Geograohy Chapter 24

Mumabi (Bombay)

India's main port on the Arabian Sea as well as its largest city, with a population of more than 18.3 million

Delhi

India's third-largest city, that is also part of a megalopolis

Islamabad

Pakistans capital where new housing projects struggle to keep up with a growing population

karma

in HIndu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives

Kyber Pass

in the Hindu mountains

dharma

moral suty

reincarnation

rebirth as another living being until overcoming personal weakness and earthly desires

raj

the Hindu word for "empire"

total fertility rate

the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime

Dhaka

the third most densly populated city in the world

dzong

a fortified monastery of Bhutan, South Asia

jati

a group that defines one's occupation and social position

Sikhs

a religious group that incorporates elements of Hinduism and Islam

guru

a teacher or spiritual guide

Kolkata (Calcutta)

a thriving port city on a branch of the Ganges River, is the center of India'a iron and steel industries

mercantilism

an economic system of using colonies for supplying materials amd markets to the colonizing country

megalopolis

chain of closely linked metropolitan areas