviolent Resistance

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a movement that uses all means of protest except violence.

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Sinhalese

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an Indo-Aryan people who crossed the strait separating India and Sri Lanka in the sixth century b.c. and who created an advanced civilization there, adopting Buddhism.

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Alluvia Plains

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land that is rich farmland, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water.

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estuary

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a broadened seaward end of a river, where the river’s currents meet the ocean’s tides.

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Storm Surge

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high water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas.

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Ramadan

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an Islamic practice of month-long fasting from sunup to sundown.

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1 largest river

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Ganges

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2 largest river

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Indus

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3 largest river

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Brahmaputra

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Highland Zone

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Coldest climate

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Humid Subtropics Zone

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much warmer

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semiarid zone

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high temps, light rain

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desert Zone

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driest part of region

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tropical wet zone

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high temp,heavy rainfall

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tropical wet and Dry

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wet summer, dry winter

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What is the official language?

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Hindi

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What their language they often use for buisness

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english