Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

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 method for mapping which references the relevant complex social geographies.

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

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.

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

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 division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

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