South East Asia

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

An austere form of Sunni fundamentalism in the Islam religion that is heavily promoted by Saudi Arabia.

The recreation of a transnational authority guided by Islamic principles and is a long held belief of many Sunni fundamentalists.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

Name given to a series of innovations that were especially prominent from the late 1960s to the 1970s, that increased agriculture production through new high-yielding varieties of crops, irrigation, and the use pesticides and fertilizers.

A religion in Bali that combines Hinduism and Buddhism as well as ancestor worship and animism.

A type of economic system that is controlled and planned by the central government.

A form of Buddhism based on the oldest known records of Buddha's teaching. Dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

A self-organized collective of farmers who share irrigation water from a common source, found throughout Bali.

Popular protest against the military junta of Myanmar in 2007. Buddhist monks played an important role.

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

Islamic religious school.

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