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subcontinent

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very large landmass that is smaller than a continent

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Arable

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fit for growing crop

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Himalaya

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largest mountain range in the world found in Asia

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Pantheon

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all the gods of a religion

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Sepoy

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Indian troops under the command of British officers during the colonial era in India

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Partition of India

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division of a place as in the 1947 partition of India

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Reincarnation

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for Hindus, the repeated rebirth of one’s soul in different forms

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Dharma

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the importance of doing one’s duty according to one;s station in life

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Karma

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Buddhists and Jain the positive or negative force caused by a person’s actions

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Boycott

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refusal to buy certain goods from a country or business

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Caste System

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group of people who are born into a certain position in society as in Hinduism that restricts the occupation and associations of their members

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Sikhism

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a religion with origins in India that combines the Muslim belief in one God with the Hindu belief in reincarnation

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Jainism

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religion with origins in India that emphasizes a strict moral code based on preserving life

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Cottage Industries

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small-scale industries based on the home

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Famine

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a widespread shortage of food

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Arboreal

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tree dwelling

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Domino Theory

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the idea that if one country fell to communism neighboring countries would follow like falling dominoes

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Laterite

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a reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming a topsoil in some tropical or subtropical regions and sometimes used for building

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Animism

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the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe

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Theravada

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one of the 18 major branches of Buddhism

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Durian

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a sweet fruit with an unpleasant smell

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Tazaungdaing

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Burmese festival know as the festival of lights,held on the full moon day of Tazaungmon, the eighth month of the Burmese calendar, is celebrated as a national holiday in Burma (Myanmar) and marks the end of the rainy season.

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Thingyan

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the Burmese New Year Festival that usually occurs in middle of April.

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Panung

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a colorful cotton or silk cloth wrapped tightly around the body

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Longyi

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a long skirt

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Asian tigers

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The Four Asian Tigers or Asian Dragons are the highly developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. These regions were the first newly industrialized countries. … They grew rich very quickly

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ASEAN

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an organization founded to promote economic development as well as political cooperation among its members

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Subsistence farming

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farming in which food is produced by a family just for its own needs

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Pedicabs

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a small pedal-operated vehicle, serving as a taxi in some countries.

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Wats

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Buddhist temples that also serve as monasteries

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Hanoi

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Capitol city of Vietnam located in north Vietnam

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Intensive farming

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a form of agriculture using a great amount of human labor and or capital to farm small amounts of land

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Opium

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a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy

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Smuggler

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a person who illegally takes something in or out of a country

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Khmer Rogue

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A Cambodian Communist movement that was active as a guerrilla force from 1970 to the late 1990s and held power under the leadership of Pol Pot from 1975 to 1979

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Reform

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make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor

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Guerilla warfare

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use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics

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Vietnamization

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(in the Vietnam War) the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.

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Protectorate

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country that forfeits certain decision making powers in exchange for protection by a stronger country

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Domino theory

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the idea that if one country fell to communism neighboring countries would follow like dominoes

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Pantheon

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all the gods of a religion

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Cottage industries

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small-scale industries based in the home

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