South Asia

A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire,

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes

• Terraced farming

• commercial farming

• fishing

Originated in the 800s BCE. They prescribes a path of nonviolence towards all living being

• Sikhism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Jainism

customs or beliefs handed down from generation to generation

• Traditions

• Monsoons

• Tsunami

seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

theory that explains the process that formed the continents and explains why the earth's crust shifts

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

large landmass that is geographically set off from the larger continent

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

a severe tropical storm characterized by high winds that originates in the Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics