| A | B |
|---|
| India | New Delhi |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo |
| Bangledesh | Dacca |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Bhutan | Thimbu |
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Nepal | Katmandu |
| buffer state | country that separates two political enemies |
| cottage industry | business out a person's home |
| purdah | practice of wearing a veil over a woman's face in public |
| boycott | refuse to use or purchase |
| non-violent resistance | opposition the does not use violence |
| joint family system | large family of several relatives living together |
| partition | divide into parts |
| subcontinent | a major division of a continent |
