Popular protest against the military junta of Myanmar in 2007. Buddhist monks played an important role.
A religion in Bali that combines Hinduism and Buddhism as well as ancestor worship and animism.
Currency from another country.
The belief that non-human entities have spirits, prominent among hunter-gatherers yet evolving into subsequent cultures.
A type of economic system that is controlled and planned by the central government.
An agricultural system in which temporary clearings are cropped for fewer years than they are allowed to remain fallow and involve "slash and burn" clearing practices.
The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.
An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.
A state which takes leading role in macro-economic planning, strategic investment and n guiding economic growth
An area created by sediments carried by a river.
An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.
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.
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