Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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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.

The highly disputed, militarized region that separates Southeast Pakistan and Northern India.

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 group of people living outside of their homeland.

A boundary implemented after the second Afghan War redefining the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

A method for mapping which references the relevant complex social geographies.

The division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.

Used to describe a state in which there is not enough reliable, affordable and nutritious food available.

Refers to the movement from a more centralized form of economy to a freer, market-based economy.

A member of the lowest caste in the traditional Indian caste system.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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