| A | B |
|---|
| intensive farming | form of farming using a great amount of human labor and/or capital to farm small amounts of land |
| monsoon | a wind system in which winds reverse direction and cause seasons of wet and dry weather |
| nationalism | a feeling of pride and loyalty for ones country or cultural group |
| paddy | a wet land where rice is grown |
| partition | division of a place as in 1947 partition of India |
| proliferation | an increase in the number of something example: proliferation of nuclear weapons |
| pull factors | factors attracting people to a new location |
| push factors | factors causing people to leave a location |
| sphere of influence | an area or country that is politically and economically dominated by, though not directly governed by another country |
| subcontinent | a very large landmass that is smaller than a continent such as the Indian continent |
| terrace | a flat narrow ledge of land supported by walls of stone and mudd |
| theocrat | ruler of a country who claims to rule by religious authority |
| typhoon | the term for hurricanes in the Western Pacific |
| warlord | local leader with military following |
| seismic | having to do with movements of the earth's crust, as in earthquakes or tremors |
| yurts | moveable, round houses of wool mats in central asia |
| special economic zones | zones designed to attract foreign companies and investment to areas of China |
