South Asia Vocabulary 1 monsoons http www

South Asia Vocabulary

1. monsoons http: //www. wmo. ch/pages/mediacentre/news/archive/images/prev 45. jpg

Monsoon winds are famous for bringing heavy rain in South Asia. The last for about 4 months, starting by early July. http: //library. thinkquest. org/C 0126220/crisis/photo/monsoon_rain. jpg

Summer monsoon rains make agriculture possible. Fields in April http: //www. smh. com. au/ffximage/2006/05/25/india_gallery__470 x 302. jpg

Monsoon floods create challenges for many people. . . I mean. . . for many creatures. India, July 2006 http: //media. charlotteobserver. com/smedia/2008/08/26/19/247 -Daily. Edit_ss_0827_29. standalone. prod_affiliate. 138. JPG http: //news. nationalgeographic. com/news/2006/07/images/060705 -mouse-frog_big. jpg

1. monsoons: winds from the Indian Ocean that bring heavy summer rain http: //www. mrdowling. com/images/612 monsoons. gif

2. subcontinent http: //www. merinews. com/upload/thumbimage/1218517771898_Indian%20 Subcontinent_t. gif

2. subcontinent: big chunk of a continent that is clearly different from the rest http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/en/3/3 d/3_Regions_Far_East_Southeast_Asia_Indian_Subcontinent_2. PNG

3. cultural hearth http: //www. harpercollege. edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwhearth. gif

Mali/Ghan a Niger Maya & Aztec Inc a Mesopota mia Tigris & Euphrates Egypt Nile Indus Valley Indus China Huang He (Yellow River) A fireplace hearth is where the floor of a fireplace. Heat spreads from the hearth to the rest of the room. http: //www. thisoldhouse. com/toh/how-to/intro/0, , 20161684, 00. html

3. cultural hearth: location ancient civilization began and spread http: //www. harpercollege. edu/mhealy/geg 101 i/renata/introlecture. htm

4. caste system http: //sikhgurdwaras. synthasite. com/resources/castee%20 systemmm. GIF

http: //www. english-online. at/religion/hinduism/caste-system-in-hinduism. gif In the past, your caste determined • your job • where you lived • whom you could marry http: //www. greenbrideguide. com/sites/default/files/indian-wedding-couple-bride-groom-portrait 1. jpg

India’s old caste system was based on ancient Hinduism. It is outlawed in modern India. But. . . ts week paren illed by marriage Girl k er-castev 2014 fter inst of India, 19 No a u t Press Tr Father Sues Son for Inter-Caste Marriage - Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2014 In Urban India, Inter. Caste Couples Hide Out in a Network of Secret Shelters -N ext City, September 1 7, 2014 Only 5% of Indians marry outside their caste.

4. caste system: strict Hindu social classes http: //truereligiondebate. files. wordpress. com/2008/05/caste_indian. jpg

5. reincarnation http: //www. marcolmsted. com/blog/archives/reincarnation. JPG

Hinduism and Buddhism both teach reincarnation. http: //templars. files. wordpress. com/2007/12/reincarnation 2. jpg

5. reincarnation: belief that after death the soul is reborn in another body http: //www. marcolmsted. com/blog/archives/reincarnation. JPG

6. cremate: burn the body to ashes (instead of burying it) after death In the U. S. and other modern countries, people who choose to be cremated have their bodies cremated in modern crematories. The ashes left afterwards may be kept by family in an urn or are scattered somewhere special. http: //www. inangelscare. com/members/1523772/uploaded/Classic_Pewter_Cremati on_Urn_200 x 200 M. jpg http: //www. universalcremationequipment. com/images/Universal-Cremation-Comp. png

7. funeral pyre http: //cache. eb. com/eb/image? id=78104&rend. Type. Id=4

Sri Lanka http: //newsimg. bbc. co. uk/media/images/40692000/jpg/_40692836_pyre_afp_203. jpg India http: //www. tribuneindia. com/20040518/rajiv 2. jpg Cultures that cremate generally believe the soul survives death and that the body is no longer needed. Bali http: //k 43. pbase. com/u 30/richards 1052/large/18875852. Funeralpyrepartiallyconsumed 1. jpg

7. funeral pyre: wood structure used to cremate As part of the funeral, the pyre is decorated and prayers are said before setting fire to the funeral pyre. http: //img 2. travelblog. org/Photos/10113/72868/t/439997 -Lighting-a-funeral-pyre-0. jpg

8. industrial waste: trash & pollution from industry http: //msnbcmedia. msn. com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070320_Yangtze_vmed_9 a. widec. jpg http: //www. i-house. or. jp/en/Program. Activities/alfp/images/2002 photos/17 Industrial%20 Waste%20 on%20 Teshima%20 Island. jpg

9. partition This partition splits the room into two parts. http: //www. chadwickwalter. co. uk/images/fabric-partition-13. jpg

After World War II, when many Jews were given the chance to move back to Israel, it was partitioned so Jews and Palestinians would have separate land. http: //www. fairplan. us/images 2/1947. jpg

Pakistan used to be part of India. But they were partitioned after India became independent from the British in 1947. http: //www. genocidebangladesh. org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/east-and-west-pakistan. jpg

9. partition: split into parts http: //www. chadwickwalter. co. uk/images/fabric-partition-13. jpg

10. nuclear war http: //hamsayeh. net/images/stories/alphabetical/n/nuclear_holocaust. jpg

The U. S. used 2 nuclear bombs on Japan to end World War 2. No other country has used a nuclear bomb. http: //www. blameitonthevoices. com/2010/02/nagasaki-before-and-after-bomb. html

http: //www. bbc. co. uk/news/world-17511816 (26 March 2012)

radiation sickness from nuclear bombs: http: //forum. fok. nl/topic/1624626/4/25 http: //www. awesomestories. com/assets/hiroshima-radiation-sickness http: //students. cis. uab. edu/faustus/skin_radiation. jpg

10. nuclear war: fought with nuclear weapons (incredibly destructive) http: //www. taringa. net/posts/imagenes/13995387/Antes-y-despues-de-la-guerra. html

http: //us-infantry. com/army-redefines-combat-with-xm-25 -rapist/ 11. conventional war: fought with traditional (not nuclear) weapons http: //www. 9 abc. net/archives/15322

12. typhoon / cyclone http: //sjsa. wordpress. com/2011/09/21/typhoon-watching-and-the-manila-observatory/

12. typhoon (cyclone): a Pacific or Indian Ocean hurricane http: //www. weather. com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/indiasatellite_large. html

13. outsourcing http: //www. crazy 4 teachers. com/RC 01. php

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13. outsourcing: hiring workers in another country to do work instead of using in-country workers

South Asia Vocabulary • • monsoons subcontinent caste system reincarnation cremate funeral pyre industrial waste partition • • • conventional war nuclear war cultural hearth typhoon (cyclone) outsourcing