Unit 4 section 2 Vocab

wind that blows from a particular direction during a set of months and then changes to blow from a different direction during another set of months

• savanna

• monsoon

• isolation

• peninsula

limited connections or no connection to other places for long periods of time (especially in ancient times)

• invasion

• isolation

• subcontinent

• partition

part of Southwest Asia near the Mediterranean Sea, a country in that was formed after World War II and whose borders are disputed areas

• Palestine

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Isolation

a religion that began in South Asia in the 500s

• Partition

• Crustal plate

• Sikh religion

• Jain religion

agreement may take many forms, from compromising (giving up something in or to get something), to following government rules, and to working together to reach a shared goal

• tension

• cooperation

• both a and b

• isolation

large pieces of land that are part of a continent (e.g., South Asia is a subcontinent of Asia)

• peninsula

• geophysical region

• subcontinent

• province

piece of land that is surrounded by water on several sides because it projects out into a body of water

• peninsula

• colony

• empire

• monsoon

a large piece of the earth's crust that moves slowly

• subcontinent

• caste system

• south asia

• crustal plate

disagreement may take many forms ranging from talking about different viewpoints to separation into different countries and even to fighting in wars

• conflict

• cooperation

• human rights

• diplomacy

In past South Asian cultures, a person was born into a higher or lower ranked group, usually married someone from that group, and often had a job assigned to that group

• partition

• land reform

• caste system

• crustal plate