Chapter 9 Key Term Quiz

South Asia
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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.

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 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.

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

An inventory strategy used by companies to meet immediate demand.

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

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

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).

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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.

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