Chapter 16 India

 ATOLL  LOW-LYING, RING- SHAPED ISLAND THAT SURROUNDS A LAGOON

 BENGAL FAMINE  WORLD’S WORST RECORDED FOOD DISASTER (1943) WHEN THE UNITED KINGDOM RULED OVER INDIA

 CASTE  SOCIAL CLASS BASED ON A PERSON’S ANCESTRY

 CYCLONE  INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS

 DELTA  AREA FORMED FROM A SOIL DEPOSIT LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER

 DIWALI  HINDU CELEBRATION MARKING THE COMING OF WINTER AND THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL

 DZONG  BUDDHIST CENTER OF PRAYER AND STUDY IN BHUTAN

 INDIRA GANDHI  PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA FROM

 GREEN REVOLUTION  GREAT INCREASE IN FOOD GRAINS PRODUCTION DUE TO THE USE OF IMPROVED SEEDS, PESTICIDES, AND EFFICIENT FARMING TECHNIQUES

 HINDUISM  RELIGION HONORING MANY GODS AND GODDESSES; BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION

 JUTE  PLANT FIBER USED FOR MAKING ROPE, BURLAP BAGS, AND CARPET BACKING

 LAGOON  SHALLOW POOL OF WATER SURROUNDED BY REEFS, SANDBARS, OR ATOLLS

 MONSOON  SEASONAL WIND THAT BLOWS OVER A CONTINENT FOR MONTHS AT A TIME

 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU  THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

 PESTICIDE  POWERFUL CHEMICALS THAT KILL CROP- DESTROYING INSECTS

 REINCARNATION  REBIRTH OF A SOUL IN A NEW BODY

 SIKHISM  BELIEF IN ONE GOD BUT WITH SIMILAR BELIEFS OF THE HINDUS

 SUBCONTINENT  LARGE LANDMASS THAT IS PART OF ANOTHER CONTINENT BUT DISTINCT FROM IT

 TAJ MAHAL  LOCATED IN INDIA; BILT BY THE MUSLIM EMPEROR, SHAH JAHAN, TO HONOR HIS DECEASED WIFE

 TRIBUTARY  SMALL RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO A LARGER RIVER