Ch 16: South Asia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons technology, or fissile material to countries that do not already possess them.
  2. 3. land that builds up where rivers meet a larger body of water, such as a sea
  3. 4. every year
  4. 5. a large area of land that is part of a continent
  5. 8. an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings.
  6. 12. British sovereignty in India
  7. 13. small business operated out of one’s home, such as in textile making or woodworking
  8. 15. the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
  9. 16. responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people
  10. 17. a ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral.
  11. 18. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
  12. 19. seasonal wind patterns that bring a change in wind direction, heavy rains and often flooding
  13. 21. a system of social classification determined at birth
Down
  1. 2. the belief of the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
  2. 6. principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
  3. 7. set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a permanent basis.
  4. 9. area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river
  5. 10. agricultural advances that involve irrigation, fertilizer, and high-yielding crops
  6. 11. social system that emerged out of the Varna system
  7. 13. a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
  8. 14. a person who belongs to one of the lowest castes, outside the four main castes in the varna system; a member of the Scheduled Castes.
  9. 20. obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier,