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A cultural hearth is a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures. A cultural hearth is a "heartland", a foundation of a major culture.
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| Research, development, and technology transfer that occurred in between the 40's-70's that increased industrialized agriculture production in India > eventually spread worldwide. |
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Rural: country
Urban: city
Due to pop growth |
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Mtn Range in Asia
Separates India from the Tibetan Plateau |
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Prevaling winds:
Sea>land winds
Land>Sea winds
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High Humidity
Rains
Higher the elevation > the more precipitation |
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Land looses warmth
Sea/Coastal Waters stay warm
Winds flow from inland>Sea
Long dry season, except for Japan |
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Elevated plateau in central Asia
Highest/Largest in the world |
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aka Relief Precipitation
Generated by a forced upward movement of air upon encountering an upland/mtn side |
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| The study of spatial variations in the distribution, composition, migration, and growth of populations are related to the nature of places. |
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| Measurement of population per unit area or unit volume (frequently measures living organisms and humans) |
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| The birth rate minimal the death rate of a population |
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| Period of time required for a quantity to double in size or value |
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| Total population/amount of arable land |
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| Major river that flows through the full length of Pakistan. |
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Government has outlawed cast discrimination
Social Restrictions that define classes |
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Everything that lives has a soul
When the creature dies, the soul moves on into another creature
Souls are reborn in a newly created life |
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| Actions bring about certain results No escaping the consequences or results |
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| A set of rules that must be followed if they want to work their way up the ladder of reincarnation |
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| India's most important river |
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Ethnic Religion
Polytheistic
Many Idols
Caste Seperation |
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| Indian imperial power that ruled a large portion of the Indian pop. |
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Monotheistic
No idols
Social Equality
5 Pillars |
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Indian subcontinent
Disputed Territory
Claimed by both India and Pakistan and some areas by China |
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| Military control of the line between the Indian and Pakistan controlled parts of the former Kashmir |
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Self sufficiency farming
Growing enough to feed families |
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Occupyine an abandoned space
The squatter does not own or rent or otherwise have permission to use |
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Country in S. Asia
Country of Bengal |
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Major river of Asia
Trans-Boundary River |
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One of the worlds major rivers
From the Tibetan Plateau to China
Extreme seasonal variations
Navigation is very difficult |
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Runs through Burma
Burma's largest river
Important for commercial reasons |
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Slash and Burn
Burning creates fields that can sustain crops and agriculture |
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aka Bankok
Because of its many canals |
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| Fear that if Vietnam fell to communism that the rest of Southeast Asia would follow |
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SE Asia
Opium Producers to the maxxxx |
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| Chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically |
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| Stretch between Malaysia and Indonesia |
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| Moving people from densely populated areas to |
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Unique to a defined geographic location
Ex: Island or other defined zone |
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Species spreads into new areas
aka Immigration |
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A species living outside its native range
Can have a negative affect on environments |
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| Controlled the cane beetle that were hurting the sugar cane fields |
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| Separates ecozones of Asia and Australia |
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Disease that affects Rabbits
Introduced into Aus. to try to control the rabbit population |
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Family of viruses
Aus/NZealand hav introduced this virus to try to control the rabbit population |
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Polynesian Warriors
They dance the Haka
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