Ch 4 social studies Flashcards
A class of people in India
Caste
A territory ruled by another nation usually far away
Colony
A refusal to buy or use goods and services
Boycott
A division
Partition
A political Leader who prompted equality
Asoka
A political leader who lead India to independence
Mohandas k gandhi
A person who is devoted to the interests o his or her country
Nationalist
A leader who has absolute power
Dictator
An island or country in Southeast Asia officially the republic of the philipeans
Philippines
A certain portion of something such as jobs set aside for a group
Quota
A lawmaking body
Parliament
A long period whith out rain
Drought
Cloth
Textile
A disputed territory in northwest India parts of which have been claimed by India Pakistan and china since 1947
Kashmir
A person who flees his or her country because of war or armed conflict
Refugee
A communist dictator who led northern Vietnam and took over southern Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Religious leader who fought for equality and is against the caste
System he was also the prince of India
Siddhartha Gautama
One square mile of carved figures of Hindu myths
Angkor wat
The practice of secluding women of covering there heads and faces whith vails espically in the Islamic and some Hindu countries
Purdah
The granddaughter of ghandi and the first female leader of India
Indira Gandhi
An industry that puts together vehicles such as cars vans pickup trucks tractors and motorcycles.
Automotive industry
Southern leader of Vietnam who fought against communism the us sided whith this leader
NGO dinh diem
The largest city in Vietnam named of the president of northern Vietnam formally Saigon
Ho Chi Minh city
