Subcontinent – Large landmass too small to be a continent.

Atoll – Island on top of submerged volcanoes surrounded by coral reef

Alluvial Plains - A plain formed from the deposition of alluvium usually adjacent to a river

that periodically overflows.:

Monsoon – Seasonal Winds

Cyclone – A storm with fierce and devastating winds. Also called

Hurricane and Typhoon

Bengal Tiger

Ganges River – River in NE India. Hindus holiest river.

Storm Surge – A rise in water associated with low pressure storms

like hurricanes and cyclones

Estuary - is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the

open sea.

Raj – Period of British rule in India

Nonviolent resistance – Practice of orderly protest and disobedience, to

achieve a social goal.

Land Reform – Redistribution of agricultural land. Taking land land areas and dividing it into smaller

ones.

Green Revolution - A significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the introduction of high-yield

varieties of grains, the use of pesticides, and improved management techniques.

Caste System – Rigid social structure in India.

Dalits – Member of oppressed Hindu Class.

Partition - the process by which British dependencies and treaty states in the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in

the 1940s.

Entrepreneur – Person who owns their own business.

Micro- credit- Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to those in poverty designed to spur entrepreneurship

Ramadan – Islamic 30 day fast from sunrise - sunset

Sikhs- 15th century, Punjab region

Sherpa – Ethnic group from the mountainous region of Nepal

Tamils – People native to the state of southern India.

Sultan – the ruler mainly used in Muslim countries.

Sinhalese – Majority of people in Sri Lanka