1. Chapter 16 India

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

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

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

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

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

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

8.  DZONG  BUDDHIST CENTER OF PRAYER AND STUDY IN BHUTAN

9.  INDIRA GANDHI  PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA FROM 1966 - 1984

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

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

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

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

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

15.  JAWAHARLAL NEHRU  THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

16.  PESTICIDE  POWERFUL CHEMICALS THAT KILL CROP- DESTROYING INSECTS

17.  REINCARNATION  REBIRTH OF A SOUL IN A NEW BODY

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

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

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

21.  TRIBUTARY  SMALL RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO A LARGER RIVER