Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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Temporary unauthorized settlements on government land in Karachi, Pakistan.

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

An inventory strategy used by companies to meet immediate demand.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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