Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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

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.

An inventory strategy used by companies to meet immediate demand.

Name given to the globally influential movie industry that dominates Indian culture, as well as the movie making complex in Mumbai where many productions originate.

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

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

A social system created by Hinduism and reinforced by the British in India, that is made up of social categories that determine not only position in the social hierarchy but also proportionate occupation, behaviors and mores such as eligible marriage partners.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

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

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