South Asia Review

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

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

system which divides people into different social ranks with no possibility to change ranks; the higher the rank the more money, better lifestyle

• Hinduism

• Sikhism

• caste system

• reincarnation

belief in many gods

• monotheism

• Sikhism

• religion

• polytheism

A

• Bay of Bengal

• Arabian Sea

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

C

• Arabian Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

D

• Ganges River

• Mississippi River

• Volga River

• Brazos River

E

• Himalayan Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Pyrenees Mountains

I

• New Delhi

• Mumbai

• Kolkata

• India

J

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• Kashmir

• Nepal