Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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Involves utilizing fields and gardens over a wide area through rotation in time, as opposed to the fixed cultivation that is necessarily dominant in the densely populated South Asian region, for example.

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

The conflict between the British and Russian Empires in the nineteenth century for dominance in Afghanistan and South Central Asia.

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

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

A system of government that is ruled by the leaders of a religion, or based on the beliefs of a single religion.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

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

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

A crop that is easy to bring to market and is also considered a primary good, such as wheat.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

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).

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