South and East Asia Vocab

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Highest mountain range in East & South Asia.

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The Himalayas

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Archipelago

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a chain of islands

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Religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama, teaching peace through ending suffering.

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Buddhism

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Subsistence farming

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Growing just enough food to feed your family.

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Monsoon:

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Seasonal wind lasting several months.

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Tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific are called...

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Typhoon

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Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific are called ____________.

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Typhoon

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Similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism?

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Both believe in a cycle of reincarnation.

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Land surrounded by water on three sides is a...

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peninsula

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System that is a class society?

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Caste