Middle East/ South Asia Vocab Review

A Mountain range in South Asia that includes Mount Everest(The world's tallest mountain peak)

Located across the north part of India.  Runs through  India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal.

• Alps

• Himalayan

• Atlas

• Andes

The founder of Buddhism and known as the Buddha, born in southern Nepal in the sixth century B.C. , founded Buddhism in India. He wanted spiritual enlightenment, and was the first person to teach it.

• Mahatma Ghandi

• Mohammed

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Shiva

A month-long period of fasting from sunrise to sunset.

-Mosques are the ones usually doing this, it is a part of the Islamic culture.

• Ramadan

• Easter

• Lent

• Passover

Land that is rich farmland, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water. 

These are located around the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers. 

• Alluvial Plain

• Aquifer

• Monsoon

• Oasis

The period of direct British control in India

• Estuary

• Paleolithic

• Raj

• Ganges

A landmass that is like a continent but smaller, such as South Asia. India is one.

• Island

• Continent

• Archipelago

• Sub-Continent

Chain of Islands like Maldives

• Archangel

• Isthmus

• Ring of Fire

• Archipelego

A religion: The oldest and most complex of all the established belief systems, with origins that date back more than 5000 years in India 

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

Riverbeds that remain dry except during rainy seasons. These are mainly located in the Middle East and North Africa.

• Tamil

• Wadi

• Aquifer

• Doldrum

The holiest city of Islam.

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Islamabad

• Riyadh