Details Title: Asian Studies/Snyder Description: Vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 26 Created: 01/21/2008 03:43:03		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geography Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term       monsoon  Definition       type of wind that dominates South Asia        Term       karma  Definition       What goes around comes around  Term       atman  Definition       soul - Hinduism  Term       monopoly  Definition       complete control over a market  Term       sepoy  Definition       Indian troops serving in the British Army  Term       polytheism  Definition       belief in many Gods  Term       tenant farmer  Definition       one who rents his land and pays some of his crops to the owner  Term       secular  Definition       lacking an official religion  Term       Mahatma  Definition       Indian name for Ghandi - great soul  Term       Green Revolution  Definition       technological advancements in agriculture  Term       civil disobedience  Definition       refusal to obey unjust laws  Term       cottage industry  Definition       small business run from home  Term       fertigation  Definition       fertilizer and H2O mixed  Term       westernization  Definition       adaption of clothing, music, values from US and Europe  Term       desalination  Definition       turning SHH water to fresh  Term       suq  Definition       marketplace  Term       jihad  Definition       struggle to protect Islam  Term       monotheism  Definition       belief and worship of 1 god  Term       Diaspora  Definition       scattering of Jews  Term       intifada  Definition       Palestinian attacks on Israelis  Term       refugees  Definition       people who flee their homelands  Term       filial piety  Definition       respect given to elders  Term       sphere of influence  Definition       an area of special econ. privilage  Term       terrace  Definition       small flat fields on the sides of hills or mountains  Term       shogun  Definition       chief of Japanese army  Term       samurai  Definition       Japanese warrior