| A | B |
|---|
| agrarian society | farming society |
| artisan | skilled craftsworker |
| cash economy | goods and services are sold to make money |
| coolie | the chinese word for bitter labor. someone who would operate a rickshaw |
| gentry | wealthy landowning class |
| ghee | oil made from cows milk for use in cooking. has no fat |
| Green Revolution | miracle technology to develop new strains of wheat and rice |
| industrial society | most people work in factories |
| information society | computer driven |
| landlord | one who owns land |
| land reform | conflict-tenant and landlord |
| monsoon | seasonal wind that dominates the climate of south asia |
| peasant | poor farmer |
| social mobility | the ability to move from one social class to another. |
| standard of living | average amt. of stuff a person or society has |
| terracing | farming by carving steps in the sides of mtns to form more farmable land |
| traditional economy | self sufficient |
| socialism | gov't owns economy |
| capitalism | economy is private |
| 3 main centers of civilization in asia? | indus, tigris&euphrates, yellow |
| bangladesh | dacca |
| bhutan | timphu |
| nepal | kathmandu |
| india | new delhi |
| pakistan | islamabad |
| sri lanka | colombo |
| village | basic unit of society |
| social classes | groups of pple with the same role and status in society |
| tenant farmer | rents alnd from wealthy landlord |
| merchant | makes money from everybody elses labor |
| government of asia | had a village leader either elected or appointed. makes decicions with a council of elders |
| size of a village | 50- 200 pple |
| food supply | they had basic grains |
| cattle was used for | plow, transportation, fertilizer, milk |
| operation flood | to become self sufficient in milk |
| nehru | first prime minister of india |
| what 2 towns did early indian civilization begin | harappa and mohenjo- daro |
| who did the pple trade with | pple from the middle east |
| who were the aryans | nomadic and warlike people that might have contributed to the final collapse of the indus valley civilization |
| what were the Vedas | they include hymns, prayers, and rituals, used in religious ceremonies |
| what language were the vedas written in? | sanskrit |
| what were the 4 varna in order? | brahmans, kshatriyas, vaisyas, sudras |
| brahmans | preists |
| kshatriyas | warriors |
| vaisyas | landowners |
| sudra | servants and peasants |
| harijan | children of god |
