Modern India and South Asia
ecotourism
A form of tourism that supports the conservation and sustainable development of ecologically unique areas
Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Nuclear weapons
India and Pakistan both have these, leading to the threat of war
Jawaharlal Nehru
India's first prime minister after independence
Bollywood
India's movie industry
sitar
Indian version of the guitar
Dalits
Members of India's "lowest" caste; literally, "broken people." Also called "Untouchables."
Urbanization
Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Epic poems in India
Ramayana and Mahabharata
Caste System
a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society
Pakistan
allied with the US after 9/11 but Osama bin Laden was ultimately found hiding and killed there
monotheism
belief in only one god
Taj Mahal
built by a Mughal emperor in the 1600s as a tomb for his wife
garment industry
businesses involved in making clothing
Gandhi assassination
carried out by a Hindu extremist who thought he had betrayed his people
Narendra Modi
current prime minister of India who has overseen much more discrimination against Muslims
Kashmir
disputed area between India and Pakistan
call center
A centralized office used for the purpose of processing a large volume of requests by phone.
East India Trading Company
British organization that eventually controlled all of India
pharmaceutical industry
Businesses that develop and produce drugs for use in medicine and health care
Women in Indian Society
Expected to be subordinate to men, to bear sons, and are often victims of sexual assault and violence
Rajiv Gandhi
Former Indian prime minister assassinated by a guerrilla group in Sri Lanka angry over India's involvement in their civil war
Indira Gandhi
Former Indian prime minister assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards after her conflicts with militant Sikh groups who wanted independence
Salt March
Gandhi led thousands of followers to the coast to defy British laws and their heavily taxed products
Indian Independence Act
Split the country into a Hindu-dominated India and a Muslim-dominated Pakistan, resulting in millions of Hindus and Muslims fleeing to the other country
cottage industries
Weaving, sewing, carving, and other small-scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers, frequently women, are usually independent.
green revolution
a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
vegetarian
a person who does not eat meat
population growth rate
how fast a specific population grows
Mohandas Gandhi
led nonviolent protests against the British who used ideas of civil disobedience
Outsourcing
obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source
Mumbai
suffered a major terrorist attack in 2008
Sri Lanka
suffered from a decades-long civil war until 2009 between the country's two major ethnic groups
Shipbreaking
the dismantling of oceangoing vessels to obtain scrap metal
Maldives
threatened by global warming and melting ice caps since none of its islands rise more than 6 feet above sea level
wildlife conservation
to protect animals and plants and their habitats
Bangladesh
used to be East Pakistan until it won independence in 1971 after a civil war, often suffers from monsoons and flooding
Melting Pot Theory
when people form other cultures assimilate to the point where their original identities and culture disappear- they become a uniform culture
