South Asia Vocab
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| show | Refers to the seasonal reversal of wind and moisture flows in certain parts of the subtropics and lower-middle latitudes. The dry monsoon occurs during the cool season when dry offshore winds prevail.
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| show | The strict social stratification and residential segregation of people—specifically in India’s Hindu society—on the basis of ancestry and occupation.
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| show | The major world language family that dominates the European geographic realm. This language family is also the most widely dispersed globally (Fig. G-8), and about half of humankind speaks one of its languages.
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| show | The subdivision of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan at the end of colonial rule on August 15, 1947.
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| show | Capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory, usually near an international border; it confirms the state’s determination to maintain its presence in the area of contention.
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| show | Informal term referring to the world’s most heavily populated cities; in this book, the term refers to a metropolis containing a population of greater than 10 million.
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| show | The field of geography that focuses on the spatial aspects of demography and the influences of demographic change on particular countries and regions.
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| show | Multi-stage model, based on western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization.
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| show | More precisely the Total Fertility Rate, it is the average number of children born to women of childbearing age in a given population.
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| show | The proportion of a national population that is either too old or too young to be productive and that must be cared for by the productive population.
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| show | Graphic representation or profile of a national population according to age and gender. Such a diagram of age-sex structure typically displays the percentage of each age group (commonly in five-year increments) as a horizontal bar
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| show | A country or set of countries separating ideological or political adversaries. In southern Asia, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bhutan were parts of a buffer zone set up between British and Russian
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| show | Refers to a country’s largest city—ranking atop its urban hierarchy—most expressive of the national culture and usually (but not in every case) the capital city as well.
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| show | The terrorist organization that evolved into an expanding global network under the directorship of Usama bin Laden between the mid-1990s and his elimination by the U.S. in 2011.
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| show | The use of remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as delivery systems to conduct military attacks. Tactical advantages include highly precise targeting, long flight times without refueling
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| show | Persistent stress among a country’s sociocultural groups that can often erupt into communal violence, particularly in India.
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| show | South Asia’s combined delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. All of Bangladesh lies on this enormous deltaic plain, which also encompasses surrounding parts of eastern India.
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| show | A legitimate organization that operates independently from any form of government and does not function as a for-profit business. Mostly seeks to improve social conditions, but is not affiliated with political organizations.
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| show | One of the expected major impacts of global climate change on the world ocean resulting from the large-scale melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice. Low-lying coastal settlements and human activities are at greatest risk of inundation.
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