part four

Question 1

subcontinent

Answer 1

very large landmass that is smaller than a continent

Question 2

Arable

Answer 2

fit for growing crop

Question 3

Himalaya

Answer 3

largest mountain range in the world found in Asia

Question 4

Pantheon

Answer 4

all the gods of a religion

Question 5

Sepoy

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Partition of India

Answer 6

division of a place as in the 1947 partition of India

Question 7

Reincarnation

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Dharma

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Karma

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Boycott

Answer 10

refusal to buy certain goods from a country or business

Question 11

Caste System

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Sikhism

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Jainism

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Cottage Industries

Answer 14

small-scale industries based on the home

Question 15

Famine

Answer 15

a widespread shortage of food

Question 16

Arboreal

Answer 16

tree dwelling

Question 17

Domino Theory

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Laterite

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Animism

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Theravada

Answer 20

one of the 18 major branches of Buddhism

Question 21

Durian

Answer 21

a sweet fruit with an unpleasant smell

Question 22

Tazaungdaing

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

Thingyan

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Panung

Answer 24

a colorful cotton or silk cloth wrapped tightly around the body

Question 25

Longyi

Answer 25

a long skirt

Question 26

Asian tigers

Answer 26

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

Question 27

ASEAN

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Subsistence farming

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Pedicabs

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Wats

Answer 30

Buddhist temples that also serve as monasteries

Question 31

Hanoi

Answer 31

Capitol city of Vietnam located in north Vietnam

Question 32

Intensive farming

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Opium

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Smuggler

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Khmer Rogue

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Reform

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Aung San Suu Kyi

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Guerilla warfare

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Vietnamization

Answer 39

(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.

Question 40

Protectorate

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Domino theory

Answer 41

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

Question 42

Pantheon

Answer 42

all the gods of a religion

Question 43

Cottage industries

Answer 43

small-scale industries based in the home