world geo. unit 6 vocab

flashcards for mrs. bergmans world geo. class (2022, 9th)

Hindu Kush

This mountain range stretches from central Afghanistan to Northern Pakistan and divides the valley of the Amu Darya to the North from the Indus River to the South

Eastern and Western Ghats

These mountain ranges coverage in Southeastern Indian and run along the seaboards of the subcontinent.

Deccan Plateau

This is the east-sloping region that is protected from heavier rains by two mountain ranges which gives the area a 6 to 9 month dry season.

Kyber Pass

This is a mountain crossing that was an integral part of the ancient Silk Road and has a long history. It is now part of Asian Highway 1.

Mount Everest

This is Earth's highest mountain and located in a subrange of the Himalayas between the borders of China and Nepal.

Karma

This is the spiritual belief that actions in the present life will affect a person's future in the next life and is a central belief of many Asian religions.

Vedas

This term refers to a large collection of ancient texts written in Sanskrit and reveal central ideas of Hinduism.

Mughal Empire

This political region was established over much of India by Muslim invaders in the early 1500s.

Raj

This term refers to the era of British rule of India from 1858 to 1947.

Kashmir

This is the territory bordering India and Pakistan that has fought destructive wars over control of the region.

Sherpa

This is a traditional mountain guide of Tibetan ancestry from the Everest region.

Tsunami

This refers to a huge tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake.

Monsoon

This is the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southeastern Asia that blows from the Southwest in the summer and the Northeast in the winter.

sphere of influence

This is an area where a country could control the trade of another without interference from other nations.

Boxer Rebellion

This was a reaction by Chinese militants over foreign control. They attacked and killed Europeans in China in the 1900 but were eventually put down.

economic tiger

This is a label given to certain Asian nations with rapid economic growth.

Three Kingdoms

This is another name for the nations that form the Korean peninsula who won their territory back from China in the late 300s AD.

samurai

This is a professional soldier who served the landowners or clan chiefs in ancient Japan.

shogun

This is a general of the Japanese emperor's army who had the powers of a military dictator.

Archipelago

This geographic feature is a group of islands in a "crescent" shape.

Great Barrier Reef

This is a 1,250 mile long chain of coral things off Australia's east coast.

Outback

This is the inland, sparsely populated region of Austrailia

Atoll

This is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

Bikini Atoll

This is the location in the Marshall Islands where the United States did atomic weapons testing.

Indochina

This is the term for the former French colony made up of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Mekong River

This biologically diverse river begins in Tibet and flows 2,703 miles southeast to the South China Sea and flows through China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Khmer Empire

This was a powerful kingdom in what is now Cambodia that lasted from the 800s to the 1400s.

ASEAN

This is an organization that tries to help Southeast Asian economies grow and promote peace.

Maori

These people were the early settlers of New Zealand.

Penal Colony

This term refers to a place to send prisoners.